DUO Delannoye/Andrioli ‘Dining in the Dark’

As interesting as tenor saxophonist Steven Delannoye’s recent New York quartet album was (Here Comes Tomorrow – W.E.R.F 2014), it didn’t prepare us for the sublimity of this two-man encounter. Duets live have it all: brilliant and spirited individual playing, exceptional rapport, a terrific mix of songs, a luminous awareness of jazz in all its varied forms and opening windows to 20th century classical music. What makes Steven and Nicola so compatible, even though they are still at the beginning of their careers, is the ease with which they each straddle and move back and forth across the line between modern and pre-modern.

Nicola Andrioli (pianist – composer)
Nicola Andrioli was born in 1977 in Brindisi (Italy) into a family of musicians.
After specialising in contemporary music and the repertoire of Ravel, he took the path of jazz, being fascinated by the freedom and experimentation of this music both in improvisation and in composition.
He obtained his diplomas in Italy (classical music and jazz) and in France (DFS at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris). In 2011 he obtained a Master Jazz Piano at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, with “the highest distinction”. He also studied with : Kevin Hays, Aaron Gooldberg, George Cable, Kenny Barron, Barry Harris, Ran Blake, Diederick Wissels, Dave Liebman Liebman, Rick Margitza, Archie Sheep, Marc Turner, Billy Hart, Enrico Pieranunzi.
He has participated in numerous competitions and won several prizes, including including:
– 1st prize in the Luca Flores competition 2009 – Semi-finalist in the Montreux Jazz
Semi-finalist of the Montreux Jazz Piano Competition 2006. – Semi-finalist of the Martial Solal competition 2006
– 2nd Prize at the “Ethno-Music Contest” in Milan (2005) – “Special acknowledgement” at the “Prize Massimo Urbani” competition 2003 – 1st prize at the Friederich Gulda International Competition (2001).

He has played with Philip Catherine, Toots Thielemans, Richard Galliano, Bert Joris, Rick Margitza, Archie Shepp, Ran Blake, John Ruocco.
He has also recorded several albums, the last one under the name of Philip Catherine “Coté Jardin” and two albums under his own name: Nicola Andrioli Paris 4tet, “Pulsar” and Nicola Andrioli “Alba” (Dodicilune Records).
He writes for trio, quartet and quintet, and has extensive experience as an experience as an instrumentalist in many contexts, from solo to symphonic symphony orchestra.

Steven Delannoye
After his musical studies in Belgium and after having worked with some of the best European artists and ensembles, among them: Eric Vloeimans, Stéphane Belmondo, Jakob Bro, Bert Joris, Toots Thielemans and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, saxophonist Steven Delannoye was selected in 2009 to spend a year at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music in New York, with a scholarship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation (B.A.E.F.). At the Manhattan School of Music he worked intensively with pianist Phil Markowitz who shared his experiences with Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman from the Saxophone Summit’. Steven Delannoye’s current projects are his New York Trio with international guests, and a contemporary jazz chamber duo with cellist Lode Vercampt, renowned in classical and improvisation.
The period 2012-2014 Delannoye is ‘Artist In Residence of the University K.U.Leuven’.
Steven is known everywhere for his modern and energetic sound and his sophisticated playing.

Tickets 
1 concert =  € 15
4 concerts =  € 60
(-26 years: € 12 or  € 48)

Entrance: venue Platform, Verlatstraat 20, Antwerp (1st floor)
Doors: 7h30 pm
Concert: 8 pm

Reservations via ilse@bernaerts.be

Payment can be made by bank transfer BE64 1112 5123 5552 with the reference ‘Bernaerts Jazz March 3’.