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Jean-Michel Blais is a Montreal-based pianist, composer, and performer, signed to Arts & Crafts andMercury KX (Decca). His debut album, Il, was named one of Time magazine’s Top 10 Albums of 2016,
and his music has since amassed over 580 million streams worldwide. A member of the LGBTQ+
community and living with Tourette’s syndrome, he also draws on his experiences as a special needs
educator to create ecstatic yet intimate compositions, blending virtuosic piano with lush orchestral
and electronic textures, infused with improvisation.
His latest album, désert, an hour-long improvised collaboration with electronic harpist Lara Somogyi,
spent 25 weeks on the Classical USA Billboard charts and earned a Juno Award nomination for Instrumental Album of the Year, following aubades, which won a Libera Award (A2IM). He is currently preparing for touring his upcoming choir album, set for autumn 2026.
After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance in the Leslie & Anna Dan Galleria
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