Presentation
Simon Comte - tenor sax
Wajdi Riahi - piano
Félix Zurstrassen - doublebass
Umberto Odone – drums
Simon Comte is a 19 year old tenor saxophonist from Belgium. He is currently living in New York City and studying at the Manhattan School of Music. Simon started playing saxophone at the age of 7 and was admitted to the Royal conservatory of Brussels at 14. Simon is a winner of the Leuven Jazz Contest, a finalist of the Dinant Jazz Contest and was awarded the 2023 BAEF music fellowship. He has performed in many international festivals and venues such as Dizzy’s Club (New York), Bar Bayeux (New York), Getxo International Jazz Festival (Spain), Dinant Jazz festival (Belgium),… and was recently invited by the Grammy Award-winning WDR Big-Band Cologne to perform with them as a soloist in February 2025. With this new project, Simon plays his own music with some of his favorite musicians on the scene. The energy and the dialogue are the key points of this quartet.
VIDEO LINK : https://youtu.be/-NtTVzzBWXU?si=W6Rd5Rc7DBpu46Qt
TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€
Wajdi Riahi - piano
Félix Zurstrassen - doublebass
Umberto Odone – drums
Simon Comte is a 19 year old tenor saxophonist from Belgium. He is currently living in New York City and studying at the Manhattan School of Music. Simon started playing saxophone at the age of 7 and was admitted to the Royal conservatory of Brussels at 14. Simon is a winner of the Leuven Jazz Contest, a finalist of the Dinant Jazz Contest and was awarded the 2023 BAEF music fellowship. He has performed in many international festivals and venues such as Dizzy’s Club (New York), Bar Bayeux (New York), Getxo International Jazz Festival (Spain), Dinant Jazz festival (Belgium),… and was recently invited by the Grammy Award-winning WDR Big-Band Cologne to perform with them as a soloist in February 2025. With this new project, Simon plays his own music with some of his favorite musicians on the scene. The energy and the dialogue are the key points of this quartet.
VIDEO LINK : https://youtu.be/-NtTVzzBWXU?si=W6Rd5Rc7DBpu46Qt
TICKET: 15€ Members – No Members 18€
