
JAVIER FELTRER
Javier Feltrer (Valencia, SPAIN)
Composer and multi-instrumentalist (Saxophone, clarinets, flute, piano and accordion player) whose work goes around jazz and other creative music styles. His original music includes certain eclecticism and influences from classical music to rock.
He started his studies at the age of 8 and finished his formation with his degrees in Composition and Performance, expanding his jazz training at several seminars and master-classes with Perico Sambeat, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Mintzer, Mark Turner, Bruce Barth, Jason Palmer, Jorge Pardo, etc. His style has been constantly improved by the performance of a long number of styles ( post-bop and modern jazz, fussion, manouche, dixieland, funk, latin, flamenco, classical, oriental, progressive rock, mediterranean folk...) including the performance of his own compositions, and with his work as a session musician.
He has work regurarly with some music shows producers as arranger, composer, band leader and performer, inside the field of musical theatre and circus.
At present he is a member of different bands, including a personal project with which was finalist at Jazz UPV Awards in 2007 and 2008, and at Castellón Jazz Awards in 2009.