Self-taught and resistant to theory, Jean-Michel Pilc has developed an approach inspired by his formative musical exposure, listening to jazz records as a boy, keeping time with his fingers.
(Mathieu Zazzo/File 2009)
Room to improv
Virtuosic pianist Jean-Michel Pilc finds success by following intuition
Self-taught and resistant to theory, Jean-Michel Pilc has developed an approach inspired by his formative musical exposure, listening to jazz records as a boy, keeping time with his fingers.
(Mathieu Zazzo/File 2009)
Mathematics and music are often seen as complementary fields, realms governed by beautifully confluent systems of logic. But for Jean-Michel Pilc — an aerospace engineer by training and jazz pianist by calling — music exists in a universe apart, where intuitive communion on the bandstand transcends the left-brain’s dominion. (Full article: 816 words)
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