Baptiste Trotignon

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Born In 1974 This Young Pianist Native Of Nantes Moved To Paris In 1995 And Decided To Devote Himself To Jazz After A Dozen Year Spent Studying Classical Piano. Baptiste Trotignon Was Barely 26 Years Old When « Fluide » His First Album As A Leader Was Released On The Label « Naive ». Shortly After He Had Moved To Paris Baptiste Was Heard In Every Jazz-Club Of The Capital As Well As In Festivals Around France And Abroad Marciac Sête La Villette Izmir Düsseldorff Calvi Albi Knitting Factory À New-York… . In 2002 The Baptiste Trotignon Trio With Clovis Nicolas And Tony Rabeson Has Received Unanimous Acclaim In Europe. Baptiste Is A Key Member Of Moutin Reunion With The Moutin Brothers And Rick Margitza And Has Been A Collaborator Of Many Groups On The French Jazz Scene Alex Tassel Quintet Claudia Solal Quartet Jérôme Barde Quartet Umberto Pagnini Quartet La Cricca D'Umberto Eric Le Lann Trio Featuring Riccardo Del Fra Pierrick Pedron Quartet Jean Christophe Beney Quartet. Also He Has Been Heard Performing With Albert Mangelsdorff François Théberge George Brown Olivier Ternime Bertrand Renaudin The Belmondo Brothers Christian Escoudé Sara Lazarus The Naturel Brothers Steve Potts Gildas Scouarnec J-L Longnon Eric Barret Christian " Tonton " Salut David Murray Peter King Manuel Rocheman Daniel Huck Jean Louis Chautemps… In 1994 He Was Performing As Both Pianist And Comedian In Alain Corneau’s Movie " Le Nouveau Monde ". In June 1996 He Earned The Second Soloist Award At The National Jazz Contest Of La Defense. Between 1997 And 1999 He Was A Distinguished Member Of The " Nuits Blanches Du Petit Opportun » Collective. In 2001 He Received A Golden Django In The New Artist Category For His First Album « Fluide ». His Second Album As A Leader « Sightseeing » Was Released Later On The Same Year. In 2002 He Earned The Grand Prize At Martial Solal International Jazz-Piano Competition. This Contest Happens Every Four Years. Its 2002 Version Had More Than 100 Candidates From 29 Countries Competing Against Each Other. The Jury Was Composed Of 9 International Figures Of Jazz Chosen By Martial Solal. The Level Required To Be Selected For The First Round Only Was Already Extremely High The Final Round The 3rd One Was Won By Baptiste Against 5 More Remaining Brillant Candidates. Discography Baptiste Trotignon As A Leader " Fluide " Naive - 2000 Trio With Clovis Nicolas And Tony Rabeson " Sightseeing " Naive - 2001 Trio With Clovis Nicolas And Tony Rabeson Next Album To Be Released In 2003 Solo Naive As A Sideman Moutin Reunion Quartet " Power Tree " ShaÏ / Dreyfus-USA Jean-Luc Chevalier Quartet " Hommage À Jaco " Seventh Records Claudia Solal " My Own Phoolosophy " Pierrick Pedron " Cherokee " Elabeth Christian Brun " French Songs " Elabeth Jerome Barde " Bifurq " Yourbuz.Com OLH Orchestra / Geoffroy Tamisier Kenny Wheeler "G Meets K" Yolk Records Doudou Gouirand " Les Racines Du Ciel " RDC Records read less