Biography:

Denis Badault , born on May 24 , 1958at Versailles ¹ , and died on July 24 , 2023² , is a French pianist , conductor and composer .

He describes himself today as a pianist, conductor, composer, head of “construction sites” and “transmitter” ^{[ ref.  desired]} . He followed the teaching of the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris .

Biography

As a pianist and conductor, he conducted the National Jazz Orchestra (ONJ, 1991-1994), created the Bande à Badault (1982-1989), as well as small formations: Trio Bado (cd Yolk , 2001) or currently the quartet H3B with Régis Huby(violin), Laurent Blondiau (trumpet) and Sébastien Boisseau (double bass). He composed almost all the repertoires of these different orchestras and responded to numerous commissions; the “site manager” works to carry out projects where “everything and everyone mixes and mixes: creation, distribution, training, professionals, amateurs, jazz, classics, technoraprockoccitaniques”; as for his role as a “transmitter”, Denis Badault defines it as follows: “playing, composing, teaching, distributing records, four aspects of the transmission of an artistic expression to his audience”. He is in “companionship” with the National Scene of Sète for 4 seasons (until 2012).

Denis Badault also leads an improvisation class at the conservatory with regional influence in Toulouse as well as courses on “improvisation and interpretation”.

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