Italian pianist, Francesco Tristano tells fabric how to make techno on the piano and how music is free by definition, there aren't any boundaries attached to it.
Witclub.net meets Francesco Tristano for an informal conversation about his past, his present and his future, greeting with one of his favourite tracks,
Editor Todd L. Burns talks to the pianist about finding the perfect piano, what Bach and Cage have in common and Danny Tenaglia's influence on his work.More ›
A talent that certainly will give to us other satisfactions. Talking about Francesco Tristano maybe deserves more than a few words and the result would not be the same if the words were Francesco’s words. It is the reason why we wanted to interview him, trying to put a spotlight on someone that maybe shines with is own light.
Barcelona-based Francesco Tristano is establishing himself as one of the most original and eclectic musicians of his generation.
Trained as a classical pianist and having recorded a number of classical albums, Francesco broke new ground with 'Not for piano', the album that launched the French label inFine in 2007, containing his compositions as well as acclaimed piano versions of Detroit techno classics of 'Strings of life' and 'The bells'. Francesco teamed up with Detroit's own Carl Craig for a remix of 'The melody', and, subsequently, project Versus (featuring symphony orchestra and Moritz von Oswald) as well as the legendary Innerzone Orchestra (as pianist, keyboardist and arranger).
'Idiosynkrasia', Francesco's latest album on iF, was recorded and mixed at planet-e communications Det..
