G\u00e1bor Winand started his musical studies on the clarinet, and then after finishing primary school turned to singing. At the age of 19 he was admitted to the jazz department of the Bart\u00f3k B\u00e9la Conservatory, where his teacher was Attila Garai. After completing the school he soon found himself in the band of Gyula Babos, one of the great personalities of the Hungarian jazz world. After meeting G\u00e1bor Gad\u00f3 in 1990, he started to work with his band Joy, and they made successful appearances at many festivals. Later he often played with the Trio Stendhal, led by the saxophonist L\u00e1szl\u00f3 D\u00e9s, with the ESP orchestra, led by the trombonist L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Goz, and with the pianist Gy\u00f6rgy Vuk\u00e1n. Meanwhile, continuing his instrumental training, he learnt to play the saxophone, and then the flute. Since 2001 he has bee! n a member of the Elem\u00e9r Bal\u00e1zs Group, with whom he has recorded four discs. With the orchestra he has played with Charlie Mariano, as well as playing at the London Jazz Festival, the Skopje Jazz Festival, and in a number of European cities, such as Berlin, The Hague, Vienna, etc. Also in 2001 he took part in the Hungarian Radio singing competition as a member of the jury, and Al Jarreau, the chairman of the jury, expressed great delight in Winand\u2019s performance in the gala concert following the competition, then invited him to share the stage in his own concert. His current formations include the Bosambo Trio, the band of the Cuban singer Elsa Valle, and his own team, the Winand Quartet, In recent years he has again played with G\u00e1bor Gad\u00f3, with whom he has recorded albums released under his own name. The French magazine Jazzman awarded his album Corners of my mind the \u201cChoc de l\u2019ann\u00e9e\u201d prize in 2002, awarded to the most outstanding albums of the year. With the material from his own albums, he has recently received many invitations to France (Jazz Festival de Souillac, Jazz Festival de Tours, Mittel Europa Jazz Festival Schiltingheim, Paris, Valenciennes).<\/p>\n
G\u00e1bor Winand est n\u00e9 en 1964 \u00e0 Budapest. C’est dans sa toute petite enfance qu’il a commen\u00e7a ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 la clarin\u00e8te. Apr\u00e8s avrir termin\u00e9 ses \u00e9tudes primaires il se mit \u00e0 s’interesser au chant. Il eut 18 ans quand le jazz l’a frapp\u00e9 en \u00e9coutant son premier disque de jazz o\u00f9 chantaient ensemble Ella et Louis. C’est alors que ce genre musical l’a contamin\u00e9 et l’a d\u00e9termin\u00e9 pour la vie. Il fit son examen d’entr\u00e9e \u00e0 19 ans au College Musical Bart\u00f3k B\u00e9la o\u00f9 il a commenc\u00e9 une formation de chant et de jazz. Apr\u00e8s les trois ann\u00e9es d’\u00e9tudes il r\u00e9ussit tr\u00e8s rapidement \u00e0 devenir membre dans le groupe du guitariste Babos Gyula, l’une des plus grandes personalit\u00e9s du jazz hongrois. Il rencontra G\u00e1bor Gad\u00f3 en 1990, et il a travaill\u00e9 avec lui dans le groupe \u00ab\u00a0Joy\u00a0\u00bb. Pendant les ann\u00e9es pass\u00e9es ensemble ils particip\u00e8rent avec grand succ\u00e8s \u00e0 beaucoup de festivals internationaux. C’est lors de ces r\u00e9ussites qu’il re\u00e7ut l’invitation de devenir soliste dans la formation Trio Stendhal, men\u00e9e par le saxophoniste L\u00e1szl\u00f3 D\u00e9s. Ils jou\u00e8rent ensemble \u00e0 de multiples concerts, ils ont enregistr\u00e9 des disques. Apr\u00e8s ce travail il a jou\u00e9 pendant 2 ans avec le Band ESP sous la direction de L\u00e1szl\u00f3 G\u00f5z. S’ensuivit une \u00e9poque avec une autre grande personalit\u00e9 du jazz hongrois, le pianiste Gy\u00f6rgy Vuk\u00e1n. En ce moment il fait partie du Groupe Bal\u00e1zs Elem\u00e9r, il joue \u00e0 nouveau avec G\u00e1bor Gad\u00f3 avec qui il a m\u00eame enregistr\u00e9 ses quatres disques solos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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