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Raphaël Imbert Project
11+ albums
jazzClassicalcontemporary jazz
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Born in 1974 in Thiais (France), Raphaël Imbert grew up in an environment particularly sensitive to artistic practices. At the age of 15, he discovered the saxophone and fell in love with the instrument. Self-taught, Raphaël Imbert enrolled in the Jazz class of the CNR of Marseille, held by Philippe Renault, and met the regional musicians with whom he played most regularly (Emile Atsas, Jean-Luc Difraja, Vincent Lafont, Pierre Fenichel...). With Jean-Jacques Élangué, he won the first prize of the conservatory and set up two groups, the Hemlé orchestra and the Atsas Imbert Consort, with which he performed in numerous festivals (Vienne, Nice, Fiesta des Suds, Théâtre des Salins...). In contact with these musicians, he cultivates his taste for composition and the most eclectic musical situations. More personally, he develops a vision of music and Jazz linked to the intrinsic spirituality that represents the musical approach of the Jazzman. To this end, he founded the Nine Spirit to play the sacred music of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler and others, and to create shows inspired by evocative texts and which present the narrative as a musical element in its own right (this will be Theodore Monod, Amadou Hampatê Bâ, Martin Luther King...). In addition, Raphaël developed a study project on the Sacred in Jazz, and became a laureate of the Villa Médicis Hors Les Murs. He was a member of the board of directors of the Orchestre National de Jazz from 2004
