Emil Spanyi

Emil Spányi (born June 14, 1968 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian modern jazz musician ( piano , composition ).

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Spányi received classical piano training at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in his hometown, which was followed by studies at the Franz Liszt Academy . Then he specialized in the jazz piano , which he studied with distinction at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz . Between 1996 and 1999 he deepened his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris , where he graduated with a first prize.

He played with Mark Murphy , Lee Harper , Allan Praskin , Carl Drewo , Bob Berg , Ed Thigpen , Ray Brown , Philip Catherine , Clark Terry , François Jeanneau and Darko Jurković , among others . With Felix Sabal-Lecco, Simon Spang-Hanssen and Linley Marthe , he founded the afro-jazz quartet Eer Witness in 2001 . With the saxophonist Christophe Monniot he formed the duo Ozone . He teaches piano and harmony at the jazz departments of the Paris Regional Conservatory and the Lausanne Music Academy.

He was awarded first prize at the jazz competitions in Vienna and Avignon.

Heinrich von Kalnein Perfect World (1998)
Monio Mania Princesse Fragile (with Christophe Monniot, Daniel Zimmermann, Atsushi Sakai, Manu Codjia , Denis Charolles, Gueorgui Kornazov; 2000–2001)
George Robert Remember the Sound. Homage to Michael Brecker (2008)
Ozone featuring Miklós Lukács : This Is C'est La Vie (2010, with Christophe Monniot, Joe Quitzke )
Xavier Desandre Navarre In-Pulse (2013)
Emil Spányi & Jean Bardy Very Blue (2015)

personal data
SURNAME	Spányi, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian jazz musician (piano, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest