Mathis Picard Trio
As part of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation is pleased to welcome Mathis Picard—winner of the 2014 Piano Competition, which was long organized by the Festival and later by the MJAF—to join in the celebration.
Mathis Picard is an internationally renowned pianist, composer and producer. Based in New York City and originally from France & Madagascar, Mathis finds his voice by merging his many musical and cultural backgrounds. Named a “rising star” by The Scotsmen paper at the age of 10, Mathis is now one of the most prominent rising voices on the piano of his generation today.
Picard is an ASCAP Next Generation of Songwriters Recipient, a member of the Montreux Jazz Foundation, a Juilliard School Alumni under the mentorship of Kenny Barron and has performed all over the globe. London reviewers describe Mathis as a “knockout, as dynamic a personality as he is virtuosic on the keys” (whatsonstage.com), while he is deemed as “one to watch” by Jazzwise Magazine.