In 2001, a collective of Lyon musicians that were feeling adventurous founded The Ambulant Piano to play classical music “differently, and in different contexts”.
The musicians seek to shed new light on the classical repertoire by using transcription and by staging their performances. This taste for the off-beat has led them to collaborate with a wide variety of artistic disciplines, leading to a whole new performance frontier, with productions tailor-made for each repertoire.
Thus the company incorporates, depending on the production, live performance, film, theater, shadow puppets… Debussy is combined with video art, Stravinsky with carnival, and Wagner with amplified music.
The Ambulant Piano is a collegiate framework in which each musician participates in the musical arrangements and staging decisions. Each musician contributes an individual sensibility to the different projects.
In addition to performances in traditional concert halls, The Ambulant Piano has strived to go where they are least expected, right from the start. Thanks to their flexible productions, which are technically independent from one another, the company dares to go where no other has gone before.
