Brice Sailly

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Brice Sailly kynnist sembalnum tólf ára að aldri. Eftir nám hjá Elisabeth Joyé og með Premier Prix de la Ville de Paris upp á vasann hefur hann nám vid Parísarkonservatoiríið (CNSM) haustið 2001. Kennarar hans þar eru Olivier Baumont, Blandine Rannou og Kenneth Weiss. Vorið 2005 lýkur hann námi þaðan med gráðu í semballeik, bassa-kontinuo og kammermúsík. Eftir það eykur hann enn við kunnáttu sina undir leiðsögn Pierre Hantaï, Skip Sempé og Fabio Bonizzoni. A námsárunum leikur hann m.a. undir stjórn Bartholds Kuijken, Christophes Coin og Marcels Ponseele.

Sem kontinuoleikari kemur hann m.a. fram með tónlistarhópnum Barcarole sem Agnès Mellon stýrir, leikur með söngvaranum Dominique Visse sem og hljómsveitunum Capriccio Stravagante (Skip Sempé), Les Paladins (Jérôme Correas) og Arion i Montréal. Hann er einnig meðlimur í London Baroque Dance Company og tekur þátt í raftónlistartilraunum mexikóska listamannsins Murcoufs (Fernando Corona).

Brice kemur fram sem einleikari á ýmsum stöðum í París, Versölum, le Havre, Lausanne og víðar. Hann hefur lokið hinu torvelda og viðamikla kennslunámi Parísarkonservatorísins og kennir nú semballeik við tonlistarskólana í Fontenay-aux-Roses og Rueil-Malmaison i nágrenni Parísar.

Brice Sailly began playing the harpsichord at the age of 12. After studying with Elisabeth Joyé and having won Premier Prix de la Ville de Paris he was enrolled at the Paris Conservatory (CNSM) in 2001. His teachers there were Olivier Baumont, Blandine Rannou and Kenneth Weiss where he studied harpsichord, basso-continuo and chamber music and graduated in 2005. Later he studied with Pierre Hantaï, Skip Sempé and Fabio Bonizzoni. During his studying years he performed with conductors such as Bartholds Kuijken, Christophes Coin and Marcels Ponseele.

As a continuo player he performs with ensembles such as Barcarole which is directed by Agnès Mellon, with the singer Dominique Visse and orchestras such as Capriccio Stravagante (Skip Sempé), Les Paladins (Jérôme Correas) and Arion i Montréal. He is also a member of the London Baroque Dance Company and takes part in the electrical music experiments of the Mexican artist Mucouf.

Brice performs as a soloist at various venues in Paris, Versailles and le Havre Lausanne amongst other places. He has completed the extensive pedagogic studies at the Paris Conservatory and now teaches the harpsichord at music schools in Fontenay-aux-Roses and Rueil-Malmaison close to Paris.