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May 14, 2002


photo Jacky Lepage		 Nathalie LORIERS
Piano, Compositions

Born October 27 1966 in Namur.
Nathalie LORIERS first had a classical training but she was very soon interested in jazz following stages and seminaries, when studying in the Brussels Royal Conservatory's jazz section where she receives a first jazz prize for harmony and piano In 1990.
This was followed by the Sax Prize of the Jazz Critics Association in 1989,
Belga Prize for the Brussels Jazz Rally Best Soloist in 1990 and first prize of the French speaking public radios Jazz Contest in 1991.

Among her teachers are Dennis LUXION, Steve HOUBEN, Pirly ZURSTRASSEN.

During summer workshops, she had the opportunity to meet Charles LOOS, John RUOCCO, Alex ULANOWSKY, Jim McNEELY, Dave FRANK, Rob MADNA, Diederik WISSELS,...

As a freelance she made beautiful musical meetings with Steve HOUBEN, Diederik WISSELS, David LINX, Félix SIMTAINE, Toots THIELEMANS, Philip CATHERINE, Rachel GOULD, Hélène LABARRIERE and then Lee KONITZ, Al LEVITT - with whom she recorded a CD for the RTBF in 1993 - and many other figures of the Belgian jazz scene.

Nathalie LORIERS formed her own quartet with Kurt VAN HERCK (sax), Philippe AERTS (bass), Mimi VERDERAME (dms), with whom she recorded her first CD album, Nymphéas (June 1991).
In January 1993, she recorded an album with Lee KONITZ and Al LEVITT.

In '93, she recorded with Cameron BROWN (b), Rick HOLLANDER (drs) and Jeroen VAN HERZEELE (sax) the CD "Dance or Die" (Igloo).

In '99, she receives the Belgian Django d'Or.

In 2000, she receives a EuroDjango award on February 11th, 2000, in the category "contemporary European jazz artist".
She also receives the Bobby JASPAR Prize from the French "Académie du Jazz" for her achievements as a European musician.

She appears with Ivan PADUART's TRUE STORY band, with a.o. Charlie MARIANO (sax), Peter HERTMANS (gt), Jean-Pierre CATOUL (vl), etc... (CD "True Stories")

She participated in a CD of Italian saxophone player Emanuele CISI, titled "L'ange caché" (Pygmalion), with Paolo FRESU (tp), Rémi VIGNOLO (bass) and Aldo ROMANO (drs).


Since October 1994, she is jazz piano teacher at the Koninklijke Conservatorium van Brussel.

Nathalie LORIERS is also a composer.
She plays a lot in trio, with Sal LAROCCA (bass) and Hans VAN OOSTERHOUT (drums) and tours in Belgium and abroad.

End 1995 she releases her third CD "Walking Through Walls, Walking Along Walls" (Igloo)
In 1999, she releases another trio CD : "Silent Spring"

She also appears with her own sextet, Nathalie LORIERS Trio + EXTENSIONS.
In May 2002, with this formula, release of the CD : "Tombouctou" (Werf 032).

cd

"NYMPHEAS" Nathalie Loriers Quartet (IGLOO) 088
"TILL NEXT TIME" Ben Sluijs Quartet - Featuring Stacy Rowles (September) CD 5112
"NY STORIES" Jeanfrançois Prins Quintet (GAM) JAM 911
"MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY" Mary Kay; special guest star : Toots Thielemans GAM JAM 912
"LE JAZZ PERD LE NORD" Félix Simtaine QuintetWBM l08
"WHEN TIME TAKES ITS SHARE" David Linx TWI 974-2
"DISCOVERIES" Cool Trance Quartet (Lee Konitz, Al Levitt, Philippe Aerts) AMC 50 039
"DANCE OR DIE" Nathalie Loriers QuartetIGLOO 105
"WALKING THROUGH WALLS, WALKING ALONG WALLS"Nathalie Loriers Trio IGLOO 119 .
"THE QUEEN OF THE APPLE PIE"Laurent Blondiau Quintet Werf 011.
"SILENT SPRING"Nathalie Loriers Trio Pygmalion 595182.
"FOR THE ONE AND ONLY"Jan de Haas Igloo Igl 138.
"THE LIVE TAKES, VOL. 1"Toots Thielemans Quetzal QZ 108.
"TRUE STORIES"True Story : Ivan Paduart, Charlie Mariano, Catoul, Hertmans etc Igloo Igl 146.
"L'ANGE CACHÉ"Emanuele CisiPygmalion (F)
"TOMBOUCTOU"Nathalie Loriers Trio + Extensions Werf 032.

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