Born in Saint-Louis of Senegal in 1968, Tristan Lofficial resides in Paris, where he leads a career as pianist improviser and performer.

From jazz to contemporary music, incorporating improvised music, theatre and ballet, he encounters multiple personalities and styles in the company of Louis Denis Ott (First violin of the Orchestre Gulbenkian), the Novecento Ensemble and Mario Garuti (contemporary works and creations), the Big Band Bleu Citron and numerous jazz musicians, the choreographers Robert Swinston, Gianni Joseph, José Martinez, the filmmakers Hélène Vincent, Christophe Lemaître, Nicolette Cook, the actress Danielle Volle (member of la Comédie Française)...

Pianist accompanist of dance in numerous companies and schools (Opéra national de Paris, Centre national de danse contemporaine, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris...), Tristan Lofficial performs ofen at major theatres in France and abroad, and teaches piano and improvisation, notably within the framework of workshops on choreographic accompaniment in France, Japan, Thailand and Italy.

Music and Theater

Tristan Lofficial creates "A Vif " of Daniel Besnehard (Director : Christophe Lemaitre - Theatre of Muselet, Scène Nationale / Théâtre du Rond Point, Paris / Theater of Angers, National Dramatic Center), "Van Gogh in London" of Nicolas Wright (Director : Hélène Vincent - Theater of l'Atelier, Paris). "Novecento : pianiste" of Alessandro Baricco (Director : Nicolette Cook - Helice Terrestre / Jacques Warninski, Pays de Loire) and accompanies Danielle Volle, member of the Comédie Française, in her composition "Au creux de toi" (Studio of the Comédie Française / Espace Actors, Paris).

Music and dance 

Tristan Lofficial creates "Ensemble" for the choreograph Gianni Joseph (Le Manège - National theater). He interprets numerous musical scores for the classic and contemporary ballet of which "Scaramouche" (Darius Milhaud / José Martinez) - Tours in France, the U.S. and Japan, "Four Walls / Doubletoss Interludes" (John Cage / Merce Cunningham) and  "Deli Commedia" (Pat Richter / Merce Cunningham), adaptation by Robert Swinson (CNDC Angers - Theater Onyx, Scène conventionnée Danse). Tristan Lofficial is also dance accompanist at the Centre national de danse contemporaine in the 1990s, then at the Opéra national de Paris and the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et danse de Paris between 2005 and 2019. He participates also at numerous workshops, residencies and tours with the Tanztheater Wuppertal, the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse and the dancers Jean-Christophe Paré, Norio Yoshida, Catherine Verneuil, Bertrand Barena, Delphine Moussin, Bernard Boucher, Elisabeth Platel, Lionel Delanoë... and he teaches choreographic accompaniment as part of internships in France (CEFEDEM de Lyon, Centre national de danse Contemporaine, École nationale supérieure de danse de Marseille), Japan (Architanz in Tokyo), Thailand (Bangkok City Ballet) and Italy (National Dance Academy of Rome).
 

Events

- Gala for the Association "Aux enfants d'abord" with Nathalie Dessay and Carole Bouquet, Paris Opera 2008                                                                                                

- Nagada fashion Show / Cairo Opera 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                              

- Gala for "1000 children of Armenia" with Charles Aznavour and his friends, Palais Garnier 2007                                                                                                                           

- The International Ballet Academy Festival at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. 2006                                                                                                                                       

- "Ensemble" for the profit of AIDS in the frame of the World Day against Aids - Le Manège / Scène Nationale 2005                                                                                               

Cabaret / Pop music

- "Le Cabaret de Minuit" (produced by CNDC Angers), with Marie-Christine Orry, Éric Larrondo, Francis Mioni, Grégoire Ibor Sanchez... Festivals Avignon 1990, Saint-Herblain 1991, Saint-Brieuc Art Rock 1992, Marseille Méditerranée 1994

- Tours and albums with singers Guy Demaysoncel (Olympia 1996), Annie Jeanne (Péniche Opéra 2004), Philippe Bilheur, Claudie Amirault (Emma Zita)...