pierre christophe

Pierre CHRISTOPHEBorn in 1969, Pierre CHRISTOPHE studies jazz piano at the National Conservatory of Marseille in Guy LONGNON’s class (he graduates in 1991-gold medal distinction-). Thanks to a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture for advanced studies and research, he studies at Manhattan School of Music in New York from 1992 to 1994 where he graduates as Bachelor of Music. Concurrently, he studies with Jaki BYARD and Harold DANKO during four years.Since 1995, he has performed with many artists of the french and international scene: James SPAULDING, Frank MORGAN, Ricky FORD, Ulf WAKENIUS, Gérard BADINI, Michel PASTRE, Pierre BOUSSAGUET, Benjamin HERMAN, Sarah LAZARUS… and has recorded 15 albums overall.He has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, at Antibes Juan les Pins Jazz Festival at the Vienne, Marciac Festivals...at Radio France, at the New Morning and at several parisians jazz clubs.Pierre CHRISTOPHE is nominated at the “DJANGO D’OR 2004” in the “young talent” category” and is the winner of the international competition “Jazz à Juan Revelations 2005” (piano category).His “Byard by Us” project with Mourad BENHAMMOU (drums) and Raphael DEVER (bass) -3 CDs on the BLACK AND BLUE label- was unanimously acclaimed by the critics: it has been given four stars by JAZZMAN magazine, and has been saluted as the “disque d’émoi” by JAZZMAG. It has appeared in LE MONDE’s special selection and was nominated by the French Academy of Jazz for the BORIS VIAN 2003 AWARD (best french jazz album of the year).In 2007, Pierre CHRISTOPHE was elected by the French Academy of Jazz for the prestigious DJANGO REINHARDT AWARD (best French jazz musician of the year 2007)More infos on www.pierrechristophepiano.com