Vincent Peirani belongs to this young generation of musicians who do not restrict themselves to a given musical field, preferring truant school and side roads: an artist without borders or limits! On the accordion, after pioneer Richard Galliano, he intends to continue to expand the possibilities of his instrument.

This native of Nice began by studying the clarinet equally with the accordion before opting for the latter instrument which he describes as “an orchestra in itself”. He first followed classical studies – scouring international competitions to bring home a harvest of awards between 1994 and 1998 – before embracing contemporary music, French and pop songs, then jazz. He was also the first accordionist to enter the famous jazz class of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris.

He then multiplies collaborations in all directions. In 2003, in a duo with Vincent le Quang, he won the “First Orchestra Prize” of the National Jazz Competition of La Défense. Among many other collaborations, we have since heard him with Richard Bona, Wynton Marsalis, Renaud Garcia-Fons, David Krakauer, Daniel Humair, Youn Sun Nah, Michel Portal, Thomas de Pourquery, Louis Sclavis, Henri Texier, and many others. others still. This artist that everyone is fighting for was crowned with two prizes at the Victoires du jazz, in 2014 then 2015, after in 2013 Jazz Magazine named him “Artist of the Year” while the Academy du Jazz awarded him the “Django Reinhardt Prize” for the best French jazzman of the year.

Whether solo or in small groups, his cosmopolitan and uninhibited musical vision, his incredible sense of crossovers and colors lead him to conceive some of the most imaginative projects of the moment. As a leader, we find him in a duo with Emile Parisien (their disc Belle époque, released by ACT, won all the votes) or with the classical cellist François Salque, in a quartet with Out of Land (Parisien / Schaerer / Wollny ), as a trio within Thrill Box (Bénita / Wollny) – an ensemble with which he began his collaboration with the prestigious German label ACT Music –, and his recent quintet Living Being (Parisien / Paeleman / Herné / Serra). Today, he has an international career which has led him to add several awards to his list of achievements, including several times the famous “Echo Jazz” from the Deutsche Phono-Akademie (German equivalent of the Charles Cros Prize).

During his concerts, Vincent Peirani demonstrates great maturity, diving into the music in an extraordinarily intense way, while remaining permanently in touch with his audience. Each note, each harmony surprises even though the whole is stamped with the seal of evidence. The sound universes he creates with his accordion play on styles, the scholarly familiarity with the popular, whether in the form of compositions or reinterpretations that he puts together not without a certain dose of humor.

Whatever the style, the accordionist transforms everything he touches into gold: jazz of course, but also French song (collaborations with Sanseverino, Roberto Alagna, Les Yeux Noirs) and film music (composer for the film Barbara de Mathieu Amalric in 2017, where the musician also plays a role). Vincent Peirani has thus proven to be the great revelation on the accordion of the last ten years, establishing himself today as an absolutely essential artist.