François Couturier

François Couturier is a French pianist, improviser and composer. He trained as a classical pianist and in musicology, and his music sits between jazz, chamber music and composition. He has a long association with ECM, both in the groups of the Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem and as leader of the Tarkovsky Quartet, named after the film director Andrei Tarkovsky. From 1981 to 1983 he toured with John McLaughlin, appearing on Belo Horizonte and Music Spoken Here. With Brahem he recorded Khomsa, Le pas du chat noir and Le voyage de Sahar.