PIERRE DE BETHMANN TRIO

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Pierre de Bethmann continues his journey with a new trio formula, with outstanding guitarist Nelson Veras joining his voice to that of the piano and Sylvain Romano's double bass.

Thus, with a more intimate sound but nevertheless marked by strong personalities, this new trio continues to explore all the richness of a repertoire made of standards from multiple musical traditions, sometimes transformed by the musicians' harmonic and rhythmic inspiration, sometimes chosen on the spot.

A new trio for a very special group sound, with two exceptional partners, whose careers speak for themselves, and who never tire of cultivating the science of music as an art of living.

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The four albums, Essais Vol1, Vol2, Vol3 & Vol4, produced by ALÉA, grouped together in a box set with a special supplement released in November 2020, were successively Indispensable JazzNews, Choc Jazz Magazine, fff Télérama, Top Mezzo, Elu Citizen Jazz, Hit Couleurs Jazz.

The fifth album Essais / Volume 5 was released in January 2023, and was awarded a Choc Jazz Magazine and Indispensable JazzNews.

Essais / Volume 6 is to be released end 2025

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Pierre de Bethmann was born in 1965 in Boulogne-Billancourt. He has co-led the Prysm trio (four albums for Blue Note), led the ilium and Medium Ensemble projects (seven albums for Aléa), currently leads this trio around standards (five volumes in the form of "Essais" for Aléa), a new quartet around original compositions, and co-leads the PianoForte project. 

He has won the Victoires du Jazz 2024 (French instrumental artist), the Grand Prix Jazz de l'Académie Charles Cros 2016, the Victoires du Jazz 2008 (Oui, album of the year), the Prix Django Reinhardt 2004 (French Musician of the Year), the Django d'Or 1998 (Prysm, ensemble of the year), and First Prize at the Concours de La Défense 1994. Since 2008, he has taught at the CNSMDP (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris), and has been a Steinway Artist since 2023.

More about the Trio.

Albums

Essais / Volume 5 cover
Essais / Volume 5
2023, ALEA
Essais / Volumes 1 à 4 cover
Essais / Volumes 1 à 4
2020, ALEA
Essais / Volume 4 cover
Essais / Volume 4
2020, ALEA
Essais / Volume 3 cover
Essais / Volume 3
2020, ALEA
Essais / Volume 2 cover
Essais / Volume 2
2018, ALEA
Essais / Volume 1 cover
Essais / Volume 1
2015, ALEA

Videos

P2B Trio /// Thingin'
P2B Trio /// Thingin'
P2B Trio /// Thème pour un ami
P2B Trio /// Thème pour un ami
P2B Trio /// Essais, Vol 5 (Teaser)
P2B Trio /// Essais, Vol 5 (Teaser)
P2B Trio /// L'Ours
P2B Trio /// L'Ours
P2B Trio /// Beautiful Love @ Sunset et Jazz Club Radio France
P2B Trio /// Beautiful Love @ Sunset et Jazz Club Radio France
P2B Trio /// Anthropology
P2B Trio /// Anthropology
P2B Trio /// Essais, Vol 4 (Teaser)
P2B Trio /// Essais, Vol 4 (Teaser)
P2B Trio /// Cyclic Episode
P2B Trio /// Cyclic Episode
P2B Trio /// Essais, Vol 3 (Teaser)
P2B Trio /// Essais, Vol 3 (Teaser)
2017 - P2B Trio / Começar de Novo @ St Quentin en Yvelines
2017 - P2B Trio / Começar de Novo @ St Quentin en Yvelines
2018 - P2B Trio / Essais Vol.2 / Miss Ann
2018 - P2B Trio / Essais Vol.2 / Miss Ann
2017 - P2B Trio / Essais Vol.2 / Teaser
2017 - P2B Trio / Essais Vol.2 / Teaser
2015 - P2B Trio / INDIFFERENCE / Studio Recall
2015 - P2B Trio / INDIFFERENCE / Studio Recall
2015 - P2B Trio / WITHOUT A SONG / Studio Recall
2015 - P2B Trio / WITHOUT A SONG / Studio Recall
2015 - Tony Rabeson / TROMBA / Studio Recall
2015 - Tony Rabeson / TROMBA / Studio Recall
2015 - P2B Trio + 2 / LA MER / Victoires
2015 - P2B Trio + 2 / LA MER / Victoires
2012 - P2B Trio - Maiden Voyage - coda
2012 - P2B Trio - Maiden Voyage - coda
2012 - P2B Trio - Dolphin Dance
2012 - P2B Trio - Dolphin Dance

Previous gigs

Tue 26 March 2024CaenAuditorium
Thu 21 March 2024Les LilasLe Triton
Fri 15 March 2024Charleville-MézièresCharleville Action Jazz
Sat 9 March 2024EymetMaquiz'Art
Fri 16 February 2024LursL'Osons Jazz Club
Thu 15 February 2024MarseilleCri du Port
Tue 13 February 2024Salon de ProvenceSalon de Musique - IMFP
Sat 27 January 2024Suisse / LausanneLe Chorus
Fri 26 January 2024Suisse / GenèveOne More Time
Tue 19 December 2023ChâteaubriantThéâtre de Verre
Sat 2 December 2023Saint EtienneLe Solar
Fri 1 December 2023LyonHot Club
Fri 6 October 2023
Sat 7 October 2023
Suisse / BâleBird's Eye
Fri 29 September 2023DoleCentre d'Etudes Musicales
Fri 15 September 2023AngletAnglet Jazz Festival
Fri 18 August 2023La Réunion / St GillesFestival Opus Focus
Sat 29 July 2023ParisSunside-Sunset
Fri 17 February 2023
Sat 18 February 2023
ParisSunside-Sunset
Fri 20 January 2023AlbiScène Nationale d'Albi - Tarn
Fri 5 August 2022ParisSunside-Sunset
Sun 24 July 2022Le Poët LavalPoët Laval Jazz
Sat 16 July 2022EymetMaquiz'Art
Thu 7 July 2022ThionvilleFestival JazzPote
Thu 26 May 2022DeauvilleLes Franciscaines
Sat 7 May 2022Cordes sur CielS Callipyge
Fri 6 May 2022ToulouseLe Taquin
Thu 5 May 2022DecazevilleFestival Mines de Jazz
Sat 5 March 2022LyonHot Club
Fri 4 March 2022MâconCrescent
Sat 12 February 2022VayracCinéma
Tue 1 February 2022Le PerreuxCentre des Bords de Marne
Wed 10 November 2021ValenciennesLe Phénix
Thu 16 September 2021AngletAnglet Jazz Festival
Tue 10 August 2021
Wed 11 August 2021
ParisSunside-Sunset
Sat 27 March 2021LursL'Osons Jazz Club
Sat 23 January 2021ParisSunside-Sunset
Sat 16 January 2021LursL'Osons Jazz Club
Thu 14 January 2021
Fri 15 January 2021
ParisSunside-Sunset
Tue 4 August 2020
Wed 5 August 2020
ParisSunside-Sunset
Fri 13 March 2020
Sat 14 March 2020
ParisSunside-Sunset
Fri 6 March 2020ReimsCafé du Palais
Fri 14 February 2020CoutancesThéâtre
Sat 16 November 2019Suisse / LausanneLe Chorus
Fri 15 November 2019Suisse / GenèveOne More Time
Thu 14 November 2019LyonHot Club
Tue 12 November 2019Salon de ProvenceSalon de Musique - IMFP
Fri 18 October 2019ToursJazz Club
Sat 28 September 2019Saint MaloThéâtre Chateaubriand
Sat 10 August 2019ParisSunside-Sunset
Sat 27 July 2019FaverollesEstival Jazz Haute Marne
Fri 19 July 2019MontolieuFestival Pages de Jazz
Fri 8 March 2019Le Thou
Fri 23 November 2018Aix en ProvenceLe Petit Duc
Thu 22 November 2018SèteThe Marcel
Sat 17 November 2018MontluçonPianocktail
Wed 14 November 2018ErsteinMusée Würth
Fri 9 November 2018ChandolasSalle Polyvalente
Thu 18 October 2018TourcoingTourcoing jazz Festival
Sat 22 September 2018LursL'Osons Jazz Club
Sat 11 August 2018La Roche ChalaisJazz et Vin en Double
Wed 8 August 2018ParisSunside-Sunset
Tue 24 July 2018NéracAlbret Jazz Sessions
Sat 21 July 2018MortefontaineMorty Jazz
Mon 9 July 2018Saint OmerSaint Omer Jaaz Festival
Wed 27 June 2018ParisBal Blomet
Fri 15 June 2018Belgique / BruxellesAtelier de Valérie
Sun 20 May 2018AngersFestival Bouche à Oreille
Thu 12 April 2018MarseilleCri du Port
Tue 27 March 2018Saint-Quentin en YvelinesThéâtre
Tue 13 March 2018Saint-Quentin en YvelinesThéâtre
Fri 23 February 2018Port de BoucLe Sémaphore
Fri 2 February 2018
Sat 3 February 2018
ParisSunside-Sunset
Tue 21 November 2017Saint-Quentin en YvelinesThéâtre
Fri 15 September 2017BordeauxHôpital Charles Perrens
Sat 9 September 2017OricourtChâteau d'Oricourt
Fri 25 August 2017FrontenayChâteau de Frontenay
Wed 9 August 2017Saint Jean Cap FerratSaint Jazz Cap Ferrat
Tue 8 August 2017ParisSunside-Sunset
Sat 24 June 2017ParisUnion des Musiciens de Jazz
Sun 11 June 2017LilleJazz en Nord
Tue 23 May 2017Saint-Quentin en YvelinesThéâtre
Fri 19 May 2017LyonAmphithéatre de l'Opéra
Thu 18 May 2017LyonAmphithéatre de l'Opéra
Sat 13 May 2017ParisBal Blomet
Fri 3 March 2017ToursJazz Club
Sat 25 February 2017EymetMaquiz'Art
Fri 24 February 2017LantonBaryton
Thu 23 February 2017BordeauxLe Bootleg
Sat 11 February 2017Saint ClaudeLa Fraternelle
Fri 10 February 2017Chalon sur SaôneL'Arrosoir
Mon 30 January 2017Cosne sur LoireJazz Club des Palais
Sun 29 January 2017Saint EtienneLe Solar
Sat 17 December 2016CaenThéâtre de Caen
Tue 18 October 2016EaubonneEaubonne Jazz
Fri 14 October 2016ViviersCavajazz
Thu 11 August 2016ParisSunside-Sunset
Fri 5 August 2016SanilhacVersas Version Jazz
Sat 9 July 2016Saint CannatFestival de Beaupré
Fri 8 July 2016BourgesJazz à Bourges
Thu 7 July 2016VienneJazz à Vienne
Fri 1 July 2016PuypérouxRespire Jazz
Fri 17 June 2016Belgique / Bruxelles313
Sat 7 May 2016MalakoffLa Fabrica'Son
Mon 2 May 2016La Réunion / Saint-LeuSchulz Place
Sat 30 April 2016La Réunion / Saint-DenisCité des Arts
Thu 14 January 2016ParisDuc des Lombards
Tue 24 November 2015
Wed 25 November 2015
ParisSunside-Sunset
Wed 22 July 2015
Thu 23 July 2015
BordeauxLe Caillou
Sat 25 April 2015ParisSunside-Sunset
Thu 19 March 2015OsnyForum des Arts
Sat 7 February 2015LyonLe Périscope
Mon 5 January 2015
Tue 6 January 2015
ParisDuc des Lombards
Sat 13 December 2014PontoiseThéâtre des Louvrais
Thu 11 December 2014GonesseAuditorium de Coulanges
Wed 10 December 2014ReimsCafé du Palais
Wed 3 December 2014MarseilleU.Percut
Tue 2 December 2014Salon de ProvenceSalon de Musique - IMFP
Sat 29 November 2014Suisse / LausanneLe Chorus
Fri 28 November 2014MonnetierCafé de l'Union
Fri 24 October 2014Le HavreMUMA
Thu 23 October 2014Le HavreConservatoire Arthur Honegger
Sat 4 October 2014CourtryL'Ecoutille
Fri 18 July 2014MâconCrescent Jazz Festival
Thu 19 June 2014OrléansOrléans Jazz
Thu 15 May 2014
Fri 16 May 2014
BordeauxLe Caillou
Sat 15 March 2014Jouy le MoutierCentre culturel
Thu 13 March 2014Eragny sur OiseMaison de la Challe
Thu 13 February 2014OsnyForum des Arts
Tue 7 January 2014ParisSunside-Sunset
Sat 7 December 2013VauréalLe Forum
Wed 28 August 2013ParisSunside-Sunset
Wed 24 July 2013VannesJazz à Vannes
Sat 13 April 2013Eragny sur OiseMaison de la Challe
Thu 13 December 2012VauréalLe Forum
Wed 1 August 2012
Thu 2 August 2012
ParisSunside-Sunset
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Current musicians

Pierre de Bethmann piano
Sylvain Romano b
Nelson Veras g

Press

2024
La Gazette Bleue  //  Pierre de Bethmann Trio à Eymet

2023
JIR  //  Entre les mains de Bethmann, le piano se pavane
Citizen Jazz  //  Pierre de Bethmann Trio
Le Quotidien du Médecin  //  Le Piano en Etat de Grâce
Couleurs Jazz  //  Essais / Volume 5
Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz  //  Essais / Volume 5
Jazz News  //  Essais / Volume 5 - Indispensable
Jazz Magazine  //  Essais / Volume 5 - CHOC
Froggy's Delight  //  Essais / Volume 5

2022
Culture Jazz  //  Essais / Volume 5
PointBreak  //  Live au Crescent 2022
Blog de Souillac en Jazz  //  Ces essais sont des coups de maître

2021
Jazz Magazine  //  Pierre de Bethmann et le papillon
Télérama  //  Tête d'affiche
Toute la Culture  //  Ca swingue au Sunside
Jazz Magazine  //  Choc

2020
Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz
Le Quotidien du Médecin  //  Présents Musicaux
Citizen Jazz  //  Elu
Jazz News  //  Tube à Essais
Notes de Jazz
Culture Jazz
Froggy's Delight
Jazz Hot  //  Curiosité
Toute la Culture  //  Du jazz comme on aime, au Sunside
Le Monde  //  Sélection
Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz
Jazz Magazine  //  ****
Jazz News  //  Méditations triologiques
Télérama  //  fff
Nouvelle Vague  //  ****
Notes de Jazz
Citizen Jazz  //  Le bonheur, c’est simple comme un trio
La Terrasse  //  Un nouvel album en trio et une série au long cours
Latins de Jazz  //  Sans œillères ni dogmatisme
Jazz One More Time  //  En accueillant le trio
Culture Jazz  //  L'appeal du disque

2018
Jazz Magazine  //  Choc
Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz  //  Chronique
Citizen Jazz  //  Chronique
La Terrasse  //  Pierre de Bethmann sur tous les fronts
Le Monde  //  Sélection
Latin de Jazz  //  L'élégante sobriété d'un trio sensible

2017
Jazz News  //  L'art du trio
JazzRa  //  Pierre de Bethmann invite Rick Margitza à l'AmphiOpéra
JazzRa  //  Pierre de Bethmann invite Mark Turner à l'AmphiOpéra
Tempo  //  Nouveaux rails

2016
JazzRa  //  Pierre de Bethmann trio à Cybèle
Jazz Hot  //  Selection

2015
Citizen Jazz  //  Pierre de Bethmann trio
Jazz Magazine  //  CHOC
La Terrasse  //  De l'amour et du hasard
Le Monde  //  Sélection
Jazz News  //  Indispensable
Jazz Rhone Alpes  //  Pierre de Bethmann trio au Périscope