Fabrizio Cassol
Template:Short description Template:Infobox musical artist Fabrizio Cassol (born 8 June 1964) is a Belgian saxophonist and the first user of the aulochrome (a double-reed instrument).<ref name="Belgium">Jazz in Belgium biography</ref>
He was born in Ougrée, Belgium.<ref name="Belgium" /> Between 1982 and 1985, he studied at the Liège conservatory and "obtained first prize for saxophone while majoring in chamber music".<ref name="Belgium" /> He also studied improvisation and composition.<ref name="Belgium" /> Cassol began to tour with his first band (Trio Bravo, with Michel Massot and Michel Debrulle).<ref name="Belgium" /> He travelled to the Central African forest to encounter the Aka pygmies, which led to the formation of the band Aka Moon.<ref name="Belgium" /> Besides, he has performed with many other musicians.<ref name="Belgium" />
He has composed music for dance theatre and in 1995 he composed with Kris Defoort the album Variations on A Love Supreme.<ref name="Belgium" /> He won the Belgian Golden Django in 1998.<ref name="Belgium" /> Since September 2002, he has used the aulochrome, a new instrument created by François Louis.<ref name="Belgium" /> He has taught at the Etterbeek music academy since 1989.<ref name="Belgium" /> Cassol collaborated with choreographer Alain Platel to create "Requiem pour L", in which musicians and dancers "perform a new version of Mozart’s Requiem while slow-motion footage of a woman dying is projected on a screen behind them".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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