User:La2berlin/sandbox/Or Solomon

Or Solomon is an Israeli pianist and composer who views the piano as a “sound generator, channeling the entire emotional spectrum.”

He was classically trained throughout his youth and has been influenced by a wide range of music from classical to contemporary, including minimalism, African traditional, African American music, Black French music, free jazz, pop and rock. He moved to Paris in 1993 and is currently based in Berlin.

Solomon is also an improvisational pianist. For Nuit Blanche 2013 he performed at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais within the retrospective exhibition of Cubist artist Georges Braque.

List of Collaborations

 * Member of the Magic Malik Orchestra, the French new progressive jazz group led by Malik Mezzadri
 * Tony Allen
 * Sébastien Martel
 * Napoleon Murphy Brock
 * Médéric Collignon
 * Camille
 * Abd al Malik
 * Renaud Gabriel Pion
 * Sylvain Kassap
 * Stéphane Sanseverino
 * Frédéric Nevchehirlian
 * Brice Wassi
 * Peter Corser
 * Hilaire Penda
 * Hasse Poulsen
 * Mathieu Boogaerts
 * Mike Ladd
 * Kaori Ito

Personal Discography

 * Improvisations Pour Georges Braque (2014)
 * Round Trips, Piano Solo (2012)

Selected Performances

 * Libre Court - Musiques au comptoire (2016)
 * Solo - Improvisations Pour Georges Braque, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (2013)
 * Festival Jazz à Vienne (2013)
 * Sunside, Paris Jazz Club (2012)

Selected Reviews

 * "Chronique: Improvisations Pour Georges Braque - Or Solomon" by Franpi Barriaux. Citizen Jazz, 21 July 2014
 * "Or Solomon solo at the Musée Gallo Romain" by Pascal Derathé. Jazz-Rhone Alpes, 7 July 2013
 * "Gold to Listen to". Le Dauphine Libere - Grenoble, 6 July 2013
 * "Or Solomon aux Musaïques" by Jean-Yves Estre. Le Dauphine Libere - Vienne, 6 July 2013
 * "Or Solomon - Round-Trips Piano Solo" by Louis Michaud. So Jazz, June 2012
 * "Jazzology" by Jean Daniel Burkhardt. Judaika Radio - Strasbourg, 24 May 2012
 * "Or Solomon - Round-Trips Piano Solo". FIP, February 2012
 * "Round-Trips Or Solomon Piano Solo". Piano Bleu
 * "Or Solomon Round-Trips Piano Solo" by Christian Larrede. Jazz News Magazine