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Gast Waltzing. Gaston ("Gast") Waltzing (born 1956) is a Luxembourgian trumpeter and composer. He has created several jazz bands, including Largo and the Luxembourg National Jazz Orchestra, and has even composed music for films and television programs as well as operas combining classical music with jazz and rock. He goes by the nickname of piu.
Gast Waltzing . Composer, Arranger, Conductor . Grammy award winner Gast Waltzing was born in the Grand Duche du Luxembourg. He began his musical adventure at the age of 7 studying in the conservatories of Luxembourg, Brussels and finally Paris.
Gast Waltzing, who in 2016 became the first Luxembourger to win a Grammy Award, is undoubtedly the most famous composer and conductor in Luxembourg. A man for whom music is a world of colours, he resembles the Luxembourg he was born in: talented and eclectic.
Arrangements by Gast Waltzing, Myles Sanko with his first ever live album! Recorded and filmed live to a sold-out auditorium at the magnificent Philharmonie Luxembourg, accompanied by his trusted soul/jazz sextet (pianist Tom O’Grady, bassist Jon Mapp, drummer Rick Hudson, guitarist Phil Stevenson, saxophonist/flutist Gareth Lumbers, trumpeter Sam Ewens) and the 70-piece Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.
The music is dynamic and fresh. The band has released 2 albums on Warner Jazz: “Fables of Lost Time”(Warner Jazz 5050466-4082-2-88) in 2003, and “Long Journey” (Warner Jazz 546781322) in 2005. In September 2009, Gast Waltzing’s label WPR Jazz released “It’s all About As” which was their third album. Gast Waltzing
Gast Waltzing is a classic and jazz trumpeter, composer and producer. Born in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Waltzing defining passion has always been music. At the age of 7 he began his studies at the Conservatoire of Luxembourg, continued his classical training at the Conservatoire Royal de Brussels and completed his studies at the Conservatoire National Superior de Paris.
Gast Waltzing, a Grammy award-winning composer, arranger, and conductor, was born in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Starting his musical journey at age 7, he studied in the conservatories of Luxembourg, Brussels, and Paris.
