Anima

Featuring

Baptiste Trotignon
Jean-François Verdier
Orchestre Victor-Hugo Franche-Comté

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Performer Biography

Baptiste Trotignon, the pianist and composer, began studying classical piano at age six and discovered jazz and improvisation as a teenager, going on to win numerous awards.

Composition History

The piece "Anima" is the composer Baptiste Trotignon's most ambitious work to date, in terms of its length, orchestration, density, and the strong desire to make the orchestra sing.

Performer Biography

Jean-François Verdier, the conductor, is also a super-soloist clarinetist of the Opéra de Paris and a teacher at the Paris CNSM, having performed under many renowned conductors.

Compositional Technique

The piece "L'air de rien" combines improvised piano passages with notated orchestral music, aiming to alternate lyrical melodies with lively rhythmic pulses.

Recording & Production

The recording of this album was a collaboration with Jean-François Verdier, conductor of the Orchestre Victor Hugo, whose musical sensitivity helped realize the composer's vision.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The title "Anima" refers to Carl Gustav Jung's psychological concept of the feminine element within male consciousness, inspiring a rich and polyvalent musical language.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Baptiste Trotignon, the composer and pianist, aims to blend Afro-American musical language with European and world music inspirations, creating an identity he doesn't fully control.