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Instruments
  
Piano

Role
  
Musician

Name
  
Michel Bisceglia


Labels
  
Prova Records

Years active
  
1989–present

Record label
  
Prova Records

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Born
  
January 4, 1970 (age 54) Genk, Belgium (
1970-01-04
)

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, composer, arranger, producer

Associated acts
  
Michel Bisceglia Trio, Cattleya, Michel Bisceglia & Carlo Nardozza, Buscemi & The Michel Bisceglia Ensemble

Website
  
www.michelbisceglia.org

Albums
  
The Night And The Music, About Stories, Eleven, My Ideal

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Michel Bisceglia is a Belgian musician. Born Michelino Bisceglia on January 4, 1970, he descends from a family of Italian origin. Although he began playing the keyboard at the age of 6, his formal training on classical piano only started when he was already 12 years old. A few years later he switched to modern piano, and by his second year in high school he knew he wanted to dedicate his life to music.

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Jazz musician

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As a jazz musician he worked with jazz icons such as Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Toots Thielemans and Dewey Redman.Bisceglia also got nominated twice as Best Belgian Musician of the year, 1999 and 2002.

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In 1997 Bisceglia formed his own jazz trio, and to this date they still perform in their original lineup. During this period they have recorded six studio albums and played on famous jazz festivals all over the world. Their debut album 'about stories' features guest musicians Randy Brecker and Bob Mintzer.Bisceglia is well known for working with artists from outside the jazz world. His most notable coproduction in this regard was Jazz Works, released with Buscemi (DJ) on Blue Note Records.

Composer, arranger, orchestrator

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As a composer, arranger and orchestrator. Bisceglia has worked with the Brussels Philharmonic and the Orquestra Nacional do Porto. In 2004 he started his own symphonic orchestra: Prova Symfonica. In 2010 at the start of Belgium's 12th Presidency of the European Council, he conducted a symphonic orchestra at the 'I Love EU'-concert in Brussels.

Film composer

Bisceglia is also a film composer. In 2013 he composed the soundtrack for the feature film Marina by director Stijn Coninx. This film is based upon the life of the Italian singer Rocco Granata, who moved to Belgium when he was a young boy. Moreover, he composed the music for Blue Bird, a feature film directed by Gust Van den Berghe that was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. He has also composed music for Vincent Lannoo's In the Name Of The Son and Little Glory, a film with Hollywood-actor Cameron Bright.

At the 25th of October 2014 Michel Bisceglia’s soundtrack for the film Marina won the Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack Awards.

Discography

  • About Stories – Michel Bisceglia trio feat. Randy Brecker & Bob Mintzer (BMG/rcaVictor, 1997)
  • Le Temps Perdu – Cattleya (PAO Records, 2000)
  • The Night and the Music – Michel Bisceglia trio (Culture Records, 2002)
  • Second Breath – Michel Bisceglia trio (Prova Records, 2003)
  • Madeleine – Cattleya (Rent A Dog, 2003)
  • Inner You – Michel Bisceglia trio (Prova Records, 2007)
  • Jazz Works – Buscemi & The Michel Bisceglia Ensemble (Blue Note, 2007)
  • Diary – Cattleya (Prova Records, 2007)
  • Invisible Light – Michel Bisceglia trio (Prova Records, 2009)
  • Vertov, L'uomo Con La Macchina Da Presa – Buscemi & The Michel Bisceglia Ensemble (Prova Records, 2009)
  • 11 – Michel Bisceglia & Carlo Nardozza (Prova Records, 2013)
  • Singularity – Michel Bisceglia trio (Prova Records, 2014)
  • Blue Bird - Michel Bisceglia trio (Prova Records, 2015)
  • 20 Years Recordings - Michel Bisceglia trio (Prova Records, 2017, compilation album)
  • Film Soundtracks

    As composer

  • Blue Bird – Feature film directed by Gust Van den Berghe (2011)
  • Mixed Kebab - Feature film directed by Guy Lee Thys (2011)
  • Little Glory - Feature film directed by Vincent Lannoo (2011)
  • In the Name of the Son - Feature film directed by Vincent Lannoo (2012)
  • Valentino - Feature film directed by Remy Van Heugten (2013)
  • Marina – Feature film directed by Stijn Coninx (2013)
  • The Pickle Recipe – Feature film directed by Michael Manasseri (2016)
  • As arranger / orchestrator:

  • Ushi Must Marry – Feature film directed by Paul Ruven (2013)
  • Symfollies – Animated series directed by Ives Agemans - 32 episodes (1999 - 2004)
  • Midden in de Winternacht – Feature film directed by Lourens Blok (2013)
  • Boy 7 – Feature film directed by Lourens Blok (2015)
  • Terug Naar Morgen – Feature film directed by Lukas Bossuyt (2015)
  • Gluckauf – Feature film directed by Remy van Heugten (2015)
  • Cafard – Feature film directed by Jan Bultheel (2015)
  • References

    Michel Bisceglia Wikipedia