Interview: Francesco Tristano @ Café de la Danse, Paris

Concert information

Avec nos amis de Tsugi, nous avons rencontré Francesco Tristano avant son concert au Café de la Danse. Francesco Tristano nous parle de son projet solo, de sa collaboration avec Carl Craig, des différences avec son groupe Aufgang et la manière dont le monde de la musique classique a reçu ses créations.
Un univers hydride, une musique difficile à définir mais l'envie constante de trouver de nouvelles formes d'expression et de repousser les frontières musicales.

Artist

Francesco Tristano

14th February 2005, a pianist played some Contemporary Classical and Baroque music in a Paris Venue, and eventually concluded with a hypnotic cover of "Strings of Live". This concert stands for InFiné's Founding Act.

With one foot in the Classical music and the other in Electronic Music networks, Francesco found his balance by executing acrobatic splits between two antagonistic genres, which makes him one the most unique and surprising profiles of the decade.

As a Classical pianist, he attended some of the best music schools in the world, performed many critically acclaimed interpretations of Frescobaldi, Bach, Ravel or Berio and received awards in many prestigious competitions. Barely over 25, he has already played at some of the world's largest auditoriums, such as New York's Carnegie Hall, Berlin's Philharmonie or Paris' Cité de la Musique.

His adventures in the Electronic music circles started on his arrival at the renowned Juilliard School of New York. While the shadows of prestigious figures of Contemporary and Minimal music were still haunting the school (Steve Reich, Philipp Glass, Berio…), Francesco discovered in the Big Apple a particularly creative Techno scene in full bloom, which drove him to take up the decks and organise his own parties in Clubs with some friends.

Back in Europe, he met Agoria and the InFiné team. He teamed up with him on the production of two tracks from "the Green Armchair", before starting work on his first album with the help of the Mexican mastermind, Fernando Corona aka Murcof. Together, they went on to play a few shows at renowned Electronic Music Festivals across Europe (Sonar, Villette Numérique…)

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Label

InFiné

International & eclectic music label based in Paris, Lyon and Berlin. Created by Agoria, Alex Cazac and Yannick Matray in 2006, to pulse with love & passion, projects from all over the world and from different genres. InFiné is subversive, humanist and emotional and looks for new ways of spreading music for the future!
Few artists: Agoria, Apparat, Arandel, Aufgang, Bachar mar Khalifé, Clara Moto, Cubenx, Danton Eeprom, Donso, Douglas Greed, Francesco Tristano, Fraction, Rone, Spitzer, The Hacker

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Venue

Café de la Danse

The Café de la Danse is a great intimate venue in Paris (499 capacity including 250 seated). Technically, the sound design is flawless and the venue is very flexible, allowing you to modify configuration "à souhait". Right in historic Bastille area, the Café de la Danse is cultural and musical hub of Paris.

Private for the past 18 years, it's expanded its range of activites beyond concerts to other parts of the music industry. The Café is now not only a place to host great shows, it's also includes editing, promotion and manager activities.

Artistic open-mindedness, cultural curiosity, and proximity with the fans are all of the values of the Café de la Danse has tried to fight for since its creation and that the team strives for all year long!

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