About
Bio
His love and passion for music encouraged Christian to study and discover various styles of music: North-Indian, Balinese, Amerindian, Latin-American, Brazilian, African, Celtic and Baroque. He’s also been interested in rock, jazz, blues and, of course, World beat music.
Besides learning these various rhythms, his academic training (Bachelor degree diploma in anthropology and musical studies in preparation for a master’s degree training in ethnomusicology at the University of Montreal), was followed by private training in California by legendary Masters including Ali Akbar Khan and Zakir Hussain (1979), Karl Perazzo (1995), in Japan with Giovanni Hidalgo (1996), in Cuba with Alberto Villareal, Lali Glez and Louis “Changuito” Quintana (2000). Twice, he travelled to West Africa where he took private lessons with musician soloists, Laurent Camara (1992 and 1993) of the Great Ballets of Guinea. Recently, in Easter island (2002 & 2004), with Rapa Nui musicians.
His experience has brought him to work in many shows, tours and album recordings, with, among others :
- Karen Young
- Julia Migenes
- Laurence Jalbert
- Claire Pelletier
- Richard Séguin
- Daniel Boucher
- Daniel Bélanger
- Bet.e & Stef
- Cirque du Soleil (Tournée «Alegría», 1994 à 1996)
- Steve Barrakat (Japon et Taiwan en 1998 à 2000)
- Production Don Quichotte (au Théâtre du Nouveau-Monde,1999)
- Carl Bastien
- France D`Amour
- Dumas
- André-Philippe Gagnon
- Phonethemental
- Son Cubano
- Rosheen
- Ensemble Stadaconé
- Les Boréades de Montréal
- Kabir Percussion
Besides, Christian has already been awarded grants and later been a member of the jury for the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Experiences
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