Michel Reis

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Michel Reis (born September 11, 1982 in Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourgish jazz musician ( piano , composition ).

Live and act

Reis, whose father is a jazz fan, received classical piano lessons from the age of eight. As a teenager he began to improvise and compose; at the Conservatory of the City of Luxembourg he received training in harmony , composition, jazz improvisation and ensemble playing. He then studied in Boston at Berklee College of Music and at the New England Conservatory of Music , where he first received a bachelor's and then a master's degree in jazz piano and composition with Joe Lovano , Ran Blake , Danilo Pérez , George Garzone , Frank Carlberg, Esperanza Spalding , Hal Crook and Greg Hopkins graduated.

Reis, who lives in both New York City and Luxembourg, released his debut album in 2004 with A Young Mind . In the 2010s he led two of his own quartets and a trio (with bassist Marc Demuth and drummer Paul Wiltgen ); he also gives solo concerts. In the Michael Reis Japan Quartet he toured three times intensively in Japan with Japanese musicians whom he had met while studying in Boston, but also had performances in Central Europe. He has appeared at numerous festivals such as the Panama Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival or the Cully Jazz Festival and can also be heard on albums by Holger Scheidt and Georgi Šareski.

Prizes and awards

Reis was a finalist in the first Moscow competition for jazz musicians in 2005. A year later he won second prize in the Montreux Jazz Solo Piano Competition . The trio Reis Demuth Wiltgen was named Luxembourg Export Artist of the Year in 2013 and 2014.

Discographic notes

  • Point of No Return (Armored Records 2010)
  • Hidden Meaning ( Double Moon Records 2012, with Stefan Karl Schmid , Jonas Burgwinkel and Robert Landfermann )
  • Capturing This Moment (Double Moon Records 2015, with Stefan Karl Schmid, Jonas Burgwinkel and Robert Landfermann)
  • Michel Reis Japan Quartet (Mocloud Records 2018, with Akihiro Ishiwaka, Takashi Sugawa , Shun Ishiwaka)
  • Once in a Blue Moon ( CAM Jazz 2018, with Marc Demuth and Paul Wiltgen)
  • Short Stories (CAM Jazz 2019, solo)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michel Reis. In: PianoBleu.com. Retrieved December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Luxembourg trio to make a guest appearance at Vischering Castle
  3. ↑ Top jazz with Michel Reis
  4. ↑ meeting
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personal data
SURNAME Reis, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourgish jazz musician (piano, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Luxembourg