17/04/2012, 21:30

CEDRIC HANRIOT GROOVE TRIO
 

Recording artist, composer, arranger, producer, sound designer, educator 



M. Hanriot would generally be considered a latecomer to the world of music. After earning his Master’s Degree in Electronics & Digital Audio Processing at the age of 21, his life took an unexpected turn as he sat at the piano for the first time in his life. Then at this late age - 21 years of age, he started studying music and playing the piano.

Within only a few years, Fulbright recipient, French pianist pianist, composer, producer and arranger Cedric HANRIOT has performed and recorded with luminaries such as drummer Terri Lyne CARRINGTON (Stevie WONDER, Herbie HANCOCK), bass player John PATITUCCI (STING, Wayne SHORTER), bass player/singer Me’shell NDEGEOCELLO, drummer Cindy BLACKMAN (Lenny KRAVITZ), saxophonist Joe LOVANO, Grammy Awards winning singer DeeDee BRIDGEWATER to name a few.

Cedric HANRIOT has appeared at many prestigious performance venues worldwide including The Iridium New York (USA), the Vancouver International Jazz Festival (Canada), the Tanglewood International Jazz Festival (USA), the Universal Exposition 2010 (Shanghai, China) and the Jazz a Vienne Festival (F). Mr HANRIOT has also appeared at La Defense Jazz Festival Paris (F), Transe-Atlantique Festival (Morocco), at the famous NPR radio Talk Show “Says you” and the Victoria Jazz Festival (Canada).
Besides a Fulbright grant, HANRIOT has won major composition and solo prizes throughout the world including the Jazz at St Germain Festival, International Jazz Soloist Contest in Monaco and Enghien les Bains Festival. He has won the prestigious French-American Arthur King Peters Memorial Grant, the Mary Jane Earnhart Ellison Endowed Scholarship as well as scholarships to Berklee College of Music, Boston (USA) .
Cedric HANRIOT has studied with world-class artists such as Danilo PEREZ, Greg OSBY, Jean Michel PILC, Joe LOVANO, Hal CROOK.
Mr HANRIOT holds a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering and Audio Signal Processing from the University of Nancy, France and a Degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music, Boston (USA).

Current projects include his acoustic project called 'Cedric Hanriot French Stories' whose CD was released in February 2011 on Plus Loin/Harmonia Mundi and featuring Terri Lyne CARRINGTON and John PATITUCCI. The acoustic project recently toured Europe, Nicaragua, USA, Korea, China and Canada. 'Cedric Hanriot French Stories' plays Cedric ‘s original compositions as well as well-known French Folk Songs (Chanson Francaise, Brel, Ferre, Gainsbourg, Aznavour, Piaf) in a Jazz and contemporary style through the use of contemporary grooves such as groove, jazz, world and hip-hop.
In addition to his own projects, Cedric has collaborated with many other leading artists on piano, B3 Hammond Organ, keys, melodica and accordion. He has also composed, arranged, produced and sound designed for an array of musical styles such as Electro, Pop, RNB, Hip Hop, Blues, Jazz, Latin, World music, music for Video games/Jingles/Ads and capacities.

Mr HANRIOT is an active educator and has given many workshops in Europe, North America and Asia. Since 2003, he has enjoyed sharing his musical gifts through teaching at the Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood (CMDL) in Melun, France as well as at the Music Academy International (partner/BIN school of Berklee College of Music) in Nancy, France.