D’origine brésilienne, Leonardo Montana est pianiste dans le groupe de Felipe Cabrera avec entre autres Orlando Poleo ou Lukmil Perez. Il se produit aussi aux cotés de Raul de Souza, Edmundo Carneiro,Irving Acao, Umberto Pagnini, Chico Freeman...
Il apprend le jazz en autodidacte en Guadeloupe et commence à se produire en 1995. En 1998, il étudie pendant avec Rémi Biet au CNR de Rouen. En 2003, il travaille avec Emile Spanyi, et rentre au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris en 2004 au département jazz ou il étudie dans le classe de Hervé Sellin.
Born in 1977 in La Paz of Colombian/English parents, Leonardo Montana was brought up in Bahia (Brasil) and Guadeloupe (French West Indies) , where he started learning piano. He entered the Paris National Conservatory in 2004 , where he studied jazz and arrangement ,with musicians such as Riccardo del Fra ,Dre Pallemaerts, François Theberge, and Hervé Sellin and Emil Spanyi.
As a pianist, Leonardo seeks for never falling into one musical family or classification, and for playing with a widest range of musicians and musical esthetics as possible. His love for the voice also leads him to work with many singers such as Fredrika Stahl, Cynthia Saint Ville,Sofia Ribeiro, Chloe Cailleton, Viviane de Farias, Marcia Maria, Catia Werneck…
This year, he is part of several bands, including Irving Acao Quartet, Anne Paceo Quintet, Cythia Saint Ville Quartet, Michael Cheret Quartet, Marcia Maria Quartet ,Anne Paceo “Triphase” , Bruno Schorp “Colors Sextet”
In 2008 and 2010 , he composes music for two opera librettos written by Bernard Turle, in Carnoules ( south of France ) Wem Summer Festival. In 2008 “ Variations Provençales” , composed for a jazz quintet ,choir and vocal soloists. In 2010 “Randonée Dérandonée “ for a small chamber group(2 pianos cello and viola) , choir, and soloists.
Based in Paris since 2001 he had the opportunity to play on stage with great musicians as Raul de Souza, Chico Freeman, Edmundo Carneiro , Alexandra Grimal, , Irving Acao , Lukmil Perez, Anne Paceo , Ralph Bowen, Felipe Cabrera, Michael Cheret, Alexandra Grimal, Remi Vignolo…
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Anne Paceo Triphase
«empreintes»

Anne Paceo Triphase
«triphase»

Fredrika Stahl
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Leonardo Montana
(piano)