Both a signature and the climax of the festival, Night crystallises a carte blanche of three times and three spaces. Fabian Fiorini is no accident. Talented, chameleon-like, prolific and crazy enough to rise to the challenge of putting together three projects as different as they are complementary, Fabian Fiorini has created a portrait of himself, a living snapshot of an evening in the company of his audience. Night 2021 is all about light:
Black mass | 18:00 | JAZZ STATION
Nicolas Fiszman - electric bass / Fabrizio Cassol - sax / Fredy Massamba - vocals / UFO : Maritsa Ney - violin I / Martin Lauwers - violin II / Marie Ghitta - viola / Marine Horbaczewski - cello / Fabian Fiorini - piano
" In the sky at sunrise, the light cuts through the darkness, creating an infinite range of tiny variations in intensity, density and colour. The spectrum unfolds with subtle magic, creating sublime gradations of light. In a field, a black tree gradually lights up from within, flooded with a warm, amber light. Dawn is breaking ... "
Blanche | 19:30 | SENGHOR HORS LES MURS @Solvay Library
Fabian Fiorini - piano (solo)
" The Light - White - manifests itself in 7 colours, 7 emotions, 7 special moments, 7 moments of the day".
Transcendant Red | 21:30 | MARNI BAR
Mika Oki - live electronics / Fabian Fiorini - piano
" The harbingers of night, 5 glowing materials come together in a sonorous, incandescent implosion. You can feel the tinkle of metal, the suppleness of water, the lightness of air, the heat of fire and the creak of wood.... ".
Fabian Fiorini has always been interested in the cross-pollination between contemporary classical music and jazz, where he sees composition and improvisation as equivalent components. He regularly composes for the theatre, dance and film, as well as commissioning works for large orchestral ensembles.
At the same time, he is constantly expanding his knowledge of music from other continents.
At the beginning of the nineties, he was part of the generation that helped the Brussels Kaai bring Belgian jazz to an undeniable maturity.
It was in this crucible that Aka Moon was later formed, the group with which he collaborates most often, both on stage and on album. Other groups in which Fabian Fiorini plays a key role in the development of jazz include the Fiorini-Houben Quartet, Al Funduq, Octurn and MikMâäk.
Curious? Relive River Jazz Night 2020 guided by Stéphane Galland:
