Théo Ceccaldi

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Théo Ceccaldi (2016)

Théo Ceccaldi (born May 5, 1986 in Pithiviers ) is a French jazz musician ( violin , viola , composition ).

Live and act

Ceccaldi comes from a family of musicians; his father was a teacher at the local music school and a violinist who played mostly traditional folklore. Like his younger brother Valentin , he first learned to play the drums before he decided to use string instruments. In the music school he began studying classical music at a young age; In 2004 he completed his studies and received first prize for violin, notation and chamber music.

In 2010 he founded his own trio (with his brother Valentin on the cello and Guillaume Aknine on the guitar), which established the connection between the western chamber music tradition and free improvisation. With the Théo Ceccaldi Trio, he won the 2011 jazz competition at the Tremplin Competition in Orléans; he released two albums in a row on the Ayler Records label . In 2014, Ceccaldi founded Petite moutarde with Alexandra Grimal (saxophone), Ivan Gélugne (double bass) and Florian Satche (drums) (which is inspired by the Dadaist short film Entr'acte by filmmaker René Clair ).

Ceccaldi is also a founding member of Tricollectif ; he was active in a number of formations, including the group Toons under the direction of his brother Valentin, the chamber quartet La Scala and Loving Suite pour Birdy So under the direction of the pianist Roberto Negro (with Élise Caron ), In Love with under the direction of Drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq with Valentin Ceccarelli. In 2014 Olivier brought Benoît Ceccaldi to his edition of the Orchester National de Jazz . He also worked in the Quatour IXI string quartet with Régis Huby and Guillaume Roy, in the qÖÖlp Quartet with Christian Lillinger and Ronny Graupe , in Daniel Erdmann's Trio Velvet Revolution and Joëlle Léandre's Can You Hear Me . He has also performed with Louis Sclavis , Fred Pallem , Michel Portal , Vincent Courtois , Daniel Humair , Bruno Chevillon , Paolo Fresu , Hans Lüdemann , Eve Risser , Akosh S, Andy Emler , Émile Parisien , Michele Rabbia and Elise Dabrowski.

Prizes and awards

The Théo Ceccaldi Trio received the AJC's 2014 Jazz Migration Tour . The Jazz Magazine named him the "French revelation of the year 2014" and "French Musician of the Year 2016"; In 2017 he received a Victoire du Jazz as “Revelation of the Year”.

Web links

Commons : Théo Ceccaldi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The son of the music school teacher Neue Musikzeitung 20/2018
  2. ↑ Four masters in the studio in the Budapest Jazz newspaper
personal data
SURNAME Ceccaldi, Théo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (violin, viola, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Pithiviers