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| 1 CD |
€ 19.95
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Preorder |
| Label Challenge Records |
UPC 0608917364729 |
Catalogue number CR 73647 |
Release date 04 December 2026 |
FRATM brings together accordionist Philippe Thuriot and trumpeter Carlo Nardozza in a deeply personal meeting of two musical worlds. Thuriot’s background in classical music, Bach and Scarlatti meets Nardozza’s roots in jazz and Neapolitan song, yet the result never feels like a collision of genres. Instead, the duo play with a shared instinct: lyrical, direct and closely connected to the joy of making music together.
The album began with the idea of recording music inspired by Piazzolla, but gradually became something more intimate. Rather than reproducing an established language, Thuriot and Nardozza chose to focus on music that felt completely their own. A decisive moment came with the death of Thuriot’s brother Christiaan, whose memory gave the project a new perspective. From that experience grew an album about friendship, brotherhood, loss and, above all, the importance of being there for one another.
That sense of closeness runs through the twelve original pieces, from “Valse à Christiaan” and “Cristianita” to “Amici,” “Freedom” and the title track “FRATM.” The music is virtuosic without becoming distant: songful, open and accessible, shaped by two musicians who learned from an early age that music could entertain, move and connect people.
Carlo Nardozza is an internationally renowned trumpet player. He is primarily a performing musician and plays jazz, pop and Big Band music. As a young trumpeter, he won numerous awards both at home and abroad.
His current projects include Trio in Bocca al Lupo (with Tim Finoulst on guitar and Alano Gruarin on piano), Duology (with Christophe Devisscher on bass), Delirium Quintet (with Nico Schepers, Bart Denolf, Tony Vitacollona and Tim Finoulst), 11 (with Michel Bisceglia on piano), and the trio Moi, lui et l'ami (with Katia Malecki and Tim Finoulst).
In addition, he is a regular member of OTOmachine, Jelle van Giel Group and the Bram Weijters Quartet, and regularly performs with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.
Carlo has shared the stage with numerous major artists, including Toots Thielemans, Bert Joris, Philip Catherine, Paul Michiels, Lady Lynn, Lee Konitz, Dado Moroni, Henri Texier, Bobby Shew, George Duke, Bruno Castellucci, the Rosenberg Trio, Natalia, Raymond van het Groenewoud and Michel Camilo.
Philippe Thuriot has spent his entire musical career moving between different worlds.
His earliest musical influences sprang from the jukebox and the bal-musette dances at Le Café du Village, the pub run by his parents. Although he studied “noble” instruments such as violin and clarinet, in the end it was his first instrument, the accordion, that remained on his lap.
It soon became clear that his appetite for broadening and deepening his musical horizons could not be satisfied. During his studies with the renowned Mogens Ellegaard at the Royal Conservatory of Copenhagen, his musical language and imagination flourished through the discovery of the contemporary repertoire for accordion.
His first world tour, in 1996 with Alain Platel's La Tristeza Complice, introduced him to a new artistic experience.
In the meantime, he also discovered the wondrous universe of improvisation. This led to collaborations with masters such as Uri Caine, Ellery Eskelin, René Lucier, Mark Feldman, Louis Sclavis and Maria Schneider.
Solo recitals alternated with collaborations with bands and ensembles.
Many composers have worked with him. Among other things, he premiered Dirk D’Ase's accordion concerto at the Wiener Konzert-Verein. He has performed with Prometheus Ictus, Oxalys, the WDR Big Band, Het Collectief, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra. Peter Vermeersch and Dick Van der Harst have also written accordion concertos for Philippe.
During the long, empty hours in hotel rooms while touring Pitié with Les ballets C de la B, Thuriot immersed himself in J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations.
This led to an album supported by Warner Classics and Klara. It did not escape the attention of Philippe Herreweghe, who invited him several times to his Tuscan festival, Crete Senesi.
He was also invited to this prestigious festival with his solo album Couperin and Ravel (Warner).
Recent projects include I Silenti, featuring music by Claudio Monteverdi, with Fabrizio Cassol, Tcha Limberger and Claron McFadden, directed by Lisaboa Houbrechts.
In 2023–24, he toured with Vakepoes (La Geste, Toneelhuis, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen), an acclaimed music-theatre production by Lisaboa Houbrechts, featuring, among others, Stefaan Degand and Elsie de Brauw.
A new music-theatre project, Amours Aveugles by Koen Augustijnen, took shape and toured in 2024–25. This powerful work combining theatre and dance features musical adaptations by Gwen Cresens and Philippe Thuriot, with, among others, Ed Lyon (tenor), Liesbeth Devos (soprano), Gwen Cresens (accordion), Rosalba Torres (dance) and Elie Tass (dance).
In 2024, he recorded a new solo CD featuring music by D. Scarlatti for the label Challenge Records.
In 2025, he released Illuminations on the same label, featuring improvisations based on the music of J. S. Bach.
In his latest collaboration with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Philippe is the soloist in Looking Within, for which Bert Joris composed the music.
Carlo Nardozza is an internationally renowned trumpet player. He is primarily a performing musician and plays jazz, pop and Big Band music. As a young trumpeter, he won numerous awards both at home and abroad.
His current projects include Trio in Bocca al Lupo (with Tim Finoulst on guitar and Alano Gruarin on piano), Duology (with Christophe Devisscher on bass), Delirium Quintet (with Nico Schepers, Bart Denolf, Tony Vitacollona and Tim Finoulst), 11 (with Michel Bisceglia on piano), and the trio Moi, lui et l'ami (with Katia Malecki and Tim Finoulst).
In addition, he is a regular member of OTOmachine, Jelle van Giel Group and the Bram Weijters Quartet, and regularly performs with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.
Carlo has shared the stage with numerous major artists, including Toots Thielemans, Bert Joris, Philip Catherine, Paul Michiels, Lady Lynn, Lee Konitz, Dado Moroni, Henri Texier, Bobby Shew, George Duke, Bruno Castellucci, the Rosenberg Trio, Natalia, Raymond van het Groenewoud and Michel Camilo.
Philippe Thuriot has spent his entire musical career moving between different worlds.
His earliest musical influences sprang from the jukebox and the bal-musette dances at Le Café du Village, the pub run by his parents. Although he studied “noble” instruments such as violin and clarinet, in the end it was his first instrument, the accordion, that remained on his lap.
It soon became clear that his appetite for broadening and deepening his musical horizons could not be satisfied. During his studies with the renowned Mogens Ellegaard at the Royal Conservatory of Copenhagen, his musical language and imagination flourished through the discovery of the contemporary repertoire for accordion.
His first world tour, in 1996 with Alain Platel's La Tristeza Complice, introduced him to a new artistic experience.
In the meantime, he also discovered the wondrous universe of improvisation. This led to collaborations with masters such as Uri Caine, Ellery Eskelin, René Lucier, Mark Feldman, Louis Sclavis and Maria Schneider.
Solo recitals alternated with collaborations with bands and ensembles.
Many composers have worked with him. Among other things, he premiered Dirk D’Ase's accordion concerto at the Wiener Konzert-Verein. He has performed with Prometheus Ictus, Oxalys, the WDR Big Band, Het Collectief, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra. Peter Vermeersch and Dick Van der Harst have also written accordion concertos for Philippe.
During the long, empty hours in hotel rooms while touring Pitié with Les ballets C de la B, Thuriot immersed himself in J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations.
This led to an album supported by Warner Classics and Klara. It did not escape the attention of Philippe Herreweghe, who invited him several times to his Tuscan festival, Crete Senesi.
He was also invited to this prestigious festival with his solo album Couperin and Ravel (Warner).
Recent projects include I Silenti, featuring music by Claudio Monteverdi, with Fabrizio Cassol, Tcha Limberger and Claron McFadden, directed by Lisaboa Houbrechts.
In 2023–24, he toured with Vakepoes (La Geste, Toneelhuis, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen), an acclaimed music-theatre production by Lisaboa Houbrechts, featuring, among others, Stefaan Degand and Elsie de Brauw.
A new music-theatre project, Amours Aveugles by Koen Augustijnen, took shape and toured in 2024–25. This powerful work combining theatre and dance features musical adaptations by Gwen Cresens and Philippe Thuriot, with, among others, Ed Lyon (tenor), Liesbeth Devos (soprano), Gwen Cresens (accordion), Rosalba Torres (dance) and Elie Tass (dance).
In 2024, he recorded a new solo CD featuring music by D. Scarlatti for the label Challenge Records.
In 2025, he released Illuminations on the same label, featuring improvisations based on the music of J. S. Bach.
In his latest collaboration with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Philippe is the soloist in Looking Within, for which Bert Joris composed the music.
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