Eve Risser

Eve Risser was born in 1982 in Colmar, France and is considered a rising talent of French improvised music. She began learning piano as a child, having been entranced on seeing sheet music for the first time. At 18 she began musical studies in Strassbourg, where she lived for four years, playing improvised music and jazz piano as well as contemporary music on the flute. On completing her studie, she decided to devote herself to the piano, abandoning the flute. She quickly made a name for herself for her use of a prepared piano, inviting comparisons with John Cage. She was the pianist of the famous French Orcheste National de Jazz from 2009 to 2013. She has founded and collaborated with many important groups, including Donkey Monkey, The New Songs, and White Desert Orchesta.