Vincent Peirani

Vincent Peirani (born 24 April 1980) is a French jazz accordionist, vocalist and composer who has played internationally, collaborating with Denis Colin, François Jeanneau, Youn Sun Nah, Émile Parisien, Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, and Michael Wollny, among others.

Career

He studied clarinet and solfège at the Conservatoire de Paris. He received several awards, including international awards, between 1994 and 1998, such as the 1998 Prix d'Accordéon Classique of the conservatory. He turned to jazz the same year. In 2010 he first recorded his own compositions (Gunung Sebatu). He recorded in duo with the cellist François Salque, including the album Tanguillo.

He founded a quintet, Living Being, playing from 2013 with the trumpeter Mathias Eick and the vocalist . They played at the 10th Jazzahead Festival in Bremen.

In 2016, he recorded the album Tandem with pianist Michael Wollny. A reviewer called it a symbiotic result, interpretations following the intentions of the composers (Interpretationen im Sinn der Komponisten). Peirani was invited by Wollny – then artist in residence of the Rheingau Musik Festival – to play a concert at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden also with vocalist Andreas Schaerer and the saxophonist Émile Parisien. A reviewer noted his at times impressionistic sensitivity for sounds and his tender finesse.

Awards In 2014, Peirani was awarded the Frank Ténot prize of the Victoires du Jazz as the "Instrumental revelation". In May 2015, he received an Echo Jazz both as an instrumentalist and for his duo with Michael Wollny. His albums Thrill Box and Tandem were also awarded the prize. In 2016, he was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Discography Peirani has made many recordings, mostly for ACT.

As leader or co-leader 2009 – Gunung Sebatu with Vincent Lê Quang (saxophone), Zig Zag Territoires 2008 – Mélosolex, Label Ouïe / Anticraft distribution 2011 – Est with François Salque (cello), Zig Zag Territoires 2011 – Vagabond, with Lars Danielsson / Ulf Wakenius, ACT 2012 – Thrill Box with Michael Wollny (p) and Michel Benita (b), ACT 2013 – Tanguillo with François Salque and , Zig Zag Territoires 2014 – Belle Époque with Émile Parisien, ACT 2015 – Living Being, with Émile Parisien (cl, ts), Yoann Serra (d), (Fender Rhodes), Julien Herné (elb), ACT 2016 – Tandem, with Peirani and Wollny, ACT 2018 – Living Being II - Night Walker, ACT

Participations

2013 – Stromae, Racine carrée, Mercury Records 2013 – Journal Intime, Extension des Feux, Neuklang Records 2013 – Richard Bona, Bonafied, Universal Jazz 2013 – Youn Sun Nah, Lento, ACT 2013 – Thiefs, Melanine Harmonic Recordings 2013 – Gael Faye, Pili Pili Sur Un Croissant Au Beurre, Universal Music 2013 – Serena Fisseau, D'Une, Île à l'Autre, Naïve 2012 – Daniel Humair, Sweet & Sour, Laborie 2011 – Bénabar, Les Bénéfices du doute 2010 – Roberto Alagna, Live à Nîmes (DVD), Universal Music 2010 – Les Yeux Noirs, Tiganeasca, Zig Zag Territoires 2010 – Livre disque pour enfants Mon imagier des amusettes, Tomes 1 and 2, Gallimard 2009 – David Sire, David Sire, Sélénote 2009 – Laurent Korcia, Cinéma, EMI 2009 – Mike Ibrahim, La Route du Nord, Universal / Polydor 2008 – Sanseverino, Sanseverino aux Bouffes du Nord, Sony / BMG 2007 – Hadrien Feraud, Dreyfus Records 2007 – Les Yeux Noirs, Oprescena, ZZT 2007 – Olivier Calmel, Empreintes, Musica Guild 2007 – Yves Simon, Rumeurs, Universal / Barclay 2006 – and Éric Slabiak, Orphée Dilo and autres contes des Balkans, Naïve 2006 – Muriel Bloch and Éric Slabiak, Carte postale des Balkans, Naïve 2006 – , Air Libre, Allgorythm 2005 – , Merci pour les fleurs, Symbolic 2005 – Le Cirque Des Mirages, Fumée d'Opium, Universal Music 2004 – , Sophie Forte, Niark Productions 2003 – Lansiné Kouyaté and David Neerman, Kangaba, Popcornlab 2003 – Youn Sun Nah, Down By Love, HUB Music/Warner EMI Korea 2003 – The European Union Jazz Youth Orchestra, European Jazz Orchestra 2003, Music Mecca 2002 – Les Yeux Noirs, Live, (EMI/Odéon)