OR IS HE JAZZ - Pierre

IS HE CLASSICAL
OR IS HE JAZZ ?
Is he classical or is he jazz? Pierre-Yves Plat cannot be classified. Thanks to his musical sensitivity and his
amazing virtuosity, he magnificently transforms classical tunes through his ragtime renditions of Chopin and
reinterpretations of Bach with salsa rhythms… His sublime talent rouses the public, astounding them with his
improvisations and the fantasy of his performance.
Bach, Chopin, Beethoven and many others interact with our era under the fingers of this young virtuoso, full of
audacity and humour.
A pianist to discover and to follow !
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A GENUINE TALENT
TO DISCOVER!
PRESS
« …within a few seconds, the room becomes his own
as he manages the trick of alternating from Chopin‟s
music to boogie with brio and a touch of humour.. He
reminds us of the Marx Brothers, and his burlesque
interpretation of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and
Brahms, mixed up with Latin jazz, gets enthusiastic
applauses from the public. During the second part,
Claude Bolling, plays solo, as well …”
Michel Bedin, Jazz hot - 2008
“He performed in front of a full house, an audience
astounded by the performance of this unequivocal
artist […] He is unique to the piano‟s universe.
Pierre-Yves Plat wowed his audience by modifying
some tunes that belonged to the classical repertoire
and adding jazz rhythms to them. Chopin, Bach and
Beethoven are reliving a new youth, thanks to the
audacity and talent from the fingers of this virtuoso.”
Crédit photo : Alain Langlois
Le Télégramme – 2009
TOURS / REFERENCES /
CONCERT (2009 / 2011)
PIANO SOLO
Palais de la Bourse - Marseille
Théâtre de la Mare au Diable - Palaiseau
Salle Cortot - Paris
Théâtre de la Celle Saint-Cloud
Théâtre Montansier - Versailles
Théâtre Graslin – Nantes
Académie des Beaux Arts – Tirana (Albanie)
Théâtre Nouvelle France - Le Chesnay
Stade de France (salon Elyseum-soirée privée)
Casino de Deauville (soirée privée)
L'Archipel – Paris (Nombreux concerts dont une
prestation organisée au profit des enfants de
Roumanie (Soirée caritative))
Espace Macc – Lille / Villeneuve d'Ascq (Soirée
Rotary)
L'espace du Roudour – Morlaix / Saint Martin des
Champs (Soirée Rotary)
Show case en Fnac Parisienne (dans le cadre
de la promotion de l'album « Pourquoi Pas »)
Plage du Kelenn - Carantec (Concert en plein air
– 500 spectateurs)
Stade Michaux - Le Chesnay (Concert en plein
air – 400 spectateurs)
Petit Journal Saint-Michel – Paris
Les grandes étapes Françaises
“Divine on the stage of Tournemine […] The show
fingers moving with
fantastic
velocity
over
the
keyboard
as he recites a
Théâtre Graslin – Nantes
disco version of Handel. His entire interpretation is
a whole
universe
creativity, an awesome
Théâtre
Nouvelle
France - LeofChesnay
improvisation of well-known tunes such as the
famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor of Johann
Sebastian Bach, or more surprisingly, La Java des
Bombes Atomiques, inspired by the work of Boris
Vian, based on Tea for two. Extraordinarily
eclectic! Thrilled, the spectators lengthily
applauded the finale, and what a finale: Beethoven
and his “Moonlight” Sonata. We can‟t wait for
more.”
Ouest France - 2008
Théâtre
de la Celle
Saint-Cloud
is simply
startling,
the artist‟s
ON TV / CINEMA
UN BONHEUR N’ARRIVE JAMAIS SEUL
- CINÉMA
Music Composer and arranger for this movie (Un film de
James Huth avec Gad Elmaleh et Sophie Marceau
« LE PARIS DE CELINE » – HISTOIRE
Music Composer. A documentary presented by Lorànt
Deutsch – Décembre 2011
LE « 19 h45 » - TV NEWS on M6
Chopin Today
100 % MAG – M6
A new way to play the piano
A CLASSICAL CAREER?
“Classical and fanciful /…/ His show surprises in many ways”.
(Ouest France – Juin 2008)
BIOGRAPHY
B
orn in 1980, Pierre-Yves Plat started to play Classical piano when he was five-years-old with
Marie-Claude Legrand. His personality and his inborn sense of rhythm led him to play boogie, ragtime
and stride, and later on to create his own compositions thanks to the influence of several artists,
including Edourad Ferlet (he received the Berklee jazz performance award in 1992) and Fabrice Eulry
(also known as “le Chopin du Boogie-woogie”).
In 1996, on Fabrice Eurly‟s instigation, he recorded his first ragtime disc and began performing
on stage. Since then he has played in several halls, both in Paris and all over France, and regularly
plays at blues, ragtime and boogie-woogie festivals. While in Paris he performed on different stages
and in different jazz clubs, such as, “Le Petit Journal Saint-Michel”, “Le Petit Journal Montparnasse”,
“Lattitude Jazz club”, etc. He also delighted clients with his piano at the Four Seasons Hotel George V
in Paris.
The great success of his creative plays of Bach and Chopin during his concerts (in particular
during an enthusiastic solo concert at the “Archipel” (Paris, June 2005)), encouraged Pierre-Yves Plat
to persevere with his compositions based on the work of Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, etc. His
compositions, assembled in his album „Pourquoi pas‟, are based on his astonishing virtuosity, and
provide a response to his inner-self that combines his love for classical structures and the pleasure of
hearing original rhythmic breakaway.
CARREER
2007-2008
Compositions and music rearrangement
for short films by Méliès (Fechner Production)
2002-2002
Group training in Sweden with Sighstinska Kapellet.
1999-2005
Pianist at the Four Seasons Hotel George V (Paris).
1996-2002
Jazz training with Fabrice Eurly (Boogie‟s Chopin)
(Boogie, Rock‟n roll, Ryhtm‟n blues, Ragtime, Stride).
1992-1996
Jazz training with Edourd Ferlet
(Berklee Jazz Performance Award – 1992)
1985-2007
Classical training with Marie-Claude Legrand
(Professor at the Music Academy of Boulogne)
DISCOGRAPHY
PERMETTEZ-MOI
- 2011
Beaucoup de surprises avec un disque aux couleurs très variées : au programme notamment l‟étude
«révolutionnaire» de Chopin en Boogie-Woogie, le fameux prélude de Rachmaninov en do dièse mineur
revisité en jazz, ou encore une nouvelle version de la marche turque … sans oublier des thèmes allant de «
Y‟a de la joie » ou encore « la vie en rose » qui ne manqueront pas de vous surprendre !
MÉLIES à l’honneur chez STUDIO CANAL - 2008
2008 is the 70th anniversary of the death of Georges Méliès (1867 – 1938), pioneer of French cinema. On
this occasion, and for the first time brought together, Studio Canal offers us 30 masterpieces from the
visionary film director, with remastered versions for the films made between 1896 and 1912. One of the
audio tracks is ascribed to André Dussolier who plays the smooth-talker according to the texts of Georges
Méliès. Pierre-Yves Plat took this opportunity to have a musical collaboration with Lawrence Léherissey
(great great-grandson of Méliès) on certain short films.
RÉCRÉATIONS (CD) - 2008
Is he classical or is he jazz? Bach, Chopin, Beethoven and many others interact with our era under the
fingers of this young virtuoso, full of audacity and humour.
POURQUOI PAS (CD) – 2005
In this CD, he mixes up arrangements of classical tunes (in particular Chopin‟s Fantaisie-Impromptu in
C-sharp minor, Opus posthumous 66) and also plays some jazz music from Joplin and Basie, as well as
some boogie, blues and of course some stride.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Pierre-Yves Plat - «Classic or Jazz?»
To make available
Lumières
1 Grand piano
(Possible partnership with HANLET
PIANO if required)
8 PAR 64 ou Fresnel 1 KW
12 MAC PROFILE 2000 M1
2 VL 2500 SPOT_v2
1 machine à fumée
(Voir plan de feu ci-dessous)
PA system
Vidéo
(To prepare according to the room :
acoustic concert possible for rooms
of up to 250 places)
Projection screen
Minimum size : 2.40m x 1.80m
Videoprojector / Overhead projector
4000 lumens (minimum)
Sennheiser MKE 40 - micro HF (Ou
équivalent
morceaux)
-
Pour
la
présentation
des
Camera provided by the artist
Cables to anticipate – RCA VIDEO
(Between the piano and the video projector)
1 Façade adapté à la salle APG,
NEXO, C Heil
1 console minimum 3 voies 1
réverbération
2 micros statiques / Piano
(si sonorisation nécessaire)
CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION
Pierre-Yves Plat : +33 (0)6 89 68 39 64
PLAN DE FEU / PLAN DE SCENE
CONTACT
Pierre-Yves Plat
+33 (0)6 89 68 39 64
[email protected]
www.pierrreyvesplat.com