Myriam dude

Myriam Alter (born September 26, 1945 in Brussels ) is a Belgian jazz pianist who has emerged primarily as a composer .

Live and act

Alter, who comes from a Sephardic family, received classical piano lessons from the age of eight. At the age of 15 she interrupted her occupation with music and devoted herself to other interests. She studied psychology at the University of Brussels , worked in an advertising agency and opened a dance studio, which she ran for seven years. At the age of 36 she began to play the piano again and soon afterwards began to compose.

She founded her own band with Ben Sluijs , Gino Lattuca, Michel Benita and Jan de Haas and in 1994 released her debut album Reminiscence . She achieved her international breakthrough with the album Alter Ego . Five years later she presented an album with compositions of the Tango Nuevo , If , which was followed in 2007 by an album with a Brazilian influence, Where Is There . Unlike on these albums, she can also be heard as a pianist on It Takes Two .

Discographic notes

• Silent Walk (Challenge Records, 1996, with Gino Lattuca, Ben Sluijs, Stefan Lievestro , Jan de Haas)
• Alter Ego (Intuition Music, 2000, with Ron Miles , Billy Drewes , Kenny Werner , Marc Johnson , Joey Baron )
• If ( Enja , 2003, with Dino Saluzzi , John Ruocco , Kenny Werner, Greg Cohen , Joey Baron)
• Where Is There (Enja, 2007, with John Ruocco, Pierre Valana, Jaques Morelenbaum , Salvatore Bonafede , Greg Cohen, Joey Baron)
• Crossways (Enja, 2015, with John Ruocco, Luciano Biondini , Michel Massot , Michel Bisceglia, Nic Thys , Landers Gyselinck)
• It Takes Two (Enja, 2020, with Nicolas Thys)

Web links

• Web presence
• A very own style (DLF)
• Portrait (aviva)
• Portrait with Discography (Jazz in Belgium)
• Myriam Alter at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry (composers-classical-music.com) . Compare but different date of birth 1957 on Radio Monalisa
2. ↑ meeting (jazzthing)