Thomas Enhco

Thomas Enhco, born in Paris in 1988, is a pianist and composer working at the crossroads of jazz and classical music. Trained from childhood on violin and piano, he later studied at the CMDL and the Paris Conservatoire. Internationally acclaimed, he records for Verve, Deutsche Grammophon and Sony Masterworks, and performs around 90 concerts per year worldwide. He has appeared at major jazz festivals (Tokyo, Montréal, Montreux, North Sea) and on leading classical stages such as the Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Salzburg Mozarteum, Shanghai Grand Theater, and Kyoto Concert Hall.

His releases as a leader include Mozart Paradox (2025) A Modern Songbook (2023), Thirty (2019), Bach Mirror (2021) and Funambules (2016) with marimbist Vassilena Serafimova, Feathers (2015) and Fireflies (2012). As a jazz pianist, he performs solo, in trio, and in various duos. His solo recitals blend improvisations on jazz standards, pop songs, classical themes and his own works. As a classical pianist, he performs concertos by Mozart, Ravel and Gershwin, as well as his own concertante works.

He has appeared with major orchestras including those of Kyoto, Sapporo, Zurich Tonhalle, Tenerife, Bordeaux, under conductors such as Junichi Hirokami, Alondra de la Parra, Jean-Claude Casadesus and Laurence Equilbey.

He is a prolific composer, he writes for orchestras, choirs, chamber ensembles and film. Recipient of numerous awards — among them the 2020 SACEM Grand Prize for Jazz and the 2013 Victoires du Jazz — he collaborates with artists across jazz, classical music, dance, literature and pop.