Paul Sauvanet

French composer/conductor/teacher Paul Sauvanet was born in southern France and originally studied classical European music, but is equally at home with artists as diverse as Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, space music composers Michael Stearns and Steve Roach, and Arvo Pärt. He has also expanded his musical palette to include world music, fusion, and electronic music, both avant-garde and as a digital orchestra. Educated at the Bordeaux National and the Paris National Superior Music Academies, Sauvanet won first prizes in counterpoint at both. He is trained as a concert pian...