Baptiste Trotignon

小簡介
來自法國羅亞爾河口Nantes的鋼琴手巴普提斯·特羅提農，2002年擊敗100位參賽者，一舉贏得四年一度的Martial Solal國際爵士鋼琴大賽首獎，從此他在歐洲爵士樂界立下階段性指標。然而從演奏當中卻可以得知來自深厚古典樂基礎的音樂素養(yǎng)，讓他即興時的對位與和聲結構卻是那么的扎實。
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.