Kamil Rustam is an American guitarist, composer, arranger, songwriter and producer whose musical career has made known as a prolific musician in many different styles.
Background
Rustam was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and moved at an early age to Paris, France where he worked extensively for most of the top popular French artists, earning the 1985 "Les Victoires de la Musique" for Producer of the Year with his fellow producing partners Manu Katché and Gabriel Yared. Growing up, Kamil Rustam had always been listening to the sounds of the guitar. His father, a student of Alexandre Lagoya and Ida Presti, would always play at home.
Education
At seven years old, he enrolled in the "Conservatoire municipal du 14eme arrondissement" and studied classical guitar for 10 years while playing modern rock music with local bands.
Career
He was also nominated as Best Studio Musician at the 1986 and 1987 "Les Victoires de la Musique". He then moved to Los Angeles, California in 1996, where he has been busy working in the American entertainment industry. But it was only when he discovered bands like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix that he decided he wanted to become a guitar player.
Session musician
Kamil Rustam made himself famous for being able to play whatever style required and quickly became one of the most sought-after session guitarists in France in the 1980s and 1990s, earning him 2 nominations for Best Session Musician at the 1986 and 1987 "Les Victoires De Louisiana Musique".
Producing / arranging career
Kamil Rustam started his producing career when schoolmate Patrick Bruel asked him in 1984 to produce his first single "Marre de cette nana la" which sold over a million copies. Band Preface
The band included Manu Katché on drums and lead vocal.
List of Artists Kamil Rustam has recorded written or performed with:
CeCe Winans
Ruben Studdard
Gabriel Yared
B.B. King
Michael Brecker
Yael Naïm
Charles Aznavour
Zazie
Johnny Hallyday
Patrick Bruel
Serge Gainsbourg
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Michel Berger
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Michel Jonasz
Romano Musumarra
Maurane
Manu Katché
Military Cross Solaar
David Foster
Gabrial McNair
Guy Roche
Shy"m
Cory Rooney
David Hallyday
Humberto Gatica
Patricia Kaas
Lââm
Bonnie Tyler
Ben Vereen
Florent Pagny
Francis Cabrel
Celine Dion
Jennifer Lopez
Amel Bent
Barbra Streisand
Peter Gabriel
Alejandro Sanz
Shaggy
Christophe Maé
Charlotte Church
Josh Groban
Toni Braxton
Enrique Iglesias
Cher
Merwan Rim
Nolwenn Leroy
Vince Gill
Leslie (singer)
Youssou North"Dour
Kelly Clarkson
Bruce Willis
Snoop Dogg
Vitaa
Anastacia
Chrissie Hynde
Sinéad O"Connor
Jessica Simpson
Aaron Neville
France Gall
James Ingram
En Vogue
Oleta Adams
Vanessa Paradis
Chimène Badi
Francis Cabrel
Deniece Williams
Stephanie Mills
Peabo Bryson
Jeffrey Osborne
List includes songs and soundtrack)
1988: Preuve d’amour
1998: Black Mic Mac 2
1995: Les Truffes fr:Les Truffes
1997: Louisiana vérité si je mens
1998: Taxi
1999: The Bone Collector
2000: Rugrats In Paris
2000: Under Suspicion
2002: The Wild Thornberry"s Movie
2003: Rugrats Go Wild
2006: Blood Diamond
2007: The Neighbor
2008: Dark Streets
2009: The Ministers
2010: Lullaby for pi
2012: Clash.
Membership
From 1985 to 1988 Kamil Rustam was full-time member of the band Preface.