Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac

Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac (* 1962 in Strasbourg ) is a French composer and bassist who is best known for its involvement in the formation of Jacques Loussier Jazz, the founder of Play Bach, known.

Dunoyer de Segonzac began with five years of a musical education at the Strasbourg Conservatory. At the age of twenty years he completed his studies on double bass from at Vincent Pasquier and Jean Marc Rollez. He plays several instruments and engaged in a wide musical spectrum, from jazz (Louis Sclavis, René Urtreger, Marc Ducret, Vincent Courtois, Jean- Rémy Guédon ) about classical music, contemporary music (Jean Pierre Arnaud ) and improvised music ( Accroche score) to chanson (Pierre Louki ), Cabaret ( Hanna Schygulla ) as well as film music ( la permission aux enfants Demandez by Eric Civanyan ). Through its resulting for the Avignon Festival in 1996 Souingue work he is known as a composer. Since 1997 he plays ( five-string ) bass in the trio of Jacques Loussier. He can also be heard on albums by Cheb Khaled and Stephan Eicher and the quartet Ocean with Sylvain Beuf.