ArtistInfo

Christian Leroy

p, perc,
Musician of Jazz

Since his early age, Christian LEROY gets interested in music, mainly contemporary and impressionistic. In 1970 he studies percussion and participates in many happenings with poets and painters. He also writes his first film soundtracks. In late 1979, he founds the Ensemble Musique Vivante and recorded his first album under his name in December 1979 with Philippe SAUCEZ on clarinet and José BEDEUR on bass and cello. The trio took the name from this first Christian Leroy album. MÉTARYTHMES DE L'AIR belongs to this breed of Belgian chamber music-cum-jazz projects also includes JULVERNE or UNIVERS ZERO as well as pianist Charles LOOS, Dominique LAWALREE or Fred VAN HOVE. Christian performs with many Belgian and international soloists, such as Sam BENNETT, Louis SCLAVIS, Ernst RIJSEGER, Marylin CRISPELL, Steve LACY, etc... in 1987, he creates the QUATUOR NOIR with José BEDEUR, Yvo VANDER BORGHT an Hélène BERGIBANT, an ensemble playing music on mythological themes.

Instruments

• Piano
• Percussion

Genres

• Jazz
• Spoken Word
• Classical
• Soundtrack

Plays With