studies:
Conservatoire de Tournai: piano, solfege and bassoon
Séminaire de jazz in Liège: 1981-82 ( Charles LOOS, Guy CABAY ...)
Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles: 1988-90
First prize for jazz piano in the class of Charles LOOS.
Stages, seminaries and workshops with Michel HERR, Diederick WISSELS, Karel BOEHLEE, Joe LOVANO, Hal GALPER..
Private lessons for classic piano with André DUMORTIER, honorary professor of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
REFERENCES
chanson française, pop music
1977-l984:
numerous groups of rock and chanson, a number of them in conjunction with the tours of Art et Vie ( IMAGE 3, KOREINE, ZO ET LES LUNDIS PERDUS).
1984:
Printemps de Bourges with ZO.
1985: European tour with the rock group IN THE GINZA( Denmark, Switserland, Holland, France)
Jazz and Brazilian music
1982-84: BINIOU's sextet (Art et Vie tour ).
1985-87: SAMBOA (Art et Vie tour).
1987: BRAZIL TROPICAL tour in Sicily.
1986-88: Fred WILBAUX Trio (with Daniel ZANELLO, Jan DE HAAS) numerous concerts among them the tour of the Lundis d'Hortense.
1989-93: concerts, piano-solo, a.o.: festival des Midi-Minimes 93, festival de piano-solo at Travers club, 93
1992: Fred WILBAUX Trio (with Piet VERBIEST, Jan DE HAAS ), appearance at the Belga Jazz Festival.
1995: formation of a new trio with saxophonist Manuel HERMIA and bassist Nicolas THYS
Teaching:
1989-1991 professor of jazz harmony at the Conservatoire of Tournai.
ADDITIONAL DISCOGRAPHY (See top of page for main discography)
| Fred WILBAUX | Piano solo | (CD) Bizet Productions & Publications sprl. 1992. |
Fred Wilbaux Trio
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