Christophe Monniot

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Christophe Monniot (2006)

Christophe Monniot (born June 15, 1970 in Caen ) is a French jazz musician ( alto , baritone , sopranino and soprano saxophone , composition).

Live and act

Monniot first learned the trumpet before switching to the saxophone . He received his education first at the conservatory in his hometown, later in Paris, but also studied musicology at the University of Rouen .

From 1992 he first played with Laurent Dehors and then from 1995 to work with Rémi Sciuto and Denis Charolles in the Campagnie des musiques à ouïr . With this group he released four albums between 1999 and 2005. Monniot was a member of the Orchester National de Jazz between 2000 and 2002 under the direction of Paolo Damiani .

Monniot led various groups of his own. Together with Emil Spányi , he founded the duo Ozone in 2006 ; his first album was awarded by the Académie Charles Cros. He also worked as a composer and published his duos pour 2 saxophones . In 2007 he arranged Vivaldi's Four Seasons for his octet. He also worked as an arranger for the Cool Runnings Orchestra . He can also be heard on albums by Sébastien Boisseau , Andy Emler , Marc Ducret , Stéphan Oliva , Patrice Caratini , Fred Pallem , Daniel Humair and Roberto Negro . He also worked with Michel Portal , Bernard Lubat , François Raulin and Matthieu Donarian .

Prizes and awards

Monniot received the Paris Conservatory's first prize for jazz and improvisational music. He also won the soloist competition at the La Défense Jazz Festival .

Lexical entry

Discographic notes

  • Christophe Monniot & Le Grand Orchester du Tricot: Jericho Sinfonia ( Ayler Records , 2018)
  • Christophe Monniot / Didier Ithursarry / Guillaume Roy: Station MIR (2012)
  • Ozone featuring Miklós Lukács : This Is C'est La Vie (2010)
  • Sébastien Boisseau / Joachim Kühn / Christophe Marguet / Christophe Monniot: Émotions Homogènes (2010)
  • Christophe Monniot: Vivaldi Universel [Season 5] (2009, with Vincent David, Grégory Demarcy, Erwan Fagant, Damien Royannais, Michel Massot , Emil Spanyi, Éric Echampard)
  • Monio Mania: 2 (2006, with Cécile Daroux, Sylvaine Hélary , Balázs Bujtor, Marc Ducret , Manu Codjia , Emil Spányi , Denis Charolles)
  • Christophe Monniot & Emil Spanyi: Ozone SM (2006)
  • Monio Mania: Princesse fragile (2001)

Web links

Commons : Christophe Monniot  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Duos pour 2 saxophones en Mi b (Editions Henry Lemoine, 2005)
  2. ^ Review of Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz
  3. ^ Review of Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz
personal data
SURNAME Monniot, Christophe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (saxophone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Caen