Matthieu Donarier learned to play the clarinet before turning his attention to the saxophone at the age of fifteen. Alter spending a few years practicing classical and contemporary music at the National Conservatory of Rennes, he settled in Paris for four years to study at the Jazz Department of the National Academy of Music (CNSM). He graduated from there in 1998 with a first prize, awarded unanimously.
In the same period, he founded the Matthieu Donarier Trio with guitarist Manu Codjia and drummer Joe Quitzke; Winners of the Concours National de la Défense in 1999, the group toured for several years in Europe, Middle East and Canada before releasing its first album, OpticTopic in 2005 on the dynamic and independant french label YolkRecords.
As a result of these experiences, Matthieu Donarier creates his own musicaI language through improvisation, composition, and playing his four instruments, all in Bflat (tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet).
His latest creation is KINDERGARTEN with singer and keyboard player Poline Renou ; this rare acoustic
and electronic project is much more a personal expression than a jazz group more...
Album release : April 21th 2008 on YolkRecords.::::::::::RECORDS/DISCOGRAPHIE::::::::::
COMING SOON :
Matthieu Donarier & Poline Renou “Kindergarten“ (YolkRecords)
Le Gros Cube “Polar Mood“ (Yolk Records )
Le Sacre du Tympan "La Grande Ouverture" (Atmosphériques)
Caratini Jazz Ensemble "De l’amour & du Réel" (Le Chant du Monde)
PREVIOUS RELEASES:
Matthieu Donarier Trio “Optic Topic“ (Yolk Records)
Unit “Time Setting“ (BMC)
Le Gros Cube “La Martipontine“ (Yolk Records )
Stephan Oliva “Itinéraire Imaginaire“ (Sketch)
Daniel Humair “Baby Boom“ (Sketch)
Le Sacre du Tympan (Le Chant du Monde)
Le Sacre du Tyman “Le Retour“ (Label Bleu)
Stéphane Kerecki Trio “Story Tellers“ (Ella Prod)
Stéphane Kerecki Trio “Focus Danse“ (ZigZag Territoires)
Christophe Wallemme “Namaste!“ (BeeJazz)
Michael Felberbaum “Sharp Water“ (Nocturne)
Gabor Gado “Psyché“ (BMC)
Gabor Gado “Modern dances for the advanced in age“ (BMC)
Gabor Gado “Orthodoxia“ (BMC)
Gabor Gado “Unknown Kingdom“ (BMC)
Gabor Gado “Homeward“ (BMC)
Gabor Gado “Greetings from the Angel“ (BMC)
Gabor Winand "Opera Budapest" (BMC)
Gabor Winand “Corners of my Life“ (BMC)
Caratini Jazz Ensemble “From the Ground“ (Le Chant du Monde)
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