Fabrice Lecomte
- Music Department
- Composer
Born in Milan, Italy but of French Nationality.
Equally well-versed in Classical Music and Jazz he started performing as a pianist at age 16 with his jazz trio at the Capolinea Jazz Club in Milan, Italy (where Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan and Art Blakey had legendary performances).
Following his move to the United States he graduated in Composition from the Mannes College of Music where he also studied Film Music.
Published early at age 23 after a successful performance of his orchestral music at Carnegie Recital Hall, the following year the American Symphony Orchestra's performance of his "Those Hidden Thoughts" at Alice Tully Hall received praise by the New York Times and by Keith Jarrett who was at the concert.
Several Classical Music commissions in Europe and in the US followed but also film scores, music for the theater and commercials (his music is on the first nationwide commercial for CNBC).
His orchestral score for the movie "Dead Heat" was praised by Ennio Morricone and Oscar winner directors Giuliano Montaldo and Robert Wise.
Lately his Sonata for Flute and Cello has sparked interest by the most important contemporary music ensembles like the Russian Studio for New Music Ensemble in St. Petersburg, Russia and was included in the archive of the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, Germany.
He had been invited regularly by the famed "Accademia di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale" in Saluzzo, Italy to conduct an annual Master Class on various techniques for composing Film Music.
Fabrice Lecomte resides in New York City.