Pascal Amoyel

Born in Rozay-en-Brie in Seine-et-Marne in 1971, Pascal Amoyel develops a career situated between classical piano, composition, improvisation and musical theatre. Trained at the École normale de musique de Paris and then at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, he works notably with György Cziffra, a lineage that sheds light on his taste for virtuosity, freedom of phrasing and improvisation. Amoyel's repertoire ranges from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert or Scriabine to lesser-played composers such as Alkan and Olivier Greif, to whom he dedicated several recordings, among which Chopin's Nocturnes (2004), Liszt's Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (2007), the complete Poèmes de Scriabine (2005) or an Alkan disc (2012). Very present in chamber music, often alongside cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand, Amoyel also pursues work as an author and composer with pieces such as Job, ou Dieu dans la tourmente and Lettre à la femme aimée on the subject of death. Finally, his stage activity extends to hybrid forms where narrative, play and concert cross, with Le pianiste aux 50 doigts, Le jour où j’ai rencontré Franz Liszt and Looking for Beethoven, presented in theatre as well as at festivals.