François Couturier

François Couturier (né le 2 mai 1950 à

Fleury-les-Aubrais , Orléans ) est un
français pianiste de jazz .

Couturier lors de son concert avec Anja Lechner à

la Stadtkirche Darmstadt le 11 octobre 2015.
Biographie
Couturier began learning piano at the age
of six. A year after earning his degree in
classical piano and musicology in 1977,
he met Jacques Thollot's quartet bassist
Jean-Paul Céléa, with whom he formed a
duo. Between 1981 and 1983, Couturier
toured with John McLaughlin, with whom
he also recorded. Over time, he played
with French jazz musicians such as
André Ceccarelli, Eddy Louiss, Michel
Portal, François Jeanneau and with
Daniel Humair. After first meeting during
the 1985 edition of the Festival de
Carthage, Couturier collaborated on
Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem's
albums Khomsa (1994), Le pas du Chat
Noir (2001) and 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
ECM Records alongside soprano
saxophonist Jean-Marc Larché,
accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier and
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.

Discographie
2014: With the cellist Anja Lechner
Moderato cantabile, ECM New Series
2367, 2014.[1]

Honneurs
 1981: He received the Django
Reinhardt Prize.

Les références
1. Improvisation mit fünf Lebenslinien
in FAZ vom 16.

Liens externes
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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