Marianne Trudel is a multi-talented pianist, composer, improviser, arranger and producer. At once energetic and passionate, her music cuts across a wide swath of musical interests. As a performer, she pursues an active career as a leader in a variety of settings ranging from solo performance to more intimate duos and trios, and larger groups as quintet, septet and large ensembles. She has played in Canada, United States, France and Germany. She has published five recordings under her name, all having garnered rave reviews. Recipient of the Prix Étoiles Galaxie de Radio-Canada (Montreal Jazz Festival 2007), Marianne Trudel has presented multiple artistic projects that not only bring her considerable skills to the fore but also her keen sense of creativity. She has shared the stage with, among others: Kenny Wheeler, Chucho Valdes, Mark Feldman, Tony Malaby, Ingrid Jensen, and Mark Helias. She has composed and arranged for Radio-Canada and the American Composers Orchestra (NYC). "If there is justice in the jazz world, pianist Marianne Trudel should be on the edge of a breakout. She is playing with confidence and creativity and her compositions bristle with fresh ideas and a real sense of purpose," says jazz journalist James Hale.