\u00ab Here are nine of my favorite rhythms, which I cherish as much as the songs I enjoy
\nperforming on my piano or in my head. Because they hold within them the identity of a
\nregion, a country, a people or a music. I first discovered them through the
\n\u201cTambor y Canto Encounters\u201d at the Cit\u00e9 de la Musique in Marseille. I then started to
\nmaster them, slipping them in on my keyboard between percussionists and singers.
\nThen I brought them home with me and showed them to my jazz collaborators… My most
\ncherished rhythms ” will have surely changed since the beginning of the voyage, but no
\nmatter, just as long as we make it there, to listen to the album and undertake the musical
\njourney through America, the one in the South, the one that speaks Spanish and
\nPortuguese, the one with llaneros, boleristas and candomberos, where music is dance,
\ndanz\u00f3n, c\u00f4co and huayno. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Simon Bolzinger<\/strong><\/p>\n As a pianist, composer, arranger<\/strong> with training in classical and jazz music, Simon \u00ab Here are nine of my favorite rhythms, which I cherish as much as the songs I enjoy performing on my piano or in my head. Because they hold within them the identity of a region, a country, a people or a music. I first discovered them through the \u201cTambor y Canto Encounters\u201d at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBolzinger is passionate about traditional music from South America and the Caribbean,
\nwhich he transcribes to the piano, or re-writes for orchestras, always respectful of
\ntraditions and striving for authenticity.
\nArtistic Director of the PICANTE Association in Marseille, he organizes the “Rencontres Tambor y
\nCanto” (“Tambor y Canto Encounters”), which revolve around traditional music and hold
\ninternational exchanges that might lead to the production of shows and records.
\nA classically-trained musician, he discovered South American music singing in choirs after joining
\nthe university choirs of Caracas under the direction of Alberto Grau and Maria Guinand. His two
\nyears in Venezuela (1989-90) provided him the opportunity to learn about Afro-Venezuelan salsa
\nand polyrhythms. He earned the Gold Medal in the jazz class at the Conservatoire de Marseille,
\nunder the direction of Guy Longnon (1992).
\nFollowing his studies in Physics Engineering and his PhD in Acoustics (1995) under the direction of
\ncomposer Jean-Claude Risset, he decided on becoming a professional musician and trained the
\nsalsa group ZUMBAO through fifteen years of tours to international recognition, confirmed by the
\nopening of the Feria de Cali (2006). A connoisseur of traditional Venezuelan music, he also
\nstudied in the Cuban tradition, in which he founded the ensemble “Galarumba” with the singer
\nMartha Galarraga and percussionist Gustavo Ovalles (2003).
\nHe started the annual “Tambor y Canto” encounters on traditional music at the Cit\u00e9 de la
\nMusique in Marseille (2005), where traditional music from the South American countries of Cuba,
\nVenezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay get presented and revisited. Many
\ncreations and collaborations with the tradition’s artistic heirs were to follow. The most
\naccomplished is unquestionably the Tambor y Canto Company, which mixes traditions from four
\ncountries, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina and Peru, with jazz (CD “Tambor y Canto”, 2017 \/ Quart de
\nLune – Rue Stendhal).
\nIn 2010 he turned back to instrumental jazz, first in a quartet with saxophonist Olivier Temime on
\nthe album “Cantos Queridos”, then as part of a trio on a new work “Ritmos Queridos” (2020).
\nHe could also be found composing for the vocal ensemble “Voix de Strass” in Strasbourg, and
\ndoing arrangements and accompaniment for mixed-tradition songs: “Nougar\u00f4trement”
\nperformances with Jean-Philippe Trotobas, “Wayaj” with Elsy Fleriag, “Barbara Jazz” with Katy
\nBolide, “Hispano Am\u00e9rica” with Choune and Sylvie Paz, “Cabaret Eldorado” with Gil Aniorte,
\n“Agua” with Regina Celia, “Nina, une \u00e9vocation” with Corinne Vangysel.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"