Ignasi Terraza
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| name = Ignasi Terraza
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| caption = Terraza in 2006
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|07|14}}
| birth_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
| genre = Straight-ahead jazz
| occupation = musician
| instrument = piano
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Ignasi Terraza (born 14 July 1962) is a Spanish jazz pianist.{{cite web| url=http://www.icatfm.cat/picatfm/accessible/item.jsp?seccio=icatfm&item=wcc_postit&idint=1798| title=Biografia Ignasi Terraza| publisher=IcatFM| language=Catalan| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801151712/http://www.icatfm.cat/picatfm/accessible/item.jsp?seccio=icatfm&item=wcc_postit&idint=1798| archive-date=2012-08-01}}
Blind from the age of 10, he studied piano as well as Computer Engineering and was the first blind person in Spain to obtain this degree.[https://www.esmuc.cat/professorat/ignasi-terraza/ Ignasi Terraza vita by ESMUC] After three years dividing his time between his profession and music, in 1991, he decided to dedicate himself entirely to jazz, accompanying vocalists such as Kalil Wilson, Charmin Michelle, Randy Greer, Michelle McCain, Lavelle or Stacey Kent, and jazz musicians Frank Wess, Jesse Davis, Gene "The Mighty Flea" Conners, Teddy Edwards, Ted Curson, Spike Robinson, Ralph Lalama or Brad Leali.
As a leader, his trios and quartets have included bassists Pierre Boussaguet, Mario Rossy, Javier Colina, Jules Bekoko and Horacio Fumero, among others, and Jean Pierre Derouard, Gregory Hutchinson, Walter Perkins, Bobby Durham, Peer Wyboris, Jo Krause, Esteve Pi or Julian Vaughn on drums.
One particular association, divided into two stints (1985–1988 and 1996–2000), was with vibraphonist and drummer Oriol Bordas, playing in trio/quartet formations and with the Barcelona Jazz Orchestra.
Since 2003 he has been teaching jazz piano at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya – Catalonia College of Music. Since 2006, his trio has accompanied singer Susana Sheiman at venues in both Madrid and Barcelona.
File:2-11-2018- Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro Quintet-1 (48597630236).jpgSince 2009,[https://jazztojazz.com/en/product/jazzing-1-live-at-casa-fuster/ Jazzing 1, Live at Casa Fuster 2009] he has featured in several public appearances and records of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, a youth big band founded by Joan Chamorro in Barcelona and formed by multi-instrumentalists such as Andrea Motis, Rita Payés and many others. He is also a member of Motis Chamorro Quintet which includes Josep Traver and Esteve Pi.
Terraza's 2009 recording, Plaça Vella (2009), with the Josep Maria Farràs & Ignasi Terraza Trio features two tracks with saxophonist Jesse Davis.
In 2013, he premiered his Suit Miró at Washington's National Gallery of Art on the occasion of that museum's monographic exhibition on the Catalan artist Joan Miró and the following year performed the same suite at Madrid's Museo Reina Sofía on the occasion of International Museum Day.[http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20140517/54407017681/pianista-ignasi-terraza-actuara-en-madrid-en-dia-internacional-de-los-museos.html "Pianista Ignasi Terraza actuará en Madrid en Día Internacional de los Museos."] La Vanguardia. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
Awards
- 2024: Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
- 2017: Enderrock Award for cultural industries for the work of the Swit Records label.
- 2017: Honorary Academician by the Wine Academy of Vilafranca, for his connection to the local jazz festivals.
- 2016: Award from the San Javier International Jazz Festival, in recognition of a lifelong career and his contribution to the history of jazz as an artist.
- 2016: Award from the Jazzing Festival of Sant Andreu.
- 2011: Award for Best Jazz Album by JAÇ/Enderrock magazine for Live at The Living Room - Bangkok.
- 2009: 1st Prize at the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition (USA).
- 2007: Award for Best Jazz Album of 2007 by Jaç magazine for The Black Key.
- 2006: Award for Best Jazz Album of 2006 by Jaç magazine for In a Sentimental Groove.
- 2006: Altaveu Award for the album In a Sentimental Groove, for bringing a fresh, Mediterranean identity to jazz.
- 2005: Award for Best Performance at the Soto del Real Festival (Madrid).
- 1998: Career Achievement Award from the Complutense University of Madrid.
- 1996: Best Jazz Album of the Year Award by [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A0dio_4 Radio4] for Miaow!.
- 1991: 1st Prize at the Getxo International Festival for Best Group with the Mitchell-Terraza Quartet.
- 2009, Terraza won the Jazz Piano Competition at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.{{Cite web |url=https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/music/2009/05/22/winner-of-jazz-festival-piano-competition-brings-consensus/15984963007/ |title=Winner of jazz festival piano competition brings consensus |author=Roger Bull |quote=But everyone was on the same page Thursday night at The Florida Theatre and Ignasi Terraza is the 2009 winner of the competition. |work=Florida Times-Union |date=2009-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413081644/https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/music/2009/05/22/winner-of-jazz-festival-piano-competition-brings-consensus/15984963007/ |archive-date=2023-04-13 }}
Discography
- Festival Internacional de Jazz de Getxo (1991) – Mitchell-Terraza Quartet
- Shell Blues (1993) – Mitchell-Terraza Quartet
- Miaow! (1995) – Four Kats Jazz Quartet
- The Voice – The Romance of Jazz (1996) – Randy Greer
- Let Me Tell You Something (1999) – Ignasi Terraza Trio
- Jazz a les Fosques/Jazz en la oscuridad (1999) – Ignasi Terraza Trio
- September in the Rain (1999) – Barcelona Jazz Orchestra
- Night Sounds (2000) – Toni Solá & Ignasi Terraza Trio
- Christmas Swings in Barcelona (2003) – Randy Greer & Ignasi Terraza Trio
- IT’s Coming (2004)
- Confessin’ (2004) Oriol Romaní & Ignasi Terraza
- In a Sentimental Groove (2005) – Ignasi Terraza Trio
- Plaça Vella (2009) – Josep Maria Farràs & Ignasi Terraza Trio
- Suit Miró (2013) – Ignasi Terraza Trio
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References
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External links
- {{cite web |url= https://apoloybaco.com/jazz/ignasi-terraza/ |title= Jazz biografias: Ignasi Terraza |publisher= apolo y baco |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413074902/https://apoloybaco.com/jazz/ignasi-terraza/ |archive-date=2023-04-13 }}
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Category:Musicians from Barcelona
Category:Jazz pianists from Catalonia
Category:Musicians from Catalonia
Category:Spanish blind pianists