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Bourgeyx was born in Bordeaux
in 1972 and began studying the piano when he was 7.
After studying musicology at Bordeaux University, he went
to Berklee College of Music in Boston for 4 years. He then
formed his own American trio with whom he played on a regular
basis in the States and in Japan.
Vincent Bourgeyx became
the first student to win the famous Billboard magazine prize,
which enabled him to complete his studies free of charge.
After graduating from the College in 1997 he moved to New
York where he became an active member of the New York music
scene.
Whilst in the United States, Vincent worked with several
musicians such as : saxophonists Ravi Coltrane, Mark Turner,
Billy Pierce, Graig Handy, Donald Harrison, Eric Alexander,
Richie Cole, Greg Tardydrummers Bobby Durhan, Ralph Peterson
singers Jane Monheit, Claudia Acuna and many other musicians
like Chuck Mangione, Julian Priester, Joe Lockeand. Joe Locke,
with whom he participated in concerts and tours in numerous
clubs and festivals : Sweet Basil, Blue Note, Small’s,
and Jazz Standard in New York, and the festivals of Monterey
in California, Montreux in Switzerland, the Phoenix in Japan,
the Free Jazz Festival in Brazil, etc.
Vincent Bourgeyx also taught
the piano at the Koyo Conservatory in Kobe in Japan, and participated
in Master Classes at the Berkeley College of Music of Boston
with Jane Ira Bloom, and at the International Association
of Jazz Educators in 1998 and 2001.
Vincent bourgeyx has recorded
several albums as sideman with various American, European
and Japanese recording studios.
Since returning home, he has already performed with leading
musicians like Sylvain Boeuf, Jean-Jacques Avenel, John Betch,
Méderic Colignon, Sara Lazarus, David Elmalek, etc.,
and won a soloist prize at the Jazz Competition of la Défense
in 2003. He has also composed film music , notably that of
the 1939 silent movie Blackmail, by Alfred Hitchcock.
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