Sandra Cipolat Trio
shape-shifting jazz
Sandra Cipolat is a young and talented pianist, graduate of the jazz class at the Cité des Arts – Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Montpellier. Influenced by artists such as Jacob Collier, D’Angelo, Herbie Hancock, and Tigran Hamasyan, she first gained recognition in 2019 with the Grand Orchestre de Jazz d’Occitanie (GROô, 1st edition).
The Sandra Cipolat Trio was founded by Sandra Cipolat (keyboards – vocals), driven by a shared musical vision and a deep friendship with Pablo Auguste (bass) and Killian Rebreyend (drums). After Killian’s departure, Réunionese drummer Arjuna Mariapin joined the trio, maintaining the group’s musical synergy. With this project, Sandra aimed to free herself from musical conventions and create a repertoire without constraints.
With HUMAN, the trio breaks boundaries by blending jazz, contemporary music, and soul, affirming that jazz is a truly contemporary art form. She tells stories of the people who have shaped her, offering an autobiographical repertoire that immerses listeners in universal narratives filled with love, joy, anger, and even violence. Through socially engaged and feminist texts, she celebrates human diversity.
- HUMAN EP has been available on streaming platforms since May 22, 2025: listen here.
Thanks to the création residency program by Occijazz, the trio began working on HUMAN, supported by the Scène Nationale de Sète, with a first creative phase in November 2023. Since then, the Sandra Cipolat Trio has continued developing within various networks in France, Spain, and beyond. The group recently won a cross-residency with Catalan artists, supported by the CNM, the Institut Français, and the Taller de Músics (Barcelona), with a residency scheduled in Barcelona at the end of June 2025.
With her previous project FINAL CUT, she proposed a poetic jazz repertoire inspired by cinema. In a very different style, this project featured a different lineup: Léo Chazallet (electric bass) and Julien Grégoire (drums). In 2021, the trio won the Jazz 70 competition at the Nîmes Métropole Jazz Festival and has since performed at the Jamboree in Barcelona, the Nîmes Métropole Jazz Festival, and the Jazz à Vienne festival in 2023.
In August 2023, the Sandra Cipolat Trio’s first album, Final Cut, was released both physically and on streaming platforms. Produced by Collectif Koa and distributed by L’Autre Distribution.
Projects
SANDRA CIPOLAT & GUESTS
Sandra Cipolat & Guests is the new project by pianist and singer Sandra Cipolat, in collaboration with Barcelona-based musicians Abraham Lojo (flamenco guitar) and Nicolás Andino (trumpet, machines, production). This repertoire dives into primal instincts and visceral emotions that shape us, exploring what connects all living beings — instinct, vulnerability, rage, and tenderness — through a hybrid musical universe blending jazz, NuSoul, and experimental music.
HUMAN
In HUMAN, Sandra Cipolat reveals the intimate to reach the universal. Her voice and keyboards create a vibrant soundscape, blending jazz, soul, and contemporary music, with voices layering like strata of emotion. Alongside Arjuna Mariapin on drums and Pablo Auguste on bass, the trio crafts a bold, organic language—a polyphony where the voices of bodies, hearts, and the unheard resonate.
Final Cut
Final Cut, the first project of Sandra Cipolat Trio with Léo Chazallet and Juien Grégoire. Jazz repertoire freely inspired by great cinema's works, the trio will be in artistic residency in April 2023 to work on a chapter for young audience.
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