David Tixier

David Tixier is a French pianist, arranger and composer. He holds a DEM diploma from the Paris Conservatory (CRR), a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance Master from the HEMU in Lausanne, and a Master’s degree in Jazz Pedagogy from the HKB, in Bern, Switzerland. Tixier leads his own Piano Solo project, the David Tixier Trio, and is co-leader of the award-winning Obradovic-Tixier Duo. In 2015, David was a semi-finalist in the Montreux Piano Solo Competition and a semi-finalist in the UBS Public Prize organized by the Montreux Jazz Festival. The same year, he won the 2nd prize in the Monaco Jazz Soloists competition. In 2018, he won first prize in the JazzHaus competition in Freiburg, Germany.