Fabrizio Cassol (born 8 June 1964) is a Belgian saxophonist and the first user of the aulochrome (a double-reed instrument).Jazz in Belgium biography
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, Belgium. Between 1982 and 1985, he studied at the Liège conservatory and "obtained first prize for saxophone while majoring in chamber music". He also studied improvisation and

composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography *Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include v ...

. Cassol began to tour with his first band ( Trio Bravo, with Michel Massot and Michel Debrulle). He travelled to the

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n forest to encounter the Aka

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, which led to the formation of the band

Aka Moon Aka Moon is the Belgian jazz trio of saxophonist Fabrizio Cassol, bassist Michel Hatzigeorgiou and drummer Stéphane Galland. Aka Moon combines jazz, rock, and world music. ''In Real Time'' (2001) was composed for ballet company of Anne-Teresa ...

. Besides, he has performed with many other musicians. He has composed music for dance theatre and in 1995 he composed with

Kris Defoort Kris Defoort is a Belgian avant-garde jazz pianist and composer. He was born on 30 November 1959 in Bruges. He also teaches at the Brussels conservatory. His brother is Bart Defoort (saxophonist and composer). He entered in 1978 the Antwerp ...

the album '' Variations on A Love Supreme''. He won the Belgian

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in 1998. Since September 2002, he has used the aulochrome, a new instrument created by François Louis. He has taught at the

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music academy since 1989. Cassol collaborated with choreographer

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to create "Requiem pour L", in which musicians and dancers "perform a new version of Mozart’s Requiem while slow-motion footage of a woman dying is projected on a screen behind them".

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The aulochrome official website
1964 births Living people People from Seraing Belgian jazz saxophonists 21st-century saxophonists Aka Moon members {{Jazz-saxophonist-stub