ABOUT
Casimir Liberski was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1988. He distinguished himself as leader of his own trio at the age of 13 and has since gained significant recognition and acclaim in the European and International jazz scene.
From his first live appearances, Casimir's music has been described as moving, exhilarating and atypical. He possesses a daring and very strong personal style topped with an astonishing virtuosity as a pianist. Growing up, Casimir always drew inspiration from all area and eras of jazz, blues & funk and later on deepened his knowledge in classical and electronic music. Brought up in the 90’s, like other musically inclined kids of his generation, Casimir was exposed and certainly influenced by melodies from Nintendo games, grunge and alternative rock, hip hop and TV cartoons. His heart however was always leaning towards Jazz and the tremendous joy he'd get from improvising and composing incorporating this variety of musical elements surrounding him.
Casimir has earned various accolades in major jazz festivals and competitions since a young age. He also composed music for films and TV, notably “Bunker Paradise” and “Tokyo Fiancée” directed by his father Stefan Liberski for which he was nominated for best screen composer of 2005 at the Ghent’s film festival.
In 2006, Berklee College of Music generously welcomed Casimir with the exclusive Presidential Scholarship. He was the first European to receive this award. In America Casimir sought guidance from great jazz artists (Brad Mehldau, Danilo Perez, Craig Taborn, Jason Moran, Greg Osby, Steve Hunt, Vijay Iyer, Sal Mosca, Masabumi Kikuchi, Fred Hersch...) to name a few. But certainly one of the most important levers for Casimir's musical development was from the privilege mentorship of Ornette Coleman who bequeathed him the keys to the art of improvisation or Ornette's "Harmoloic" concept which gave Casimir the freedom to human expression through sound.
In 2008 Casimir recorded an album of improvised pieces with renown drummer Tyshawn Sorey and bassist Thomas Morgan, then moved to New York in 2010 prior to his graduation and started working with various professionals such as Charnett Moffett, Stanley Jordan, Jeff Tain Watts, Denardo Coleman, Rodney Holmes, Nasheet Waits, Matthew Shipp, Mark Shim, Tony Moreno, Evan Marien, Godwin Louis, Peter Evans, and more...
In 2012, Casimir released two progressive jazz-rock albums under his name: “Atomic Rabbit" and "The Caveless Wolf" starring all original music and released them on his own label Dalang! Records.
Liberski also collaborated on French bassist-composer Louis de Mieulles’ albums "Defense Mechanisms" and “Stars, Plants and Bugs” featuring drummer Matt Gartska from the band Animals As Leaders.
In 2016 Casimir Liberski was invited to perform along with visual artist Jean-Luc Moerman at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth's Music Chapel in Belgium for their first non-classical performance ever. That same year Casimir was the 3rd prizewinner at the Parmigiani Montreux Solo Piano Competition and was mentored by Marcus Miller, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Trilok Gurtu and Yaron Herman at the Montreux Jazz Academy in Lausanne.
Career Highlights
Accolades +
• 2016 3rd Prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition(BE)
• 2013 Jazz Marathon Competition: “Best Soloist”(BE)
• 2012 September Jazz (BE)
• 2010 The Jazz Station (BE)
• 2010 Xerox Rochester Jazz Festival (US)
• 2009 RTBF DJ Experience (BE)
• 2006 Jazz Marathon (BE)
• 2006 Eurit’mix Festival (BE)
• 2006 Ghent Film Music Festival: Nominated “Best Belgian Composer” for film Bunker Paradise (BE)
• 2006 Jazz Marathon 3rd Competition for Young Talents: 1st Prize “Casimir Liberski Trio” and “Prix du public”(BE)
• 2005 Jazz Marathon 2nd Competition for Young Talents: 2nd Prize “I’Echevin de la Jeunesse” and “Prix du public”(BE)
• 2005 Gaume Jazz Festival (BE)
• 2005 Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (BE)
• 2005 Witfloof Jazz at Botanique (BE)
• 2004 Jazz Marathon (BE)
• 2004 Fête de la Musique (BE)
• 2004 Pianofolies Flagey (BE)
• 2004 Octaves de la Musique: 1st Prize and Encouragement Prize for outstanding performances of emerging new artists(BE)
• 1999 Ganshoren Festival Comic Books Competition: “Coup de Coeur”(BE)
Performances / Festivals +
• 2020 Botanique (nuits du bota) Brussels Belgium with Shoko Igarashi
• 2020 Voorhuit Ghent Belgium with Maniac Maison
• 2020 Flagey Winter Jazz Fest
• 2020 Brussels Belgium with Casimir Liberski Trio
• 2020 BEL JAZZ at Flagey with Casimir Liberski Trio
• 2019 Jazz Station (Casimir Liberski Trio)
• 2019 Grand Place (BJW) Casimir Liberski Trio
• Bowery Electric Jana Hertzen, Jonathan Barber, Kevin Jones, Charnett Moffett (US)
• 2016 Club Bonafide Casimir Liberski Trio (US)
• 2015 Club Bonafide Charnette Moffett, Victor Lewis and Stanley Jordan (US)
• 2015 Jazz a Liege Festival JF Foliez Quartet “Playground” (BE)
• 2015 Les Musicales de Beloeil solo piano (BE)
• 2015 Iridium “Nettwork”(US)
• 2015 Mallorca Jazz sa Pobla “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 Penisola Jazz Festival “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 Jamboree Jazz Club “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 Ribadeo Jazz Festival “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 San Javier Jazz Festival “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 XXI International Open Air Festival “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 Festival Universijazz “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 Valencia XIX Jazz Festival “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 Ezkaray Jazz Festival “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 Canary Islands Jazz Festival “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 Atarfe Jazz Festival “Nettwork” (SP)
• 2015 International Istanbul Jazz Festival Charnette Moffett, Jeff Tain Watts and James Blood Ulmer (Turkey)
• 2015 Getxo Jazz Festival “Nettwork” Charnette Moffett, Jeff Tain Watts and Stanley Jordan (SP)
• 2014 Maanrock Delv!s (BE)
• 2014 Les Ardennes Delv!s (BE)
• 2014 Gent Jazz Festival * Delv!s (BE)
• 2013 Intime Festival (BE)
• 2013 Bruxelles Jazz Marathan (BE)
Discography (Leader/Composer) +
• 2020 Brussels 2020 – Casimir Liberski Trio (Bandcamp Release)
• 2019 Cosmic Liberty – Casimir Liberski (Ropeadope Recordings)
• 2018 L.A. 30 (self-release)
• 2017 Law Of Gravity (self-release)
• 2013 Tokyo Fiancée OST (Dalang!Records)
• 2012 Atomic Rabbit (Dalang!Records)
• 2012 The Caveless Wolf (Dalang!Records)
• 2008 Evanescences (Dalang!Records)
• 2006 Bunker Paradise OST (PIAS BE)
• 2006 Bunker Paradise OST (PIAS BE)
• 2004 Mr.Senbei (Unreleased)
As a Featured Artist +
• 2017 Middle of Somewhere by Middle of Somewhere
• 2015 Lagune by JF Foliez’ Playground (Igloo Records)
• 2015 Star Plants and Bugs (by Louis de Mieulle)
• 2014 Ukiyo by Kaoru Tanaka<br data-preserve-html-node="true"
• 2012 Defense Mechanism (by Louis de Mieulle)
• 2010 Treasure by Charnett Moffett (Motéma Music)
• 2009 Dedications by Various Artists (Jazz Revelation Records)
Original Soundtracks +
2014 “Tokyo Fiancée” by Stefan Liberski Versus production
2010 “Vous Plaisantez Monsieur Tanner” by Stefan Liberski for Canal +
2006 “Les Oeufs Brouilles” by Iao Lethem
2005 “Bunker Paradise” by Stefan Liberski – Artemis Production
2004 “L’Herbe sous le pied” by Stefan Liberski and Bouli Lanners for BeTV (Belgium)
A Life in Music
