Baptiste Trotignon
小简介 来自法国罗亚尔河口Nantes的钢琴手巴普提斯·特罗提农，2002年击败100位参赛者，一举赢得四年一度的Martial Solal国际爵士钢琴大赛首奖，从此他在欧洲爵士乐界立下阶段性指标。然而从演奏当中却可以得知来自深厚古典乐基础的音乐素养，让他即兴时的对位与和声结构却是那么的扎实。 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, Jér?me 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, Fran?ois 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.
