After classical cello cursus (cello prize and jazz D.E) and learning the orchestra with maestro Jean Claude Hartemann, Alain Grange explores the sound and improvisation fields of the cello, first through rock then jazz. The cellist is distinguished by his eclecticism, from the Comédie Française to the IXI quartet, he has accompanied the diva Julia Migenes on stages around the world, but also Abed Azrié, Joachim Kühn, Dominique Pifarely, Jean-Charles Richard...
On stage : Pioneering film-concerts with Maguelone Vidal Trio Palacio (Jean-Jacques Ruhlmann, Olivier Cahours), The Hypnos trio (Edouard Ferlet, Joël Grare). Trio Lobos (Laurent Zeller, Pierre Bluteau) Abed Azrié (Suerte) Alain Grange regularly collaborates as a composer with the Kosinus label and has recorded numerous albums in France and Europe, including “Hypnos”, released in 2023 with the trio of the same name...
SELECTIVE DISCOGRAPHY
Trio Hypnos « Hypnos » 2023 Mélisse Alain Grange & Edouard ferlet « Emotions of life » 2015 Kosinus Arts 1055 Alain Grange «Suspicions, Chamber pieces » 2010 Kosinus Arts, Kar 1029 «L’Echarpe d’Iris» E.Felet, S.Spang Hansen, X.Desandre, A.Grange 2007 Mélisse Alain Grange « Introspections, Pieces for cello ensemble » 2007 Kosinus Arts, Kar 1015 Régis Huby « Simple sound » 2007 Abalone/ le chant du monde Joachim Kühn & Quatuor IXI « Phrasen » 2005 Signature-Radio France Andreas Willers « Montauk » A.Willers, D.Pifarely, P.Griener, A.Grange 2005 Between the lines MAM « live Franche Contrée » 2002 Buda Musique 82251-2 DK 017 Mélodie distibution Quatuor IXI « LINEAL » 2000 La Nuit Transfigurée LNT 340106 distribution HM 83 Orchestre National de Jazz « Séquences » 1999 Evidence EVCD 928 Harmonia mundi distribution HMCD 83 Alexis Tcholakian Trio « Le songe de l’Athanor » Distribution Socadisc 1998 AT 9811 Quatuor Archet Type « Selfportrait » 1996 SUDE Production 010796