BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1965
in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Begins
his musical training when 6 years old, learning
classical piano, and progressively discovers the world of jazz from 12
years
old and on. Concurrently pursuing his formal general studies and his
musical
training (both in classical and jazz), he graduates from ESCP (French
equivalent of Yale) in 1987. He then studies for one year at the
Berklee
College of Music (Boston-USA) in 1989, and carries off with Prysm the
first prize
of the National Jazz Contest of La Defense
in 1994.
Having
started a career of management consulting from 1990
until 1994, he radically switches his orientations to become a
professional
musician in 1995, a
year after having founded the trio Prysm with Christophe Wallemme and
Benjamin
Henocq. Since 1997, Prysm has been extremely busy, as much on stage
(more than
50 concerts per year, including 3 international tours, one in the US,
one in
Japan and one in the Middle East) as on records (4 albums released on
Blue
Note).
He
creates in 2001 his new quintet Ilium, developing with it
a brand new repertory built around the Fender Rhodes, touring
extensively in
various French concerts venues, and whose first album is released on
April 8th
2003 (Effendi/Naive).
Also
a member of various steady formations (to quote a few
Olivier Ker Ourio’s, Stephane Huchard’s, David El
Malek’s), he has occasionally
performed with notably Eddie Henderson, Aldo Romano, Philip Catherine,
Francois
Jeanneau, Patrice Caratini, Stephano Di Battista, Sylvain Beuf,
Francois
Theberge, Julien Lourau, Norma Winstone, Sarah Lazarus…
Beside Ilium and Prysm, he
has recorded several albums with Olivier Ker Ourio, Stephane Huchard,
David El
Malek, Jean-Loup Longnon, Jean-Christophe Beney, and the big band Quoi
de Neuf
Docteur.
Discography
Pierre de Bethmann
As
a leader :
COMPLEXE
– Pierre
De Bethmann – Disques Deluxe
– 2005
ILIUM
– Pierre
De Bethmann – Effendi
/ Naïve
– 2003
ON
TOUR – Prysm
– Blue
Note
– 2001
TIME – Prysm – Blue Note – 1999
SECOND RYTHM – Prysm – Blue Note – 1998
PRYSM – Prysm – Blue Note – 1995
As
a sideman :
CLASSICAL FACES – Pierrick Pedron –
Nocturne – 2004
LOOK AT ME NOW – Laika Fatien
– Body Music– 2004
POLYCHROMY – Jean-Christophe Beney
– Effendi – 2004
SOMINNKER – Olivier Ker Ourio – Cobalt – 2003
TALKING CURE – David El Malek – Cristal Records – 2003
TOUTAKOOSTIK
– Stephane
Huchard
– Blue
Note – 2002
|