ALEXANDRA GRIMAL
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Eclectic Fusion, Third Stream • France

Alexandra was awarded a musician grant from the Fondation Jean-Luc Lagardère 2009. She was awarded a Mac Dowell fellowship in 2010 and in 2012, as well as a Tavitian fellowhip. She has just been awarded a grant 2011 from Chamber Music of America CMA / FACE French-American Jazz Exchange supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Cultures France and FMEO - Le Bureau Export de la Musique Française. Alexandra is supported by the Drac Ile-de-France in 2012 for her Ensemble Dragons. She was nominated for the French "Victoires du Jazz" 2010 in the soloist category. She is a Yamaha and Rico Royal artist. from http://www.alexandragrimal.com