In 2024 we celebrated the bicentenary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's Ode to Joy (which has become the European Anthem since 1985).To take the opposite view of this celebration, I wrote an « Ode to moderate sadness » based on Franz Schubert's last Sonatas (Schubert lived in Ludwig's shadow throughout his very short life).Of course I know you're not supposed to touch these masterpieces...By shaking up the codes, I felt like doing something a bit subversive, a sort of « unplugged sampling» . I hope I brought this music to new life even if, as the Austrian pianist Paul Badura-Skoda said once: “Only those who have had a glimpse at the other bank of the River Styx (surrounding the Kingdom of the dead) can create a work of such magnitude”.

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Schubert In Love

Hymne à la tristesse modérée (Part I)

Hymne à la tristesse modérée (Part II)

printemps

reminiscence

Un peu de nous is the first single from Mémoires Éphémères. A neo-classical piano project co-composed with pianist Élodie Jolette. Soft and nostalgic, the piece explores the fragility of memory and the emotional ties that hold families together through loss and forgetfulness.

The full EP features seven tracks, five instrumental and two narrative,  slowly unfolding a story about the fading nature of memories. Each piece will be released gradually, leading up to the complete release on September 26, 2025.

Élodie Jolette, Jerry Torres - 02 - Un peu de nous

Genèse

Une lueur dans la nuit

Composition derivated from a piano improvisation.

2025.

The bite of the cold

Music composer/ Sound editor/ Foley artist.
Creating everyday.

He is inspired by the top composers of today such as Boi-1da, Max Martin, Hans Zimmer or Danny Elfman. His work ranges from hip hop to EDM to advertisement music.

🎧 Please use good headphone if possible 🎧

Graphic artist, writer, and just a budding musician.

Playing piano is my daily therapy against stress. That also repels the rodents that attempt to squat my attic in winter !

As an insomniac, I mainly play at night. Each improvisation is like a snapshot of my mood and state of mind of the instant.

I record almost everything I play. From time to time one of these improvisations inspires me enough, and I use it as a basis for a composition.

Disclaimer : I deny any responsibility in case of ear bleeds !


Thank you for passing by here and listening to my clumsy experimental works !

Please, don't blame my piano teacher, I had none!

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