Vincent Bourgeyx was born in Bordeaux in 1972 and began studying the piano when he was 7.

After studying musicology at Bordeaux University, he went to Berklee College of Music in Boston for 4 years. He then formed his own American trio with whom he played on a regular basis in the States and in Japan.

Vincent Bourgeyx became the first student to win the famous Billboard magazine prize, which enabled him to complete his studies free of charge. After graduating from the College in 1997 he moved to New York where he became an active member of the New York music scene.

Whilst in the United States, Vincent worked with several musicians such as : saxophonists Ravi Coltrane, Mark Turner, Billy Pierce, Graig Handy, Donald Harrison, Eric Alexander, Richie Cole, Greg Tardy, drummers Bobby Durhan, Ralph Peterson, singers Jane Monheit, Claudia Acuna and many other musicians like Chuck Mangione, Julian Priester, Joe Lockeand. Joe Locke, with whom he participated in concerts and tours in numerous clubs and festivals : Sweet Basil, Blue Note, Small’s, and Jazz Standard in New York, and the festivals of Monterey in California, Montreux in Switzerland, the Phoenix in Japan, the Free Jazz Festival in Brazil, etc.

Vincent Bourgeyx also taught the piano at the Koyo Conservatory in Kobe in Japan, and participated in Master Classes at the Berkeley College of Music of Boston with Jane Ira Bloom, and at the International Association of Jazz Educators in 1998 and 2001.

Vincent bourgeyx has recorded several albums as sideman with various American, European and Japanese recording studios.

Since returning home, he has already performed with leading musicians like Sylvain Boeuf, Jean-Jacques Avenel, John Betch, Méderic Colignon, Sara Lazarus, David Elmalek, etc., and won a soloist prize at the Jazz Competition of la Défense in 2003. He has also composed film music , notably that of the 1939 silent movie Blackmail, by Alfred Hitchcock.

His third album as a leader with Matt Penman and Ari Hoenig will be out soon on the Fresh Sounds records label.

His official websites are www.vincentbourgeyx.com and www.myspace.com/bourgeyx.
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