Tony Tixier (born 26 February 1986 in
Montreuil, France) is a French
jazz pianist.
Biography
Tony Tixier was born in Montreuil and studied classical piano at the conservatory. He made his first stage appearance at age seven. He studied choral, classical harmony and counterpoint, writing and composition. He obtained his diploma of 12 years of graduation (DFE) musical training with honors and his 14 years of classical piano DFE in
Pascal Gallet
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Biography
His first television appearance at the age of 10 encouraged Gallet in the pianistic path. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris at a very young age and followed Pierre Sancan's, then Yvon ...
's class.
In 2009, Tixier signed ''Parallel Worlds'', his first album in septet with bold orchestral writings that defines itself as a laboratory of sounds and climates, perfectly illustrating his clear interest in orchestration and musical research.
In 2012, he joined the SpaceTime Record label for which he recorded the album ''Dream Pursuit'' with his quartet featuring Justin Brown, Logan Richardson and Earl Burniss Travis. The album was labeled a "revelation" by ''
Jazz Magazine
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''.
In 2012 he opened for Herbie Hancock at the Jazz En Tete Festival in Clermont-Ferrand with his twin brother, violinist
Scott Tixier.
In 2013, he founded the chamber ensemble Moon Paradox for which he composed a concertino for piano and string quintet in seven movements, mixing classical writing with jazz and contemporary music. In addition, he led an intense concert activity in France and abroad.
In 2014, Tony and Scott Tixier starred in commissioned work by the Artist
Janet Cardiff. They also improvised and composed the music for this project that was a part of the inaugural program for the
Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris (building architect Frank Gehry).
In 2015, he began to play at
Radio City Music Hall
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as the pianist for the
NBC TV show ''
America's Got Talent
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''.
In 2016 he played on ''
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'' and performed in a
Tommy Hilfiger campaign with top model
Gigi Hadid.
In 2017 Tixier signed as an exclusive
Yamaha Artist for Yamaha music corporation.
Discography
As leader:
* 2006: ''Fall in Flowers'' – Tony Tixier Trio
* 2007: ''Electric Trane'' – Tony Tixier solo
* 2009: ''Parallel Worlds'' – Tony Tixier septet
* 2012: ''Dream Pursuit'' (Space Time Records) – Tony Tixier quartet
* 2017: ''Life of Sensitive Creatures'' (Whirlwind recordings) – Tony Tixier trio
* 2020: ''I AM HUMAN'' (Tixmusic) - Tony Tixier
* 2021: ''Moonshine'' (Tixmusic) - T Tixier & D Freiss
As sideman:
* 2007: ''Roll the Dice'' (Yvonnick Prene Group)
* 2008: ''As a Monkey'' (Donald Devienne Group)
* 2010: ''Des mots détonent'' (JLS hip hop)
* 2011: ''Roz Jeriko'' (Veronique Hermann Sambin)
* 2013: ''Hapalemur'' (Renaud Gensane)
* 2013: ''Our Journey'' (Hermon Mehari 'Diverse')
* 2014: ''Elements'' (Joachim Govin)
* 2017: ''Strings'' (Ryan J Lee)
* 2019: ''Guardians of the heart machine'' (Seamus Blake quartet)
* 2019: ''Scopes'' (Scopes)
* 2020: ''Present'' (Joachim Govin)
* 2020: '' A Change for The Dreamlike'' (Hermon Mehari)
* 2020: ''Wholeness'' (Ray Colom)
References
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1986 births
French jazz pianists
French male pianists
Living people
People from Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis
21st-century pianists
21st-century French male musicians
French male jazz musicians
Whirlwind Recordings artists
Male jazz pianists