associated_acts years_active birth_place background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
trio aka moon bravo , michel massot , michel debrulle , 1985-present ougrée , belgium non_vocal_instrumentalist 08 june 1964 saxophone , aulochrome chamber , jazz fabrizio cassol
 fabrizio cassol instrumentalist
fabrizio cassol

fabrizio cassol -lrb- born june 8 , 1964 -rrb- is a belgian saxophonist and the first user of the aulochrome -lrb- a double soprano saxophone -rrb- .
he was born in ougrée , belgium .
between 1982 and 1985 , he studied at the liège conservatory and obtained a first prize for saxophone while majoring in chamber music .
he graduated in improvisation and composition .
cassol began to tour with his first band -lrb- trio bravo , with michel massot and michel debrulle -rrb- .
in 1991 , he travelled to the central african forest with colleagues stéphane galland and michel hatzigeorgiou to encounter the aka pygmies .
on their return , the trio formed aka moon , which remains cassol 's main project .
besides , he has performed with musicians like frederic rzewski , garrett list , william sheller , jacques pelzer , toots thielemans , david linx , henri pousseur , kris defoort and dj grazzhoppa , oumou sangare , doudou n'diaye rose , baba sissoko , uk sivaraman , ... he has composed music for dance theatre .
for anne teresa de keersmaeker 's in real time and i sais i , with alain platel -lrb- vsprs , pitié !
, coup de choeurs -rsb- , comedie française in paris , tj stan , luc bondy and philippe boesmans .
in 1995 he composed with kris defoort the album variations on a love supreme .
he won the belgian golden django in 1998 as best french-speaking artist .
since september 10 , 2001 , he 's using the aulochrome , a new instrument created by françois louis .
he presented the instrument to the public in paris in october 2002 .
he currently resides in brussels and teaches at the etterbeek music academy .
