VINCENT COURTOIS
Biography
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Vincent Courtois was born in Paris in 1968 and began playing the cello when he was six years old .He took classical studies at the conservatory in Aubervilliers and Paris with Erwan Fauré, Xavier Gagnepain, Roland Pidoux and Fréderick Lodéon while discovering jazz and improvisation with Didier Levallet, Dominique Pifarely and Christian Escoudé. Vincent
Courtois began playing in various Parisian groups and his first
CD as a leader, titled "Cello News", was released in 1990.Since then
Vincent Courtois has recorded more than ten cd's‚ as a leader,
among them: "Translucide" (with Michel Godard and Noel
Akchoté) , "The Fitting Room" with (Dominique Pifarely and
Marc Ducret) both for Enja Records , "What do you mean by silence?" (Le
Triton), and " L'homme Avion" ( Chief Inspector). In
2010, Vincent Courtois created the new Band "WAT" and was made a
Chevalier of the ’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres', by the French
Ministry of Culture .
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Violoncelle, jazz, improvisation, strings, cDiscographyomposition, free music, Louis Sclavis, Michel Portal
1990 "CELLO NEWS" (Nocture Productions) Pierre Christophe, Benoit Dunoyer, Serge Gacon 1991 "PLEINE LUNE" (Nocturne Productions) Pierre Christophe, Benoit Dunoyer, Serge Gacon, Dominique Pifarely, Julien Lourau, Xavier Desandre 1993 "TURKISH BLEND" ( Al Sur Media 7) Gilles Andrieux, Julien Lourau, Bojan Z, Nicolas Krassik, Kakoli, Benoit Dunoyer, Youval Micenmacher 1994 " PENDULUM QUARTET" (Label Acousti) Julien Lourau, Benoit Dunoyer, Daniel Garcia Bruno 2000 "TRANSLUCIDE" (Enja Records) Noel Akchoté, Yves Robert, Michel Godard 2002 " THE FITTING ROOM" ( Enja Records) Marc Ducret, Dominique Pifarely 2003 " TRIO ROUGE" ( Intuition) Lucilla Galeazi, Michel Godard 2004 "LES CONTES DE ROSE MANIVELLE" (Le Triton) Zé Jam, Francis Lebras, Olivier Sens, Guillaume Dommartin, Louis Sclavis 2006 "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SILENCE?" (Le Triton) Marc Baron, Francois Merville, Jeanne Added 2008 "MA VIE N EST PAS UNE COMEDIE ROMANTIQUE" ( Milan) 2008 "L'HOMME AVION" ( Chief Inspector) Zé Jam, Francis Lebras, Maxime Delpierre, Olivier Sens, Guillaume Dommartin, Adrien Amey, Regis Huby 2009 " ASAP" ( CamJazz) Ellery Eskelin, Sylvie Courvoisier 2010 "L'IMPREVU" ( Rethink Art, Label Labuissonne) Solo 2011 "AMARCO" (Emouvance) Trio Claude Tchamitchian et Guillaume Roy 2011 "LIVE IN BERLIN" (Le triton) Vincent Courtois Quartet |
Film soundtracks
Documentaries: 1998 "EMPREINTES" Arte 1998 "LOUIS STETTNER" Christophe Debuisne 2001 "VISA POUR L'OUBLI" Hervé Jakubowicz Short movies: 1997 "LA VIE D'HERBERT C BERLINER" Marc Gibaja 2001 "CONFESSIONS DANS UN BAIN" Marc Gibaja 2002 "TOUT AURA LIEU SUR" Gilles Perru 2010 "LE TEMPS DE LA BALLE" Hervé Jakubowicz 2011 "DEEP INSIDE" Marc Gibaja Feature films: 2006 "L'ECLAIREUR" Djibril Glissant with Romane Borhinger, Gregoire Colin, Jackie Berroyer 2007 "MA VIE N'EST PAS UNE COMEDIE ROMANTIQUE" Marc Gibaja with Gilles Lelouch, Marie Gillain TV Shows: 2006-2007"LA MINUTE BLONDE" Canal+ |