Hong Kong International Jazz Festival 2017
Change of Artist Announcement: 5 Oct Thursday, HK City Hall Theatre
Maxime Bender Universal Sky will now be Universal Sky feat. Damien Prud’homme
HKIJF regrets that unfortunately, owing to health reason, Maxime Bender is no longer able to appear at the Hong Kong International Jazz Festival (2017). However, we are delighted to announce that the superb French saxophonist Damien Prud’homme has kindly agreed to appear in Maxime’s place at the concert on 5 October. The programme will now be Universal Sky feat. Damien Prud’homme. Here is Damien’s bio.
Soloist, composer, art director, Damien Prud’homme is the artistic director of the Mister Oz’s Big Band and the Glenn swing Orchestra Big Band, the leader of the Damien Prud’homme Quartet and the TRILOGIQU3, and the multi-instrumentalist for the musicals like Beauty and the Beast, Cats, etc.
He is open to exchanges and curious about all music. On the flute, clarinet and saxophones, he has taken part to the project Indian meets Europe with Pandit Dobrat Mishra. Urged by the thirst to pass on, he has been a teacher and coordinator for the jazz department of the Metz CRR since 2007. He also organized a trio educational concert called A Jazz History, composed / wrote arrangements for various groups as concert bands, string orchestras, a clarinet quartet, a saxophone octet or big bands.
He has extensive performance with musicians like Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Paquito D’Rivera, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Patti Austin, André Ceccarelli, Chris Cheek, Rick Margitza…
He has recorded 3 CDs as a leader “Tribal Jazz Project”, “Reflets” and “Intuitions”.
