Sébastien Walnier
©Photography / Jean-Luc Goffinet
cello
Belgium
Belgian cello virtuoso Sébastien Walnier likes to use all the opportunities the 21st century has to offer, and had many experiences to enrich himself with different musical styles.
He is Principal Cello of the Opera de la Monnaie in Brussels.
A chamber music expert, he also excells at soloing with an orchestra, as well as interacting and improvising in the jazz idiom.
He’s a founding member of Trio Talweg (Alexander Gurning, piano and Sebastien Surel, violin) and writes arrangements for his Cello Octet, Ô-Celli. In addition, for several years he has been playing jazz on stage with Andre Klenes (double-bass) and the group Moonly Delights, and has founded the jazz-fusion group named Blade Runner with Jeanfrançois Prins (guitar), as well as co-leading a “chamber jazz” trio with Prins and Belgian piano Master Charles Loos. This trio released their first album “Avant un Rêve” (GAM 920) in 2018.
Sébastien Walnier was awarded “Musician of the Year 2012” by the Belgian Musical Press Union.
He’s playing on a cello by Giovanni Grancino from 1699.
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Avant Un Rêve
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Avant un rêve
GAM Records proudly announces its new release “Avant un Rêve” from the trio Loos/Prins/Walnier. Three stellar Belgian musicians from both the jazz and classical scene form this unique "chamber jazz" constellation