Manu Comté

Bandoneon, Accordion. Born in 1973, it is at the 7 years age, with the accordion of hisfather, whom his training begins. Its musical studies with the Royal Academy of Mons ( Belgium ) are rewarded by a higher Diploma for accordion and one 1st price for chamber music, both allotted with the highest distinctions. It obtains then afirst price of the town of Paris with the greatest distinction with the Academy « Lili and Nadia Boulanger » (Paris IX). It isalso graduated higher Institute of music of Namur (Belgium), section musical pedagogy. …Prize winner of many contests in Belgium (contest of the communal credit, contest televised « young soloists » of theRTBF,…) and abroad (contest « young soloists » of the areas of Europe, world Trophées of the accordion in Germany andItaly,…), it is during the preparation of the latter that it works with professors and pedagogs like, Jacques Mornet (Auvergne), Frederic Deschamps (Paris),… or at the time of Master Classes, in particular in France and Italy with Richard Galliano. Its musical activity is also shared between the composition of original musics and various arrangements for the theater, the scene… It is also devoted to the practice of the Bandoneon, under the advised councils of Alfredo Marcucci. Impassioned by the work of Astor Piazzolla, it melts in 1995the unit Soledad (accordion/bandoneon, violin, piano, guitar, double bass), whose fame is international today. It takes part in many concerts and festivals as a chambrist and a soloist throughout the world (France, Netherlands,Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Finland,Scotland, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Brasil, Japan, Taiwan, theUnited States, Lebanon,…), in eclectic repertories energy of the tango nuevo to the contemporary music while passing by the jazz and the French song. This year Manu Comté will give concerts, in particular in Belgium, in France, in Italy, in Japan… Concertos, recitals and chamber music are with the program.