Vincent Courtois cellist, composer
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career
Vincent Courtois was born in Paris in 1968 and began playing the cello when he was six years old .He took classical studies at the conservatory in Aubervilliers and Paris with Erwan Fauré, Xavier Gagnepain, Roland Pidoux and Fréderick Lodéon while discovering jazz and improvisation with Didier Levallet, Dominique Pifarely and Christian Escoudé.
Vincent Courtois began playing in various Parisian groups and his first CD as a leader, titled "Cello News", was released in 1990.Since then Vincent Courtois has recorded more than ten cd's‚ as a leader, among them: "Translucide" (with Michel Godard and Noel Akchoté) , "The Fitting Room" with (Dominique Pifarely and Marc Ducret) both for Enja Records , "What do you mean by silence?" (Le Triton), and " L'homme Avion" ( Chief Inspector).
Vincent played in several of Rabih Abou Khalil's bands ("Yara" and "The Cactus of Knowledge") and plays frequently with clarinetist Louis Sclavis ("L'affrontement des prétendants", "Dans la nuit" and "Napoli's walls" on ECM Records).
Vincent also plays regularly with trombonist Yves Robert ( "In Touch" on ECM and "Inspirine" on Chief Inspector) and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier ("Lonelyville" on Intakt and "Asap" on CamJazz)
In the past twenty years Vincent Courtois has played or recorded with artists such as Pierre Favre, James Newton, Laurent de Wilde, Julien Lourau, Jim Black, Tomas Stanko, Dave Douglas, Renaud Garcia Fons, Tom Raney, Mark Nauseef, Joachim Kuhn, Michel Portal, Cyril Atef, Maxime Delpierre, Benoit Delbecq, Henri Texier, Dave Holland, François Corneloup, Wolfang Pouchnick, Mark Feldman , Médéric Collignon, Martial Solal, Michel Petrucciani, Gérard Marais, Rita mitsuko, John Greaves, Michelle Rabbia, Marilyn Crispell, Gerald Cleaver, Ikue Mori and many others great musicians...
In 2010, Vincent Courtois created the new Band "WAT" and was made a Chevalier of the ’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres', by the French Ministry of Culture .
He also performs in duet and quartet with Michel Portal, and recorded a solo cd.
Vincent Courtois began playing in various Parisian groups and his first CD as a leader, titled "Cello News", was released in 1990.Since then Vincent Courtois has recorded more than ten cd's‚ as a leader, among them: "Translucide" (with Michel Godard and Noel Akchoté) , "The Fitting Room" with (Dominique Pifarely and Marc Ducret) both for Enja Records , "What do you mean by silence?" (Le Triton), and " L'homme Avion" ( Chief Inspector).
Vincent played in several of Rabih Abou Khalil's bands ("Yara" and "The Cactus of Knowledge") and plays frequently with clarinetist Louis Sclavis ("L'affrontement des prétendants", "Dans la nuit" and "Napoli's walls" on ECM Records).
Vincent also plays regularly with trombonist Yves Robert ( "In Touch" on ECM and "Inspirine" on Chief Inspector) and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier ("Lonelyville" on Intakt and "Asap" on CamJazz)
In the past twenty years Vincent Courtois has played or recorded with artists such as Pierre Favre, James Newton, Laurent de Wilde, Julien Lourau, Jim Black, Tomas Stanko, Dave Douglas, Renaud Garcia Fons, Tom Raney, Mark Nauseef, Joachim Kuhn, Michel Portal, Cyril Atef, Maxime Delpierre, Benoit Delbecq, Henri Texier, Dave Holland, François Corneloup, Wolfang Pouchnick, Mark Feldman , Médéric Collignon, Martial Solal, Michel Petrucciani, Gérard Marais, Rita mitsuko, John Greaves, Michelle Rabbia, Marilyn Crispell, Gerald Cleaver, Ikue Mori and many others great musicians...
In 2010, Vincent Courtois created the new Band "WAT" and was made a Chevalier of the ’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres', by the French Ministry of Culture .
He also performs in duet and quartet with Michel Portal, and recorded a solo cd.
discographie chez yolk
concerts
It's not an exhaustive list.
connections
other works1990 "CELLO NEWS" (Nocture Productions) Pierre Christophe, Benoit Dunoyer, Serge Gacon
1991 "PLEINE LUNE" (Nocturne Productions) Pierre Christophe, Benoit Dunoyer, Serge Gacon, Dominique Pifarely, Julien Lourau, Xavier Desandre
1993 "TURKISH BLEND" ( Al Sur Media 7) Gilles Andrieux, Julien Lourau, Bojan Z, Nicolas Krassik, Kakoli, Benoit Dunoyer, Youval Micenmacher
1994 " PENDULUM QUARTET" (Label Acousti) Julien Lourau, Benoit Dunoyer, Daniel Garcia Bruno
2000 "TRANSLUCIDE" (Enja Records) Noel Akchoté, Yves Robert, Michel Godard
2002 " THE FITTING ROOM" ( Enja Records) Marc Ducret, Dominique Pifarely
2003 " TRIO ROUGE" ( Intuition) Lucilla Galeazi, Michel Godard
2004 "LES CONTES DE ROSE MANIVELLE" (Le Triton) Zé Jam, Francis Lebras, Olivier Sens, Guillaume Dommartin, Louis Sclavis
2006 "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SILENCE?" (Le Triton) Marc Baron, Francois Merville, Jeanne Added
2008 "MA VIE N EST PAS UNE COMEDIE ROMANTIQUE" ( Milan)
2008 "L'HOMME AVION" ( Chief Inspector) Zé Jam, Francis Lebras, Maxime Delpierre, Olivier Sens, Guillaume Dommartin, Adrien Amey, Regis Huby
2009 " ASAP" ( CamJazz) Ellery Eskelin, Sylvie Courvoisier
Coming soon:
Vincent Courtois solo "l'imprévu"- Rethink-art Label
Trio Tchamitchian Roy Courtois - Emouvance
Vincent Courtois Quartet "What do you mean by silence?"2- Le Triton
Film soundtracks
Documentaries:
1998 "EMPREINTES" Arte
1998 "LOUIS STETTNER" Christophe Debuisne
2001 "VISA POUR L'OUBLI" Hervé Jakubowicz
Short movies:
1997 "LA VIE D'HERBERT C BERLINER" Marc Gibaja
2001 "CONFESSIONS DANS UN BAIN" Marc Gibaja
2002 "TOUT AURA LIEU SUR" Gilles Perru
2010 "LE TEMPS DE LA BALLE" Hervé Jakubowicz
Feature films:
2006 "L'ECLAIREUR" Djibril Glissant with Romane Borhinger, Gregoire Colin, Jackie Berroyer
2007 "MA VIE N'EST PAS UNE COMEDIE ROMANTIQUE" Marc Gibaja with Gilles Lelouch, Marie Gillain
TV Shows:
2006-2007"LA MINUTE BLONDE" Canal+