Oliver
Griffith has been playing professionally for
over 40 years, including during his 20 year career as a US diplomat in Africa, South America, and Europe. After studying ethnomusicology and jazz at Wesleyan University, he earned a Master of Music
degree from the New England Conservatory. He also studied Jazz at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, and classical flute at the Richard Strauss Konservatorium in Munich and, while working as a
diplomat, earned a diploma from ENA in Paris.
In Paris, Oliver was
Director General of the American Chamber of Commerce (Am
Cham-France) and Head of Communications for the World Bank. Since his retirement in 2016, he concentrates fulltime on music, mostly classic jazz, performing with some of France's top
musicians.
At
our HEC-IPEL Afterwork, Oliver
Griffith will be accompanied by French pianist Patrice Galas.
PATRICE GALAS is a pianist who ranks amongst the great of today’s jazz. He has, to name but a few, accompanied
more than 50 of the great names of world jazz, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Mobley, Kenny Clark, Johnny Griffith, Lou Bennett, Slide Hampton, Stan Getz. He has participated in the creation of books on blues and modern Jazz, and has contributed on the Dictionnaire du Jazz edited by Robert Laffont
(France). He is also the author of the first jazz methods in France, with the series “La Musique Moderne”.
We look forward to welcoming you to our
Annual
HEC-Ivy Plus European Leaders
Franco-North American Afterwork
at Hôtel Melia Vendôme!
Afterworks are excellent occasions to develop your network, see old friends,
make new friends, swap ideas, speak about your activities, recruit, exchange with business executives, innovators, creatives, professionals from all horizons, and have a great
time.
Drinks are at negotiated price - Fingerfood will be
offered
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