PIANO – BENOIT SOURISSE

Born in Grenoble in 1964, Benoît Sourisse, pianist/organist, moved to Paris in 1986. With his alter/ego André Charlier they created the Charlier/Sourisse tandem. (9 albums and close collaborations with Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Garrett, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Alex Sipiagin…).

Travel companion and musical director of violinist Didier Lockwood between 1994 and 2004, Benoît Sourisse also shares the stage or the studio with many prestigious musicians such as Toots Thielemans, John Scofield, Philip Catherine, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Steve Gadd, Quincy Jones, Phil Collins.

After teaching improvisation for nearly 15 years at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon, he co-founded the CMDL in 2000. Today, he is co-pedagogical director and main teacher of piano and ear classes. Very attached to the transmission of Jazz and improvisation, he gives numerous masterclasses in France (conservatories, courses, etc.) and abroad (Hanoi, Noumea, London, Brussels, Grahamstown, Lausanne, Lisbon, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, etc.).