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François Couturier
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- Works
- 1
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- L' avenir sans complexe
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1950
free improvisationfree jazzjazz
Discography
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François Couturier (° 05/02/1950 in Fleury-les-Aubrais) is a french jazz pianist and composer. He has studied musicology and classical piano. Couturier has performed in numerous groups and collaborations. In 1977, he founded the group 'Impression'. In 1978 he met Jean-Paul Celea, with whom he became very close and has played a lot. After 1978 he has played and performed with Daniel Humair, François Jeanneau, Michel Portal et Didier Lockwood. Couturier was granted the Django Reinhardt-price by th
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- François
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Fleury-les-Aubrais
- Occupation
- pianist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- ECM Records
- Official website
- www.francois-couturier.fr
- Image
- François Couturier bei seinem Konzert mit Anja Lechner in der Stadtkirche Darmstadt am 11. Oktober 2015.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1950-05-02
- name in native language
- François Couturier
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Composer
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