Occupation(s) Musician, composer Record label Animales En La Vía | Years active 1986–present Albums Resonancia | |
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Instruments Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizers Associated acts Rodrigo Ratier Quintet, Sur, La Puerta del Vino, Atuel Similar Sandy Stevens, Roberto Lecaros, Miguel Moly, Krzysztof Klenczon, Francky Vincent | ||
Rodrigo Sebastian Ratier (born May 21, 1969) is an Argentine composer, arranger, conductor and pianist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has developed his career as an arranger and a performer in the area of the new Argentine tango, jazz, Latin jazz and classical contemporary music.
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Beginnings
At 6 years old he took his first piano lessons. From 1981, his musical education under Roberto Lara (guitar), Haydée Schvartz (piano) and Ani Grunwald (music theory) be continued. At the same time he studied at the “Conservatorio Municipal Manuel de Falla" and the “Antiguo Conservatorio Beethoven" conservatories in Buenos Aires. During the first years of education, he devoted himself to the study of classical guitar and piano, and developed particular interest in composition. In 1984 wrote his first pieces, as result of research on the Argentine folk music and tango, as the fusion of music genres with jazz and classical music.
Artistic career
Since 1985 he has developed as a composer, pianist, arranger and conductor. The first stage of his career took place in Argentina, where he founded the groups "Los Rodrigo Ratier Trio" (1986), "Vallegrande" (1987), "Atuel" (1991) and "La Puerta del Vino" (1994), with whom he has played at the main music venues of Buenos Aires and many other Argentine Cities.
In 1997 he settled in Santiago (Chile), where his career goes on. There he founded the trio "Sur" (Latin-American jazz fusion) and since 2006 he conducts the music group "Rodrigo Ratier Quinteto" (Tango-Jazz). They performed in several Jazz Clubs, Theatres and Jazz Festivals of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.
Between 2004 and 2010 he participated in a register held by the Chilean singer and composer Cristina Gálvez project. Occasionally he committed as Sidemen various stars of the Chilean jazz, as Mickey Mardones, Rita Góngora and Fernando Verdugo, among others.
Work
His work explores various aspects of musical expression and exceeds genre classification. He has pieces of popular inspiration, new tangos, fusion, jazz and world music, as well has composed chamber music and orchestral pieces. The hallmark of his music is the predominance of elements of the Argentine and Latin American folk music, as well as the Argentine tango and Uruguayan Candombe.
La Puerta del Vino
Sur
Rodrigo Ratier Quintet
As sideman
Songs
AntitangoResonancia · 2014
AguardentóxicaResonancia · 2014
Preludio y ValsResonancia · 2014