Benjamin Moussay PIANO
Stéphanie Griguer
career
Presented as a keyboards sorcerer, space modeller, an imaginative pianist with sensual play, protean keyboardist, "between dreamlike piano whirlwinds on the edge of a precipice and intimate and spectral electronic architectures". Martial Solal said that
"He plays fair. Not too much, not too little".
Benjamin Moussay was first graduated in classical piano at the Strasbourg Conservatory, before graduating in Jazz piano at Paris National Superior Conservatory (CNSM). Prizewinner at Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition, soloist prize at Paris- La Défense National Jazz Contest, he is now a confirmed teacher and "a most sought after pianist".
Although he particularly likes playing solo piano concerts, we can not count his collaborations with the biggest names of Jazz, such as Louis Sclavis, Marc Ducret, Daniel Humair, Tony Malaby, Steve Swallow, Michel Portal, Vincent Peirani, Martial Solal Youn Sun Nah, Airelle Besson, the ONJ and long is the list.
Next to his trio with Eric Echampard and Arnault Cuisinier, he devotes himself to his duet with Claudia Solal whose latest album « Butter in my Brain », quoted as a “masterpiece” in Le Monde newspapers, received a resounding welcome. His compositions "are engraved in memory". He has "neither a style nor a genre, much less a repertoire: a singular attitude, yes, a unique and identifiable approach to music".
He is the second French pianist to make a solo recording for the ECM label. The piano solo album « Promontoire », awarded « coup de coeur » by Académie Charles Cros, was released in 2020 and was praised by the critics: « exceptional album - Le Monde », « indispensable composer, ..., emotional power - Telerama », « Benjamin Moussay rules the piano solo - Liberation ».
He composes for theater, and for pictures, especially for silent movies.
He was commissionned original scores by The French Cinémathèque, the Fundation Pathé-Seydoux and Studio Canal for « Nana » by Jean Renoir, « Le Coupable » by André Antoine, the serial « Belphégor » by Henri Desfontaines and Arthur Bernède and many others. He frequently plays those scores live.
He’s a renowned music educator and teaches at Paris CRR, 13 and 18 Conservatories.
"He plays fair. Not too much, not too little".
Benjamin Moussay was first graduated in classical piano at the Strasbourg Conservatory, before graduating in Jazz piano at Paris National Superior Conservatory (CNSM). Prizewinner at Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition, soloist prize at Paris- La Défense National Jazz Contest, he is now a confirmed teacher and "a most sought after pianist".
Although he particularly likes playing solo piano concerts, we can not count his collaborations with the biggest names of Jazz, such as Louis Sclavis, Marc Ducret, Daniel Humair, Tony Malaby, Steve Swallow, Michel Portal, Vincent Peirani, Martial Solal Youn Sun Nah, Airelle Besson, the ONJ and long is the list.
Next to his trio with Eric Echampard and Arnault Cuisinier, he devotes himself to his duet with Claudia Solal whose latest album « Butter in my Brain », quoted as a “masterpiece” in Le Monde newspapers, received a resounding welcome. His compositions "are engraved in memory". He has "neither a style nor a genre, much less a repertoire: a singular attitude, yes, a unique and identifiable approach to music".
He is the second French pianist to make a solo recording for the ECM label. The piano solo album « Promontoire », awarded « coup de coeur » by Académie Charles Cros, was released in 2020 and was praised by the critics: « exceptional album - Le Monde », « indispensable composer, ..., emotional power - Telerama », « Benjamin Moussay rules the piano solo - Liberation ».
He composes for theater, and for pictures, especially for silent movies.
He was commissionned original scores by The French Cinémathèque, the Fundation Pathé-Seydoux and Studio Canal for « Nana » by Jean Renoir, « Le Coupable » by André Antoine, the serial « Belphégor » by Henri Desfontaines and Arthur Bernède and many others. He frequently plays those scores live.
He’s a renowned music educator and teaches at Paris CRR, 13 and 18 Conservatories.
discographie chez yolk
concerts
It's not an exhaustive list.
connections
other works• Benjamin Moussay Louis Sclavis Duo Unfolding (ECM/Universal)
• Benjamin Moussay Piano Solo Promontoire (ECM/Universal)
• Benjamin Moussay Trio On Air (Laborie/Abeille)
• Benjamin Moussay Trio Swimming Pool (O+ Music/Harmonia Mundi)
• Benjamin Moussay Trio Mobile (Iris Music/Harmonia Mundi)
• Benjamin Moussay Trio Conciliabules (CNSM)
• Benjamin Moussay La Montagne (Compagnie Bonheur Interieur Brut)
• Airelle Besson 4tet Try! (Papillon Jaune))
• Airelle Besson 4tet Radio One (Naïve)
• Louis Sclavis Quartet Characters on a Wall (ECM)
• Louis Sclavis Silk Quartet Silk and Salt Melodies (ECM)
• Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio Sources (ECM)
• Claudia Solal – Benjamin Moussay Punk Moon (Jazzdor Series/ L’autre Distribution)
• Claudia Solal – Benjamin Moussay Butter in my Brain (Abalone/ L’autre Distribution)
• Claudia Solal Spoonbox Room Service (Le chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi)
• Claudia Solal – Benjamin Moussay Porridge Days (Le Chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi) • Sylvain Cathala Print&Friends Transformations (Connexe Records)
• Sylvain Cathala Septet More Power Hope (Connexe Records)
• Sylvain Cathala Quintet Poetry of Storms (Connexe Records)
• Vincent Courtois West (La Buissone)
• Vincent Courtois Ernest&Celestine (Les Armateurs)
• Francesco Bearzatti Dear John (CAM Jazz)
• Bernard Struber Jazztet La Symphonie Déjouée (Jazz D’Or Series)
• Bernard Struber Jazztet Soul Songs for Louise (Le chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi)
• Bernard Struber Jazztet Les noces de Dada (Le chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi)
• Bernard Struber Jazztet Parfum de Récidive (Le chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi)
• Bernard Struber Jazztett Les Arômes de la Mémoire (Femfatal/Socadisc)
• Bernard Struber Jazztet & Louis Sclavis Le Phare (ENJA/Harmonia Mundi)
• Christophe Marguet 6tet Constellation (Abalone)
• Laurent Robin SkyRiders Movie’zz (RDC Records)
• Laurent Robin SkyRiders Ode to the Doo-doo-da (Laborie/Naïve)
• Strasax Strasax Live (Strasax)
• Marc Buronfosse Sounds 4tet Face the Music (Abalone)
• Ping Machine Des Trucs Pareils (Neuklang)
• Ping Machine Random Issues (Neuklang)
• Frédéric Norel Dream Seekers (Mélisse)
• Youn Sun Nah 5 So I am (In Circum Girum/Socadisc) • Eric Barret My Favorite Songs (Futura Marge)
• Wladimir Anselme Deuxième Round (Acousti)
• Wladimir Anselme Mauvaises Herbes (Acousti)
• Philippe Lemoine KASSALIT (ZZ/Harmonia Mundi)