Biography

Pablo Murgier Pazdera is a pianist and composer, born in Argentina and based in France. For as long as he can remember, the piano has been part of his life, a way of connecting to other worlds and of questioning his way of being in the world. His path has been rich and at times erratic: he studied from a young age at a jazz school without claiming to be a "jazzman", trained in contemporary composition without defining himself as a "contemporary composer", and went deep into classical music while taking apart some of that world's codes. He moves through these worlds with the freedom and sometimes the difficulty of someone who chooses the margins, in search of a voice of his own. Why and how music is made, and the question of who it is for, are central to his work. His music is driven by the wish to bring art into different imaginations, territories and communities, and above all by the search for a musical language: a music that belongs to a present and to a place. Latest album: Sirocco (solo piano, 2026).

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Pablo Murgier Pazdera is a pianist and composer, born in Argentina and based in France. For as long as he can remember, the piano has been part of his life, a way of connecting to other worlds and of questioning his way of being in the world. His path has been rich and at times erratic: he studied from a young age at a jazz school without claiming to be a "jazzman", trained in contemporary composition without defining himself as a "contemporary composer", and went deep into classical music while taking apart some of that world's codes. He moves through these worlds with the freedom and sometimes the difficulty of someone who chooses the margins, in search of a voice of his own. Why and how music is made, and the question of who it is for, are central to his work. His music is driven by the wish to bring art into different imaginations, territories and communities, and above all by the search for a musical language: a music that belongs to a present and to a place.

With his quartet, his trio or solo, he has given many concerts around the world, in prestigious halls such as the CCK in Buenos Aires, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Munich Philharmonie, the Gdansk Philharmonic, the Kaluga Philharmonic, the Nikkei Hall in Tokyo, the Salle Gaveau, the Halle aux Grains in Toulouse and Radio France, as well as renowned jazz venues such as Fasching in Stockholm, Cosmopolite in Oslo, Café de la Danse and New Morning in Paris and the Bebop Club in Buenos Aires. In 2023 he performed with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and played Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 with the Avallon Symphony Orchestra. In 2024 he premiered his first symphony, Solastalgie. He also accompanies the writer and director Alice Zeniter in staged musical readings.

With his group he received the "Best Orchestra" award (Tango Sin Fin Awards) and nominations at the Gardel Awards and the Graffiti Awards. His discography, centred on his own compositions, explores contemporary jazz, contemporary classical music and improvised music, as heard on his latest album, Sirocco (solo piano, 2026), as well as Gare du Sud (with his quartet, 2022) and Les Brouillards (2023, improvised music).

A graduate in composition (electroacoustic media) from the National University of Quilmes, he undertook the master's programme in Latin American classical music at the National University of Cuyo. A former researcher at UNQ and a member of the CIMAP programme led by Hilda Herrera, he has taught in several conservatoires and universities in Argentina and taken part in educational and social projects such as its youth orchestra programme. He currently gives masterclasses and is involved in the social and artistic project Radio Mobile Paris.

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