Draft:Raphael Pannier

Raphaël Pannier is a drummer, composer and teacher, born and raised in France{{where|date=March 2025}} in 1990.{{CN|date=March 2025}}

After studying classical music and drums around Paris, France, he moved in 2010 to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston (BM, 2013) until 2014,{{Cite web|title=Berklee Artists Who Made 2020's Best Music {{!}} Berklee|url=https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-now/news/berklee-artists-who-made-some-of-the-years-best-music|access-date=2021-04-25|website=www.berklee.edu|language=en}} and at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City (MM, 2017) from 2015 to 2017.{{Cite web|title=Alumni: Class Notes|url=https://www.msmnyc.edu/alumni/class-notes/|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Manhattan School of Music|language=en}}

Living in New-York from 2014 to 2020, he has had the opportunity to perform and tour with different jazz musicians such as Chad Lefkowitz-Brown,{{Cite web|title=Chad Lefkowitz-Brown Quartet {{!}} Thursday July, 11th 2019 - 9:00 PM @ Sunside {{!}} Concert {{!}} Paris Jazz Club|url=https://www.parisjazzclub.net/en/63076/concert/2019/07/11/chad-lefkowitz-brown-quartet|access-date=2021-04-25|website=www.parisjazzclub.net|language=en}} Steve Wilson, Marcos Valle,{{Cite web|title=Brazilian Pop Master Marcos Valle Performs at Berklee {{!}} Berklee|url=https://college.berklee.edu/news/brazilian-pop-master-marcos-valle-performs-berklee|access-date=2021-04-25|website=college.berklee.edu|language=en}} Emil Afrasiyab,{{Cite web|last=Grimauld|first=Christian|title=Emil Afrasiyab Quartet – Jazz Mugham ! (EN/FR) – Couleurs JAZZ|url=https://couleursjazz.fr/emil-afrasiyab-quartet-jazz-mugham-enfr/|access-date=2021-04-25|language=en-US}} Manuel Valera,{{Cite web|title=Media|url=https://www.bertamoreno.com/copy-of-bio|access-date=2021-04-25|website=bertamorenojazz|language=en}} Aaron Goldberg, and more.

In 2016, he won the First Prize of the biennal international competition "Six Strings Theory"{{Cite web|title=Past Winners – Lee Ritenour's Six String Theory Competition|url=https://sixstringtheory.com/past-winners/|access-date=2021-04-25|language=en-US}} organized by the guitarist Lee Ritenour, and judged by drummers Dave Weckl and Simon Philipps, among others. He toured and recorded with Lee Ritenour that same year, in the US{{Cite web|title=About Lee Ritenour and the Six String Theory Music Competition – Lee Ritenour's Six String Theory Competition|url=https://sixstringtheory.com/about/|access-date=2021-04-25|language=en-US}} and Japan.{{Cite web|title=LEE RITENOUR｜LIVE REPORTS｜BLUE NOTE TOKYO|url=http://www.bluenote.co.jp/jp/reports/lee-ritenour/|access-date=2021-04-25|website=www.bluenote.co.jp}}

In 2019, Raphael Pannier records Faune, his first album as a leader, with Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone); Aaron Goldberg (piano); François Moutin (upright bass); and Giorgi Mikadze (classical piano). Miguel Zenón is also credited as the co-producer of the album. Faune is released in September 2020{{Cite web|title=Raphaël Pannier dans la faune new-yorkaise|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/open-jazz/raphael-pannier-dans-la-faune-new-yorkaise-86738|access-date=2021-04-25|website=France Musique|date=12 August 2020 |language=fr}} under the label French Paradox{{Cite web|title=Raphaël Pannier|url=https://www.french-paradox.paris/roster/raphaelpannier|access-date=2021-04-25|website=FRENCH PARADOX|language=fr-FR}} and is exposed to the international jazz press.{{Cite web|title=PRESS|url=https://www.raphaelpannier.com/press|access-date=2021-04-25|website=raphaelpannier|language=en}} Among other prices and recognitions, it is elected "#3 Best Debut Album 2020" by the NPR Jazz Jury;{{Cite web|title=The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/956649529/2020-best-jazz-albums-critics-poll|access-date=2021-04-25|website=NPR.org|date=14 January 2021 |language=en |last1=Davis |first1=Francis }} "Revelation" Jazz Magazine (France){{Cite web |title=PRESS |url=https://www.raphaelpannier.com/press |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=raphaelpannier |language=en}} and receives the maximum five star mark by BBC Music Magazine (UK).{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Classical Music|url=https://www.classical-music.com/|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Classical Music|language=en}}

In March 2020, he is elected a recipient of the French-American Cultural Exchange{{Cite web|title=Current Grantees|url=https://face-foundation.org/artistic-funds/jazz-new-music/current-grantees/|access-date=2021-04-25|website=FACE Foundation|language=en-US}} (FACE) grant, organized by the Villa Albertine in New York and the French minister of culture. Thanks to the FACE grant, he releases his second album in October 2023: Letter to a Friend,{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=Jazz Bonus : Raphaël Pannier - Letter to A Friend |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/jazz-bonus-raphael-pannier-letter-to-a-friend-5672384 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=France Musique |language=fr}} a mix between jazz and electronic music in collaboration with german producer Martin Gretschmann, aka Acid Pauli; and featuring a similar quartet as Faune: Miguel Zenón on alto saxophone, Giorgi Mikadze on piano, and François Moutin on upright bass.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-01 |title=Le batteur Raphaël Pannier, l'ange des rythmes |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2023/12/01/le-batteur-raphael-pannier-l-ange-des-rythmes_6203429_3246.html |access-date=2025-03-03 |language=fr}} Jazz Magazine (France) qualifies the album as «a milestone in the history of encounters between jazz and electro ».{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.raphaelpannier.com/about |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=raphaelpannier |language=en}}

In 2024 Raphael Pannier leads a cultural exchange between jazz and Senegalese traditional drumming: sabar percussions. Sponsored by the international jazz festival of Saint Louis, Senegal, and the French Institute of Senegal, he brings a new jazz quartet in May 2024 for a ten days residency in Saint Louis, to work with a group of eight sabar drummers led by the master percusionnist Khadim Niang, to create music, record an album, and play a final concert all together at the festival.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=LA 32E EDITION DU FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ OFFICIELLEMENT LANCEE |url=https://www.seneplus.com/culture/la-32e-edition-du-festival-international-de-jazz-officiellement |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=SenePlus |language=fr}} The jazz quartet features Yosvany Terry on saxophone, Thomas Enhco on piano, and François Moutin on upright and electric bass.{{Cite web |title=Raphael Pannier |url=https://www.saintlouisjazz.org/artiste/raphael-pannier/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Saint Louis Jazz |language=fr-FR}}

Since September 2020, after ten years in the USA, Raphael Pannier lives back in Paris, France. There, he is hired by jazz artists all over Europe, notably being a regular member of the trios of Biréli Lagrène,{{Cite web |last=Bigotte |first=Frank |title=Biréli Lagrène trio |url=https://www.citizenjazz.com/Bireli-Lagrene-trio-3483431.html |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Citizen Jazz |language=fr}} Baptiste Trotignon, Thomas Enhco, Antonio Lizana, Manel Fortiá,{{Cite web |last=Scotney |first=Sebastian |date=2022-05-08 |title=Manel Fortià Trio – 'Despertar' - UK Jazz News |url=https://ukjazznews.com/manel-fortia-trio-despertar/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |language=en-GB}} and more.

Besides his activity as a leader and sideman, he is equally active as a teacher, being a faculty member of the American School of Music in Paris{{Cite web |last=ASMM |date=2020-09-02 |title=Raphaël Pannier enters the faculty team |url=https://www.asmm.fr/en/raphael-pannier-enters-the-faculty-team/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=American School of Modern Music |language=en-US}} since 2020.

Jazz Magazine (Franc) elects him top jazz drummer of France both in 2021{{Cite web |title=Raphaël Pannier Quartet {{!}} Jeudi 10 Février 2022 - 22:00 @ Duc des Lombards {{!}} Concert {{!}} Paris Jazz Club |url=https://www.parisjazzclub.net/fr/75074/concert/2022/02/10/raphael-pannier-quartet |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.parisjazzclub.net |language=fr}} and 2023.{{Cite web |title=Raphaël Pannier |url=https://www.asmm.fr/our_team/raphael-pannier/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=American School of Modern Music |language=fr-FR}}

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• {{Official website|https://www.raphaelpannier.com/}}

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:Category:French composers

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:Category:Berklee College of Music alumni

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