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, 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.