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World-Jazz
Richard Galliano
| France
Booking-Agent:
Amaya Collantes
+49 30 261032927
ac@f-cat.de
Richard Galliano changed the history of the accordion: today we can speak of "before" and "after" Galliano."(Yasuhiro Kobayashi - Japanese accordi-onist, Björk's accompanist)
Richard Galliano has succeeded, through his musical emphasis on melody, rhythm, and harmony, in imposing his instrument in musical contexts that previously ignored it-jazz festivals (Marciac, Vienne, Montréal, etc.) and classical concert halls (Academia Santa-Cecilia in Rome, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Milan's la Scala etc.).
He was born in Cannes on December 12, 1950. He studied piano and accordion with his father, Lucien Galliano, before pursuing his musical studies at the Nice Conservatory, presided at that time by organist Pierre Cochereau. He studied counterpoint, harmony, and trombone, graduating with a 1er Prix d' Excellence in 1969. In parallel with this musical apprenticeship he took part in international accordion competitions. Playing J.S. Bach, Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Gershwin, he won first prize in the accordion "World Cup" two years in a row (1966, Valence, Spain and 1967, Calais, France) as well as the President's Prize in 1968 (under President Charles de Gaulle).
In 1973 he left the south of France for Paris. For several years he collaborated with Claude Nougaro, Barbara, Serge Reggiani, Charles Aznavour, Juliette Gréco, Georges Moustaki and Zizi Jeanmaire. His duo performance with singer Allain Leprest for the album Voce A Mano won him the Grand Prix du Disque from the Académie Charles Cros.
In 1983 Astor Piazzolla invited Richard Galliano to be the bandoneon soloist at the Comédie Française in his original music to accompany William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", directed by Jorge Lavelli. It was the beginning of a long friendship between the two men that lasted until Piazzolla's death in 1992.
Between 1980 and 2003 Richard Galliano recorded several Albums and shared the stage with great musicians in concerts all over the world (Paris, New York, Moscow, London, Buenos Aires, Montréal, San Francisco, Istanbul, etc.). He played with : Chet Baker, Ron Carter, Joe Zawinul, Al Foster, Pierre Michelot, Philip Catherine, Charlie Haden, Toots Thielemans, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Larry Grena-dier, Scott Colley, Jan Garbarek, Paquito di Rivera, Michel Petrucciani, Gilberto Gil, Richard Bona, Manu Katche, Paolo Fresu and many others. During this period he also composed numerous original works, many of which were acclaimed by both the press and the public.
In 1991 Richard Galliano created the "New Musette" style and recorded it with Philip Catherine (guitar), Pierre Michelot (bass) and Aldo Romano (drums) for the record label Label Bleu. In 1993 the Académie du Jazz awarded him the Django Reinhardt prize, naming him best jazz musician of the year. The same year, he recorded the album Viaggio, his first as part of an exclusive contract with the Dreyfus Jazz label, with Biréli Lagrène (guitar), Pierre Michelot (bass) and Charles Belonzi (drums). Nominated for the annual Victoires de la Musique, the album received the Django d' Or prize for best album of the year.
In 1996 his third album for Dreyfus Jazz, New York Tango, recorded in New York with Al Foster (drums) George Mraz (bass) and Biréli Lagrène (guitar), won an award at the Victoires de la Musique.
The following album, Blow Up, recorded in 1997 in a duo with Michel Portal, met with phenomenal success, selling more than 100,000 copies and winning numerous awards: Victoire de la Musique, the Boris Vian Prize (Académie du Jazz) and Best International Album (Musica Jazz).
The year 2001 saw the release of two albums - Gallianissimo and Face To Face. The first is a greatest hits compilation of his years with Dreyfus Jazz and the second a new studio recording in a duo with Eddy Louiss. The latter won the 2001 Django d' Or prize and was nominated for the Victoires de la Musique.
The septet formation, which gave its name to the album (Piazzolla Forever), was unique in playing at both jazz festivals and classical venues (Nice Jazz Festival, Amsterdam Concerttown, Montreux Jazz Festival, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées etc.).
Richard Galliano has never worried about being the world' s best accordionist but rather has always been concerned with giving his audience the very best of himself, of "playing the music of his world" and of delving into his diverse musical roots - Italian, Mediterranean, jazz, French chanson, and classical music.
In March 2006, R.Galliano invited with his New York rhythm section the very special guest Gary Burton, world famous top vibraphone master, at the initiative of the Cité de la Musique in Paris, and this project tours extensively and will be touring again in the autumn 2007. A recording took place in New York in August 2006, and will see the light in September 2007 for the Italian label Camjazz.
But it is definitely the Tangaria project, a special quartet with violin (the incredible Alexis Cardenas from Venezuela), bass (Philip Catherine's mate Philippe Aerts), and another fine player from Venezuela, percussionist Rafael Mejias, with the Brazilian special guest on mandolin, Hamilton de Holanda, that was be the highlight of the year 2007, with an extensive tour in the summer 2007, adding the fine drumming of Clarence Penn. Recorded with some Brazilian special guests in Sao Paulo in September 2006, the album was out in February 2007 for Milan Records, a label which is very familiar to the work of Astor Piazzolla. In the autumn 2008 Galliano braught out his new album. This time he has recorded with a very special line-up: Minu Cinelu (perc), Gonzalo Rubalcaba (p) and Charlie Haden (db).
A tour with same line-up will follow in October and November 2008.
