The Prestigious Haitian Music Awards is proud to recognize Mr Mushy Widmaier with a Lifetime Achievement Award on January 10,2026 in North Miami Beach. He is a modern jazz piano player, but one with a certain undertone of both Haitian folklore and European art music.
Who is Mushy Widmaier??
EDUCATION
RETS Electronics Engineering School
1978 – 1981 Electronic Engineering Technology
Cleveland Institute of Electronics
1978-1981 – Broadcast Engineering Technology
Miami Dade Community College
1980 – 1981 Jazz Improvisation Classes/Harmony
Gerald Merceron
1975-1976 Courses in Harmony
Piano Courses / Promusica
1964-1975 Lucienne Denis – Lina Mathon Blanchet
Primary & Secondary school
1963 – 1986 Petit Seminaire College St Martial
CONTINUING EDUCATION
• Time management Workshop IDEO Port-au-Prince Haiti 05/95
• Jazz Workshop with Gonzalo Rubalcaba at the 6th Martinique
Jazz Festival invited by the CMAC Martinique Fort de France
December 1993
• Dynamic of personal leadership seminar IDEO Port-au-Prince
Haiti, 02/98
• Broadcast Engineering online specialized training Courses on
Satellite communications/DTV/IT for broadcasters
• Self taught in Ethnomusicology/Music
WORK EXPERIENCE
Music Teacher and Master Classes
(Miami-Haiti-Martinique-Besancon-Chicoutimi Canada)
Audio Engineer at Metrosound Studio / Audiotek studio (Haiti)
Kidim Studio (Coral Spring Florida) and Black Mountain Studio
(Miami)
Consultant at SGmedia (Mia. Florida) 2006-2009
Technician for Snatek (Mia. Florida) 2005-2009
Sound engineer 1984 to now Metro-Sound / Audiotek /
BlackmountainStudio /RadioTele Metropole (Port-au-Prince Haiti)
Composer/Player/Arranger
Musical Co-Director of Zèklè and Lakansyèl 1981/2012
Composer of Jingles, Commercials and Music beds
Composer for Radio Metropole 1981/2012
Broadcast Engineer and Member of board of Directors for
RadioTele Metropole 1981/to now
Broadcast Engineer for Island TV
Broadcast engineer for WDNA 88.9 FM
Audio Engineer Workshops on Sound Reinforcement 2002/2012
Lectures on Haitian Dance, Trance,
Folklore and Ethnomusicology (NY Public Library) (St Lucia)
Lectures on Musique Haitienne – Origine – Authenticity
Sponsored by Katherine Dunham
(NY Public Library) (St Lucia – FAU)
Workshops on Music/arrangement/Harmony/Jazz combo for
WDNA Jazz gallery / University of Miam with Gage Averill /Port-
au Prince Jazz festival
Co-Host of the Creole Jazz Program On WDNA 88.9 FM
Interim Manager at WDNA 88.9 FM Radio wdna.org
HONORS
Scholarship for Jazz Workshop in Martinique “Fondation Culture
Creation” and the “Centre martiniquais d’action Culturelle” (1993)
Three times Jury Member of American Airlines Music Contest
Musical Composer Contest Award for the 150th Anniversary of
Petion-Ville (Hymn) 1981
First Prize winner of International Contest “Phonurgia Nova” for
Best Jingles, Best Radio Beds, Best News Themes 1997
Chosen by The Journalist & Critic Gerald Merceron (Jazz Mag) as
being among the Top 10 best Piano Player, Composer and
Arranger of the Caribbean region.
ASSOCIATIONS
Founder of “La Societe Haitienne de Production”
(Shap Music) – Haiti
Founder of “La Societe ZÈKLÈ MUSIC “Haiti
Co-Founder of Metro-sound Co. / – Haiti
Co-Founder of Groups ZÈKLÈ & LAKANSYÈL – Haiti
Member of the “Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs”
SACEM France
Founder and President of Fondation Musique & Art – 1997
Share Holder and Consultant of “Communication Professionals”
(COMPRO)
Share Holder and Member of the Administration Council of
“Radio Metropole”
Member of Port-au-Prince Jazz Festival /Haiti Music/Haiti Jazz
Foundation
LIVE PERFORMANCE
• Wednesday Jazz at Le Bistro 1976-1979
• Electronic music Concert with Peter Bartmans for Yamaha
(5/12/95)
• Fete de la musique (Swing Club)
Emeline Michel Tour 50 concerts throughout Haiti, USA,
Canada, France, Japan
• Zèklè Tour: USA, Canada, Europe (1982-1991)
• Festival de Jazz Martinique
• Festival de Jazz Guadeloupe
• Festival de Jazz Montreal
• Festival de Jazz Quebec
• Festival de Jazz Nice, France
• Festival de Jazz Nimes, France
• Festival de Jazz Et Musique populaire, Guyana
• Festival de Jazz Et Musique Noire, Angouleme France
• Festival de Jazz Et Musique Populaire, Paris France
• Easy 105 FM “sponsored Concerts (Stu Grant), Miami, USA
• Lakansyèl Jazz band Café des Arts, Haiti (1989 – 1996)
• The Toto Bissainthe Tour – 15 Shows, Haiti, Dominican
Republic, Guyana, St Marteen, New York, Montreal, Quebec,
Paris/ Marseille, France, Togo, Africa, (1982 – 1990)
• The Lakansyèl Tour with French Jazz Academy Prized Winner –
Marc Berthaux (Bass) – 1988 Martinique/Guadeloupe / Guyane
• The Widmaier Brothers (Jazz Rock) – Local Club, Haiti
(1979-1983)
• The Woody Shaw Concerts
• Haiti – Miami 1978
• The String Tour, Japan, USA, France, St Lucia, Martinique,
Guadeloupe, Montreal, (1997 – 2006)
• Haitian Jazz fest (Miami) at Bongos (2006)
• Concert at Sheeba Restaurant & Lounge (2006)
• Concert at the Vandyke café (10) 2005-2012
• Concert at Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club (2) 2006-2007
• Concert at Brooklyn College / Lincoln Center (NY) 2008
• Concert at SOB”s NY (3) 2005-2009
• Concert at Canne a Sucre Haiti (5) 2005/2007/2008/2011/2012
• Concert at French Institute Haiti (5) 2005/2007/2008/2009/2011
• Concert at Quartier Latin Haiti (5) 2007/2006/2009/2011
• Concert at Casa Chanpetre Mia (2) 2008
• Concert in Besancon France (2) 2010
• Concert in St lucia Jazz festival (2) 2010/2012
• Concert in Atlanta Jazz Festival 03/2012
• Concert in Chicoutimy after 2 weeks in residence
• Concert in Martinique Jazzz festival Atrium 2024
• Concert a la Mesa 2025
• Concert at Jazz encounters for WDNA June 2025
