PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS:
-Recipient of the prestigious French-American FULBRIGHT Grant
-Band Prize, Soloist Prize, SACEM and SPEDIDAM Prizes at the Jazz at Saint Germain Festival, for my own project frogNstein, (Paris, F)
-2nd prize at the International Jazz soloist Competition in Monaco - 2008
-2nd prize at the Jazz Competition in Enghien les Bains (F) with my own jazz band with sax player Alex Terrier - 2007
-the Mary Jane Earnhart Ellison Endowed Scholarship -2008
-Award at the European Avignon Jazz Festival, for my own project ‘Akoustik Obsession’, (Avignon, F).
-Berklee College of Music WST Scholarship
NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVALS/VENUES:
Jazz a Vienne Festival (Vienne, F)
The Blues Alley Jazz Club (Washington DC, USA)
China Jazz Festival (Shanghai, China)
la Nuit Electro Festival (Paris, F)
Iridium Jazz Club (New York City)
la Defense Jazz Festival (Paris, F)
Berklee Performance Center - Piano&Guitar Nights- (Boston, USA)
Saint Germain des Pres Electro-Jazz Festival (Paris, F)
European Jazz Festival of Avignon (Avignon, F)
Hong Kong Festival (Hong Kong)
Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (F)
Jazz Auvergne Festival (F)
the Nicaragua Jazz Festival (Nicaragua)
the Macedonia Festival (Macedonia)
la Nuit du Jazz Festival (Luxembourg, LU)
Transe-Atlantique Festival (Morrocco)
The Regatta Bar (Boston, USA)
Arsenal (Metz, F)
Opera de Lyon (Lyon, F)
Sunset Jazz Club (Paris, F)
Hey, I’m Cedric Hanriot, I play acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, analogic keyboards (Korg MS20, MiniMoog), Hammond B3 Organ, accordion and melodica, I also design sounds and do sound/rythm programming. I am also a composer, arranger, and educator. I initially pursued an undergraduate degree in Engineering Science, then a Masters in Electronics and Engineering. My extreme passion for music then took over, and I decided to devote my life to it.
MUSICAL STUDIES:
I began playing the piano quite late, at 21 years of age.
I studied jazz harmony and piano with pianist Bernard MAURY for a couple of months. I then attained a Musical Studies Degree (a French DEM) in Jazz Performance, Arranging for large ensembles with Jean GOBINET, Orchestral Studies and Jazz History from the Music Conservatory of Metz (F), from which I also received a Piano Gold Medal.
Other notable musical achievements include:
Studied Arranging Techniques for large Jazz Ensembles with Pierre BERTRAND, worked on Classical Writing Techniques for string quartets with Jocelyn SGUARD.
In 2007 I started my studies at the Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Ma (USA). I am studying Piano, Composition, Arrangement and Music Technology with among others Danilo PEREZ, Joe LOVANO, Terri Lyne CARRINGTON, George GARZONE, and Hal CROOK. I also work with Pianist, Jean Michel PILC in New York City.
MUSICAL EXPERIENCE:
I first played and toured with a funk-acid jazz band called Notorious. We played about 400 concerts throughout Europe. We recorded an album called “Funky Way of Life†(Notorious/Scalen) in 1998. After this great and intense experience, I played and recorded with many projects as a leader and as a sideman/accompagnist, in various musical styles such as jazz, salsa, funk/groove, pop, electro, blues.
I play acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, analogic keyboards (Korg MS20, MiniMoog), Hammond B3 Organ, accordion and melodica, I also design sounds and do sound/rythm programming.
I had the pleasure to play and work with great talented musicians such as drummer Terri Lyne CARRINGTON, saxophonist Joe LOVANO, guitar player Mick GOODRICK, drummer Franck AGULHON, singer Dean BOWMAN, drummer Matthieu CHAZARENC, bass player Benoit VANDERSTRAETEN, sax players Melissa ALDANA, Alex TERRIER and Alex HAN, actors Vincent ELBAZ and Jean Pierre CASSEL, percussionist Jim LOPEZ, singer Coco ZHAO, and many others.
AS AN EDUCATOR:
For many years I have been teaching and sharing my musical experiences at the Music Academy International, and Jazz Academy International Schools in Nancy (F) and also have given some masterclasses/workshops in Europe and Asia.
ABOUT MY MUSICAL PROJECTS AS A LEADER:
-CEDRIC HANRIOT 3 (jazz trio)
-FROGNSTEIN:
About my electro groove jazz project called ‘frogNstein’:
Our first album called 'Electrify My Soul' released on May 10th 2007 on the CRISTAL RECORDS label; Distributed by ABEILLE MUSIC.
Visit us at www.myspace.com/frognstein. We are working on a the second album and also on a new musical and video concept, where the audience can be taken on a musical journey, allowing them to participate in the show.
AS AN ACTOR:
Actor and piano player in the movie ‘J’aurais voulu etre un danseur’ by belgium realisator: Alain BERLINER , featuring Cannes Film Festival Award winning actors: Cecile de FRANCE, Vincent ELBAZ, Jean Pierre CASSEL – (August 2007)
Look out for more concerts in 2008
ThaNks fOr vIsitinG !
