Baptiste Trotignon

Because "hitting" as percussion, as the primary driving force of sound, the fundamental element of so many musical forms, their organic element and life source, has always been at the centre of most types of Afro-American music and all those derived from it. And because my love for melody, which has always made me want to make the piano sing and use it as a cantabile instrument, has never completely taken me away me from the pleasure of physically hitting the keys, with all its instinctive, earthly connotations.

Les reprises de grands classiques contemporains revisités à travers le filtre jazz font florès

The piano duo formed by Arthur Gold (1917–90) enjoyed immense fame in the post-war years. Poulenc wrote a piece for them, as did Darius Milhaud, Samuel Barber, Luciano Berio and John Cage. They recorded with Leonard Bernstein. Nicknamed " The Boys", they played all over the world and were praised for their ‘seamless perfection and an inimitable " joie de vivre" (New York Times).