Frank Tortiller

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Franck Tortiller has conducted the National Jazz Orchestra since 2005 until 2008, with concerts in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the United States and Ireland.

Awards

  • 1st prize for percussion by unanimous vote, CNSM (National Music Conservatory) Paris
  • Holder of Certificate of Aptitude in percussion
  • 1st prize for analysis, CNSM Paris, class taught by M. Margoni
  • Class in harmony and counterpoint at ENMD (National School of Music and Dance), Issy les Moulineaux

Distinctions

  • 1st prize for soloist and 1st prize for orchestra, international competition at La Défense
  • Django d’Or 2007 of the Spedidam Live Show
  • Member of the Vienna Art Orchestra from 1993 to 2000, concerts in the United States, Europe, Asia

Guest soloist with various orchestras

  • Pasdeloup Orchestra, Basel Symphony, Massy Orchestra, Aix en Provence Orchestra

Guest soloist

with Enzo Enzo, Sanseverino, Juliette Greco

concert tours in Austria, Germany and Italy with Christian Muthspeil, Gavino Murcia, Michel Godard, Michael Riesler, Mike Mainieri and David Samuel

Requests for compositions from Radio France

  • Alla breve
  • les impros du siècle (The improvisers of the century)
  • Festival présence (Festival presence)

Invitations for compositions for various festivals

Jazz sous le Pommiers à Coutances (Jazz Under the Apple Trees in Coutances), Arrs Festival, Pasdeloup Orchestra, Massy Orchestra, Nevers Jazz Festival, l’ARC au Creusot scène national (The ARC at the national stage in Le Creusot), Bourgoin Jallieu

In residence

  • 1997 to 1999, City of Coutances
  • 2000 to 2003, l’ARC at the national stage in Le Creusot
  • 2003, Bourgoin Jallieu
  • 2008, Grand Théâtre in Aix en Provence

Discographie

  • National Jazz Orchestra, Close to Heaven – Le Chant du Monde - Harmonia Mundi
  • National Jazz Orchestra, électrique – Le Chant du Monde - Harmonia Mundi
  • Godard / Héral / Tortiller Trio – CamJazz
  • Michel Godard and the Louvre Musicians – CamJazz
  • Franck Tortiller – Altri Suoni
  • Franck Tortiller / Yves Torchinsky / David Pouradier Duteil Trio – Altri Suoni
  • Muthspiel Trio, Against the Wind – Universal
  • Vienna Art Orchestra
  • Artistry in Rhythm – TBc
  • Mingus Helington – Universal
  • Tribute to Eric Dolphy – Universal
  • American Rhapsody Concerto in F by Gershwin, Franck Tortiller soloist – BMG