Nathalie Loriers

Nathalie Loriers (born October 27, 1966 in Namur , Belgium ) is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer.

Live and act

After training as a classical pianist, she turned to jazz , influenced by her teachers Steve Houben and Charles Loos , and in 1989 was named the best young talent by Belgian jazz critics (Sax Prize) . In 1990 she received the first prize for jazz piano and jazz harmony at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and became the best young artist in the Brussels Jazz Rally . In the same year, her debut album Nympheas was released . In 1991 she won first prize in the jazz competition of Belgian French-speaking radio stations. In 1999 she received the Django d'Or (Belgium) (and in 2000 the Eurodjango and the Bobby Jaspar Prize of the French Académie de Jazz ). In addition to recording with her own trio (with bassist Salvatore La Rocca and drummer Hans van Ousterhout ) and quartet, she also played with Toots Thielemans , Lee Konitz (1993 album with Al Levitt ), Félix Simtaine (on Le Jazz perd le Nord ), Philip Catherine , Rachel Gould , Diederik Wissels , Ivan Paduart ( True Stories with Charlie Mariano ), Emanuele Cisi (with Aldo Romano , Paolo Fresu on L'ange caché 2000) and the singer David Linx (album Standards 1997).

In 2004 she formed the group Chemins Croisés with the Tunisian oud player Yadh Elyes . Elyes was replaced in their group in 2005 by the Belgian-Jordanian oud player Karim Baggili .

She is considered one of the leading musicians on the Belgian jazz scene. Since 1994 she has been teaching jazz piano at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels.

Discographic notes

Nathalie Lorier's Quartet:

Nympheas 1990, Igloo (with Kurt Van Herck , Philippe Aerts and Mimi Verderame )
Dance Or Die 1993, Igloo (with Cameron Brown (bass), Rick Hollander (drums), Jeroen Van Herzeele (saxophone))

with trio:

Walking Through Walls Walking Along Walls 1995, Igloo
Silent Spring , 1999, Pygmalion Records, with Sal La Rocca
Tombouctou 2002, WERF (plus extensions, as a sextet)
Silent Spring re issued 2006, WERF
Moments D'Eternité , with Bert Joris & String Quartet, 2009, WERF

Nathalie Loriers with Chemins Croisés :

L'arbre Pleure 2006, WERF

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personal data
SURNAME	Loriers, Nathalie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian jazz pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 27, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Namur , Belgium