A. Destrez

Pianist, composer and improvisator from Paris (France). He started to play the piano at the age of 9 and when he was 16 he quitted school to become a musician. When he was 20 he entered the American School of Modern Music of Paris to study harmony, composition and music arranging. When he was 23 he toured for the first time as a professional musician and one year later he was invited by Ludovic Navarre to join the musicians of St Germain's first album, Boulevard, which was a big succes so the collaboration went on. Under his alias Alejandro Del Abelgam he also played with Shazz. In 2000 he joined the pop group Overhead. Since 2002 he also became a member of the band Oscar. Later he founded Inner Soul (2).