Aurélien Besnard

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French clarinet player. free lance musician. Play all type of clarinet from short Eb to contrabass). Play contemporary jazz and improvised music. Leader of several bands (Contrabande, Figurines, A distance, Sap(e)), plays also with many European, US and Canadian musicians in many different style on stage and for recordings (Sylvain Chauveau, les Acrobates, INfused, Absinthe provisoire, duet with Patrice Soletti[1], Denis Fournier, Jean-Pierre Jullian, Jean Moriere, Barre Phillips, Lionel Garcin, Eric Chalan, Remi Charmasson, Paul Kikuchi, Steven Hess, Francis Rossignol, HIATUS...). Record 5 albums in leader and 12 as a sideman. Also compose and improvise for contemporary dance and theater. Manager of the independent Montpellier based label : rude awakening presente...personal website http://www.rude-awakening.org/aurelien . Biography info Born in 1975, began clarinet at National Conservatory around 12 years old. Learn classical and contemporary music, also Jazz at conservatory.