Cyril Barbessol was born in 1970 in Fontainebleau, France, "FRONTPAGE", his first solo album will be born in 2013.
It would be hard to make a shorter version of my bio. For those who have more time to share, here is the detailed version…
Classical studies in “Schola Cantorum Paris”, and in Marseille with Mme Canavaggia, first concert in 1988, Fontainebleau’s theatre, with Chopin, Rachmaninov, Scriabine, Brahms. He won several prizes such as Nerini (1987), concours musical de France (1988)…
1989, he moves to Paris where he studies jazz, advance harmony and orchestra with Ivan Julien and Bernard Maury.
He played with salsa band like Mambo Mania, becomes the director of the “Paradis Latin” review, works with famous jazz artists (Pierrick Pedron, Laurent Robin, Benjamin Henock, Gildas Boclé, Régis Ceccarelli…).
1997, he plays with artist from the African scene (Rido Bayonne, Raï-Cum, Idrissa Diop, Amar Sundy…).
In 2000, starts a main steam collaboration with singers from pop music such as Henri Salvador, Phil Collins, the Gipsy Kings, Asa all over the world.
He was the piano soloist in the Jean-Jacques Justafré symphonic orchestra in the end of 2011 in China.
Of all these collaborations, one of the most striking ones was with Ivry Gitlis, a worldwide recognized violin player.
After meeting in a recording studio, Ivry asked Cyril to join him in the Martha Argerich festival in Switzerland in a tribute to Gershwin.
A trip to Bombay (India), gave Cyril a chance to meet Emmanuelle de Decker, manager of the most famous jazz club in town, the Blue Frog. She asked him to open and close the Bengalor Jazz Festival.
The success he met during this event, motivated him to work on his first solo project, FRONTPAGE.
For musical and human reasons, calling Régis Ceccarelli and Antoine Reininger was the most natural choice.
Inspired by “Melody Nelson” by Gainsbourg and the sound of modern jazz trio, Cyril Barbessol’s album is a mix of classical, pop and jazz music. The voice of Asa, Gilles and others, give to this project, and particular atmosphere, full of poetry…