Cirilo Fernández

Composer, pianist Cirilo Fernandez was born in Bern, Switzerland and grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He's got his degree at Berklee College of Music (Jazz Comp and Film Music) Studied with Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer and Benny Green. His music was featured at various international Festivals such as the IAJE Convention in New Orleans and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. He recorded and performed with Alvin Queen, Reggie Johnson, Jaleel Shaw, Ferenc Nemeth, Walter Smith III and Daniele Camarda among others. Currently involved in various projects, playing and writing for his own trio, with Mariano Sivori and Daniel 'Pipi' Piazzolla, also playing bass, writing and producing music for his rock group ELBOU, as well as writing music for films and Tv. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------Cirilo Fernández, compositor y pianista. Nacido en Suiza, criado en Buenos Aires. Graduado de Berklee College of music, con doble licenciatura en Jazz Composition y Film Scoring. Estudio con Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer y Benny Green. Fue premiado con el Herb Pomeroy award, siendo comisionado la pieza "Fugal Animation" para la Concert Jazz Orchestra de Boston. Recibio el " Millican Award" con la comision de la pieza " Dads Mood" para el 100 aniversario de Duke Ellington. Su musica fue interpretada en varios festivales internacionales de Jazz como Umbria y la IAJE Convention de New Orleans en el 2000. Trabaja actualmente en la Argentina involucrado en varios projectos, tocando y escribiendo para su propio trio con Mariano Sivori y Daniel 'Pipi' Piazzolla, tocando el bajo, produciendo y escribiendo musica para su banda de rock ELBOU, como tambien componiendo musica para films y television. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)