Alexis Ffrench

Contemporary composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench reaches beyond British classical music's core audience by mixing his classical background with roots and R&B. In a conscious move to dissolve the genre's boundaries, Ffrench embraced contemporary styles, modern formats, and performance spaces not commonly associated with classical music. His 2018 single "Bluebird" illustrated his melodic, soulful style often repudiated in the classical world. Raised in Bagshot, Surrey, in a strict Catholic household, Ffrench began to learn piano at the age of four and was a church organist at ...