Alexandre Destrez

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alexandre Destrez
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	May 29, 1969(1969-05-29)
Age	55
Birthplace	Issy-les-Moulineaux
Country	France
Birth City	Issy-les-Moulineaux
Horoscope	Gemini

Alexandre Destrez Biography

Alexandre Destrez is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on May 29, 1969 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Alexandre Destrez (born May 29, 1969) is a French pianist, keyboardist, composer and musical arranger. He is particularly well known for his musical collaboration on the Tourist and Boulevard albums of St. Germain.

Simultaneously, using the pseudonym Alejandro Del Abelgam, he became the accomplice of another phenomenon of the French House scene: Shazz. He participated in the first eponymous album Shazz nominated in the French award ceremony “Victoires de la musique” then at the EP “El Camino Project” (Yellow Prod) and appeared for the first time as artist on the maxi vinyl Shazz & Alexandre Destrez, Hermosa Maria (Epic Records). They went on to jointly produce two titles for Aco, a young singer well known in Japan. In 2001, the second album from Shazz, In the light (Epic Records) came out, on which Destrez composed, arranged, interpreted and collaborated with Shazz and directed the musicians during recording sessions. In 2004, on a third album entitled Beautiful, (Ulm/Universal), Destrez can be heard performing in an even more developed jazz style on a track of the same name.

Over twenty singles and remix albums made since 2005 as pianist, composer or producer, including:

Since 2005, Destrez has collaborated with the DJ producer Yass and has released over twenty maxi vinyl albums and remixes including:

In 2000, Destrez met the group Overhead and became its keyboard player, signing up as artist with Naïve Records. The group’s first album Silent Witness was acclaimed unanimously by the press. (Les Inrockuptibles, Libération, “ffff” Télérama). Two important events for the group were the concert at “La Cigale” and a concert on one of Bernard Lenoir’s ‘Black Sessions’ programmes dedicated to Overhead and broadcast live on France Inter.

Alexandre Destrez Net Worth

Alexandre Destrez is one of the richest Pianist from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alexandre Destrez 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1995, Destrez recorded “Deep In It” and “Street Scene” (4 SHAZZ) on St. Germain’s album Boulevard. This was followed by several years of collaboration with Ludovic Navarre, starting from the 1996 concert tour in France and Europe up to the recording of the Tourist album (Blue Note records) in 2001.

At 23, Destrez embarked on his first concert tour alongside a French song artist. One year later, he was spotted by Ludovic Navarre, (alias St. Germain) with whom he recorded the much acclaimed “Deep in it” which figures on the album Boulevard (F Communications). In 1996, he made a European concert tour with St. Germain and continued to collaborate with him over several years. His phrasing and sense of melody have become key values, particularly on the album Tourist (Blue Note Records), which sold over three million copies worldwide. It was also rated best selling jazz album on its release in the US and awarded 3 “Victoires de la Musique” in France.

In 2002, David Hachour and Florent Sabaton (alias Oscar), in need of a pianist for their first concert at the Rex Club, contacted Destrez. He went on to join the group and collaborated on several Maxi vinyls and two albums from Oscar: Parisian Soul (2003) and Portrait Robot (2004) with Denote Records. In 2004, Alex composed and interpreted Echoes and Echoes Extended Version (piano solo) for Oscar and Blanck Project respectively. He featured alongside Oscar on the track “Mon plus beau matin” (additional track on the Japanese version of the album Portrait Robot).

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Tania de Montaigne: at L’Européen and at the Réservoir (Paris – 2007) – with guests: Jo Wedin and Bibi Tanga singing, Martin Bauer on the viola da gamba

Facts & Trivia

Alexandre Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Alexandre Destrez celebrates birthday on May 29 of every year.