Currently a resident of Paris, up and coming pianist Fred Nardin was born in the town of Saint-Remy in 1987, where he started playing piano at the age of five. He earned a master’s degree in the 2011 at the Great Paris Conservatory (CNSM), having studied with Hervé Sellin and two years later, his passion for writing and cinema led him to take a film score writing class directed by Laurent Petitgirard. In 2010, he co founded the Amazing Keystone Big Band, which brought together eighteen of the most promising young musicians from the Lyon and Paris scenes. Their debut album, Pierre et le Loup... et le jazz, a re-adaptation for jazz big band of Prokofiev’s famous piece won the Académie du Jazz award for Best French Jazz Album in 2013. The Amazing Keystone Big Band has also collaborated with many internationally acclaimed artists, such as Quincy Jones, Rhoda Scott, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Zaz, Charles Aznavour, Liz McComb, Nikki Yanofsky, James Carter, Gregory Porter and Bill Mobley. In 2018, it was awarded a Victoires du Jazz award in the category Best Band of the Year. In 2017, Nardin received the Prix Django Reinhardt (French Musician of the Year 2016) from the Academie du Jazz, and in 2018 he was nominated for a Victoires du Jazz award in the category Rising Artist. He currently performs in a trio with Leon Parker and Or Bareket and in many other bands, such as the Stefano Di Battista 4tet, Fred Nardin/Jon Boutellier 4tet, Hugo Lippi 4tet and the Amazing Keystone Big Band. He has also distinguished himself by performing with Jesse Davis, Wayne Escoffery, Joël Frahm, Rodney Green, Eric Harland, Nancy Harms, Scott Hamilton, Ralph Lalama, Didier Lockwood, Rick Margitza, Charnett Moffett, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Joe Sanders, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Gary Smulyan, Veronica Swift, Stochelo Rosenberg and many others.