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31: 250:, which featured music written for choreographer Jane Turner's dance company Turning Worlds. This collaboration led to the formation of the arts group LUST that included dancers, musicians, poets and theatre performers. LUST organised numerous live events and festivals in the UK and Europe. Biro also formed the band L'Orange with French vocalist Véronique Joly, active until 2003. 230:
In 1985, Biro moved to London with his band I.C. to establish a presence in the UK music scene, though the band dissolved shortly after. Biro remained in London and sustained himself by playing piano in restaurants, bars, and hotels while making new connections in the London art scene. He landed gigs
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through concerts and workshops at the school. During his high school years, he formed various jazz/rock/pop bands playing original compositions and extended his instrumentation to include electric keyboards, particularly the Fender Rhodes electric piano and early synthesizers. He also wrote music for
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Biro began playing the piano at the age of nine and, by twelve, was one of the youngest members of the Monaco Jazz Conservatory, where he studied for eight years under Belgian saxophonist Roger Grosjean. There he was exposed to many prominent jazz artists like
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in 2006. Biro also served as CAMAC's president until 2015. Over the years, the Sargasso label evolved to specialise in experimental contemporary music while continuing to release Biro's own recording projects. Other composers included
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record label, established in 1993. Biro has released over 25 albums of original music as a solo artist and in collaboration with bands such as Mysteries of the Revolution (with Peter BB Davis), Echo Engine (with Rob Palmer), and
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In 2007, Biro's older brother Nicholas (Nico) passed away, impacting Biro and prompting his parents' relocation from Nice to London until their deaths in 2018 and 2020. In response to these personal losses and the
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led to a residency at CAMAC (Centre d'Art Marnay Arts Centre), a French arts/science centre, in 2004, where they developed performances using emergent properties and new technological systems. Their work
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and is mainly instrumental, although he has also written many songs for collaborative projects. Biro's sound is built around his use of the
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In 1993, Biro founded the Sargasso record label to primarily to release his music, starting with his first instrumental electronic album
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Biro married Italian micro-biologist Angela Bizzarri in 2008. They live in London with their three children Gabriel, Joel and Eliana.
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Biro's long-standing friendship with bassist/vocalist Colin Bass of the band Camel resulted in the collaborative song albums
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In 2023 Biro worked on a new solo project based on his memories of childhood family holidays in the
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as well as Italian and French songwriters. However, his primary inspiration as a pianist is
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Biro has composed music for numerous theatre and film projects, including the 2014
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Biro is currently working on an album with Italian flautist Sara Minelli, titled
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with whom he developed a close friendship until Harvey's death in 2012.
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the local high school theater group's yearly plays. Biro earned his
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Homepage of music composer, synth-player Daniel Biro
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Index

Daniel Biro in his studio (2022)
Johannesburg
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Sargasso
Colin Bass
Camel
electronic
ambient
experimental
jazz-fusion
progressive rock
Rhodes electric piano
analogue synthesisers
Johannesburg
South Africa
Hungary
Croatia
Rome
London
Milan
Menton
Barney Wilen
Karel Ruzicka
Baccalauréat A
Nice University
Dennis Greaves
EMI
Big Bam Boo
Emergence

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