Yves Léveillé

"Montreal pianist and composer Yves Léveillé has emerged as a passionate and intelligent creator of new music."
- Donald Elfman, (All about jazz, New York)

Celebrated Jazz pianist Yves Léveillé and his quartet make their return to Winnipeg at the West End Cultural Centre on February 9th, 2012

Since moving to Montreal in 1984, pianist and composer Yves Léveillé has been increasingly called upon to perform his music at the national and international level. In the 90s, he decided to put together his own jazz ensemble dedicated to interpreting his compositions. This creative endeavour led to a collaboration with the jazz label Effendi, with whom he has made four albums. Yves’ latest CD ``Chorégraphie`` embraces work of the past three years. It represents the essence of collaborative forces of diverse musical talents of Montreal.

Yves Léveillé is known for his performances across Canada as well as in France, where the cities of Paris and Vienne have received him on several occasions. He also has several performances in New York City most notably at Dizzy’s club in Lincoln Center in May 2007, his sextet sharing the stage with multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless. In addition, his piano playing skills have led him to such far-flung locales as Singapore.

He has to his credit a large number of broadcasts/recordings for Radio-Canada and the CBC as well as collaborations with established musicians such as Paul McCandless, Eri Yamamoto, Helmut Lipsky, Pierre Tanguay, Alain Bédard, and many others. He is well known for his musical compositions as well as for his arrangements and collaborative projects with singers, songwriters, actors and directors.

Parallel to his career as a jazz musician, he regularly works as a musical director and arranger for singers and songwriters and occasionally composes theatre music.

Yves Léveillé website

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