Pierre-Yves Plat (born 1980 in Paris) is a French pianist who reinterprets classical masterpieces into jazz, ragtime, boogie, salsa and disco.
Biography
Pierre-Yves Plat started learning classical piano at the age of five with Marie-Claude Legrand. His personality and his innate sense of rhythm led him towards boogie-woogie, ragtime and stride, and then onto improvisation. He learnt with artists as diverse as
Édouard Ferlet (Berklee Jazz Performance Award - 1992) and
Fabrice Eulry, 'the Chopin of boogie'. It was at the instigation of Eulry that he recorded his first disk of ragtime and began to perform in concert.
He has since played in many venues in
Paris
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(L'Archipel, salle Cortot, etc.),
Versailles
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(Bagheera Piano Bar, the Montansier theatre) and throughout France, regularly participating in Jazz and Blues festivals (the 'Petit Journal' of St. Michel and Montparnasse, Jazz Club, etc.). He was also involved in the musical animation of the famous
Hotel George V, Paris
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History
The Hotel George V, named for King George V of the United Kingdom, opened in 1928. It was financed, at a cost of $31 million (60 mi ...
. He now performs internationally, invited to play across Europe, from London to Albania.
His style is between
classical and
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
, fusing the two with his reimaginings of the classics of Bach, Chopin and Mozart. His experimentations with the two forms came together in his first album, ''Pourquoi pas?'' ('Why not?'), in 2005. This album showcased the young musician's virtuosity, allying classical structures with rhythmic breakaways towards other musical styles. His talent for reinventing the classical form appealed to a wide audience, proving accessible to music lovers of all tastes as he merged different eras of music.
Jean-Pierre Thiollet
Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist.
Primarily living in Paris, he is the author of numerous books and one of the national leaders of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CEDI), a ...
, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', Neva Editions, 2015, p.162.
His second album, ''Récréations'' (2007), was a continuation of his unique style. With it came further success and recognition with appearances on
M6 (TV channel)
M6 (), also known as , is the most profitable private national French public television channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world. M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire that owns several TV ...
, France's national television channel ('1945' and '100% Mag', February 2010). He has also provided the compositions and music arrangement for short films by Méliès (Fechner Production).
References
3
Concert piano solo "Classique ou Jazz", Pierre-Yves Plat
4. Spectacles jeunes public avec Pierre-Yves Plat
Répétiti-Répétitaspectacles musicaux jeune public avec Pierre-Yves Plat
* http://www.78actu.fr/versailles-jazz-festival-pierre-yves-plat-va-vous-etonner_34925/
* http://polinice.org/2015/01/05/recreations-pierre-yves-plat-il-pianista-fantasista/
External links
Official site
Videos on YouTube
Videos on Dailymotion
MySpace
LabelProduction
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1980 births
Living people
Musicians from Paris
French jazz pianists
French male pianists
21st-century pianists
21st-century French male musicians
French male jazz musicians