Lublin Jazz Festival

We invite you to the jazz concert of the David Tixier Trio (FR / CH / HR) with the guest appearance of the American guitarist Mike Moreno (US). The concert will be part of the tour promoting the latest album of the group – Universal Citizen.

David Tixier – piano
Rafael Jerjen – Bass
Lada Obradovic – drums
feat. Mike Moreno – guitar

The three members of the trio from France, Croatia and Switzerland colour and explore the compostions written by David Tixier in a way that highlights the trios diverse cultural background. Unified, energetic and the element of surprise are the key components of this project.

With Rafael Jerjen on bass and Lada Obradovic on drums.

The most recent album of the trio entitled “Universal Citizen” was recorded in November 2017 in New York City and features guests artists Mike Moreno & Sachal Vasandani.

Created in February 2016, the David Tixier Trio has played among other venues, at Sunside-Sunset in Paris, Sala Clamores in Madrid, Alexander Platz Jazz Club in Rome, at B-Flat Jazz Club in Berlin, at Satchmo Jazz Club, Maribor, at Jazz En Ville Festival 2016, and Jazz En Baie Festival 2016, France.

The trio has been finalist of the Jazz Competition in Jazz En Ville Festival 2016, and the Jazz Avenir Competition 2016 in the Mont Saint Michel’s Bay, Normandie (France). During the semi-final selections of the International Matmut Jazz Orchestra Price 2016, the David Tixier Trio was chosen beside other 15 semi-finalists by the jury among 403 other international bands. In November 2016, the band was among the semi-finalists of the International online competition « 7 Virtual Jazz Clubs » and in December 2016, the trio was semi-finalist of the international competition B-Jazz held in Belgium. In May 2017, the trio was finalists of the “Tremplin Jeunes Talents” for the festival “Saint Germain Des Près” taking place at Sunset-Sunside Jazz Club, Paris.

For 2017, the David Tixier Trio is booked in 10 different countries so far, from Spain, France, Switzerland, to Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, and Slovenia.

David Tixier is a french piano player established in Switzerland. He was born in 1989.
After being in Paris to pass a Diploma of Music Studies (DEM) at the Conservatoire de Paris (CRR), with as piano professor Benjamin Moussay, he worked and played with great Jazz musicians like Bob Mintzer, Eric Watson, Giovanni Mirabassi, or Frank Amsalem. He continued studies in Lausanne, Switzerland, for a Bachelor, and a Master in Performance, with as piano professor Emil Spanyi. There, he worked and played with the New York Voices, Chico Freeman, George Robert, Julian Arguelles, François Lindemann, Sangoma Everett or Patrick Perrier.

David Tixier was the co-leader and keyboards/piano player of the trio LESS THAN FOUR since 2013 until 2016, an emergent swiss band. He leads also the “Humain Trop Humain Collective” since 2014.
In 2012, he was one of the five finalists of the Boris Vian Piano Competition, in Paris. In 2013, with the trio LESS THAN FOUR, he won the 1st prize of the jury and 1st public prize at the Jazz In Oloron Competition, in France. The same year, he was finalist with this trio at the Europafest Jazz Competition in Bucharest.
In 2015, David was a semi-finalist of the Montreux Piano Solo Competition, with Yaron Herman as head of the Jury, and a semi-finalist of the UBS Public Prize organised by Montreux Jazz Festival. The same year, he won the 2nd prize of the Monaco Jazz Soloists competition 2015.

So far, David had opportunity to perform his art in Europe (France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Romania), in Turkey and in Japan.

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