François Couturier
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François Couturier (born 2 May 1950 in Fleury-les-Aubrais, Orléans) is a French jazz pianist.[1][2]
Biography
Couturier began learning piano at the age of six. A year after earning his degree in
Le Voyage de Sahar
(2005), and the two have toured together several times since 2001.
In 2006, his album Nostalghia – A Song for Tarkovsky was released on the label
cellist Anja Lechner. The album is dedicated to the film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his films. The album's music was also presented at various festivals, first in Bergamo in 2006. Other albums with the "Tarkovsky Quartet" followed in 2011 and 2017. In 2007, he played in the quintet "Passaggio", with which he recorded two albums on Label Bleu, and in the "European Jazz Trio" with Céléa and Wolfgang Reisinger. He also plays in duo with the violinist Dominique Pifarély on his album Poros (1997) and with the pianist Jean-Pierre Chalet. With the countertenor Dominique Visse
he recorded From Machaut to Berio.
Discography
- 2014: With the cellist Anja Lechner Moderato cantabile, ECM New Series 2367, 2014.[4]
Honors
- 1981: Prix Django Reinhardt
References
- ^ "François Couturier". www.pianobleu.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "German Cellist, French Pianist to Perform at Niavaran Center". Financial Tribune. 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Album Review: Francois Couturier, Tarkovsky Quartet". NZ Herald. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ Improvisation mit fünf Lebenslinien in FAZ vom 16.
External links
- Werke von François Couturier in the German National Library catalogue
- Website des Künstlers
- Biographie bei Label Bleu
- Biographie bei ECM und zu seinem Album Nostalghia
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