Pianist Stefan Seby was born in 1979 in Fribourg, where at the age of 9, he started taking piano lessons at the conservatory. He finished his studies in 2001 in piano and theroy with a certificat. Since then, he continued studying with Jean-Chrtistophe Cholet, PAtrick Müller and Don Friedman,
In 2004 he started working as a piano teacher at the "Montreux Jazz School" and finished his university studies (arts and music). During the "generations masterclass workshop" 2000 and 2002, he played with Brad Leali, Dereck Gardner and Adam Nussbaum. He also worked with Phil Collins' "little dreams foundation" and the movie compagny "lanterne magique".
Except concerts with his own groups (duo, trio amd quartet) he played with Frank Tortiller, Rory Stuart, Daniel Perrin, Alain Petitmermet, AlainTissot, Olivier Nussabaum and in 2003, participated in a international tour with the "Claudio Pontiggia Quintet" with Marcel Papaux, Peter Bockius, Claude Schneider amd Claudio Pontiggia.
David Pouradier Duteil was born in 1963. First price in the higher level at the Agostini Paris Drums School in 1983. First perfomances from 1977 with Dante Agostini, Sylvain Boeuf. Many musical collaborations since this period: Okay Temiz, Francis Lockwood, Juan-José Mosalini, Jean-Marie Machado, Jean-Marc Padovani, Francl Tortiller, Yves rousseau, Erci Seva and Rémy Chaudagne in Yes Yes Yes. Winners of the Heinecken trophée Jazz discoveries in 1990. David Liebman, guest in Yes Yes Yes, nan Vasconcelos guest in Vibracordes. Michel Legrand in his trio and with famous philarmonic orchestras all around the world. Jessye Norman asks him for a european 1999 and 2004 tours, Mike Mainieri, guest in a french tour in october 1999. From 1994, Yamaha drums Artist. In 1998, with Tortiller and Rousseau, special project including Michel Godard and Vincent Courtois. Member of Tortiller Quartet in 2000 with Claudio Pontiggia and Yves Torchinksy, of Archimusic, french octet since 1993, of "Déviation", french Company percussion and Street Theatre. Since 2006, member of the ONJ Orchestra.
Bass player, composer and teacher Yves Torchinksy made his first musical experiences in different blues and rythm n' blues groups in France. Slowly getting into jazz, he started playing with Dominique Pifarély, Daniel Huck, Didier Roussin, Francis Varris, Dominique Cravic and Jean-Michel Davis. Simultaneously he continued his studies with Philippe drogoz, Patrice Caratini and Christian Gentet.
As a member at the "Orchestre de contrebasse" since its foundation in 1981 he played in different festivals all around the world (japan, amercica, eurpe,etc.)
Since 1989, he plays with René Urtreger trio with Eric Dervieu and plays regularly in the most important paris jazz clubs.
His most important musical collaborations are Lee Konitz, Tal Farlow, Ted Curson, Louis Smith, Benny Waters, Ron Blake, Richard Galliano, Pierrick Hardy, Mal Waldron, Barney Wilen, Steve Grossman, Klaus Stötter, "le collectif montreuillois Incidences", Jacques Mahieux, Simon Goubert. Since several years, he teaches doublebass and bassguitar at the jazz schools of Metz and Lile de France.
