Jean-Marie Machado

A classically trained musician, inhabited by the spirit of  improvisation and creation, avid for encounters, Jean-Marie Machado has  shown a marked taste for unusual orchestral formations. He has developed  an original writing style, sometimes erudite but always guided by a  concern for lyricism. He likes to define himself as a composer of today,  concerned with diverse horizons, openness and exchange.

In his various projects, one can feel the multiplicity of his  cultural heritage: born in Morocco, of an Italian and Spanish mother and  a Portuguese father, he studied the piano with the great concert artist  Catherine Collard. He then discovered jazz and improvisation and played  alongside the greatest European and American jazzmen (Dave Liebman,  Andy Sheppard, Paolo Fresu) and shared traditional and world music with  the great Brazilian percussionist, Nana Vasconcelos.

Jean-Marie Machado founded the Danzas Orchestra in 2007, which has  been presenting different programs for several years, to date 5: L’Amour  Sorcier, Pictures for Orchestra, La Fête à Boby, Lagrima Latina, Fiesta  nocturna. At the same time, he plays in duo with the accordionist  Didier Ithursarry (Palmarès live du Bureau Export 2017-2018), he creates  a percussion orchestra (Impulse Songs), a piece for symphonic orchestra  L’esprit de l’eau (creation with the ONDIF in September 2017 at the  Centre des Bords de Marne) and a solo piano project with a sound  sculpture created by Alain Français (Immersons). Composer associated  with the CdbM, he met Christian and François Ben Aïm, the starting point  of the performative adventure Vibrations.

Source: Christian & François Ben Aïm

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