A violonist and composer, YARDANI TORRES MAIANI was born in
Andalusia in 1988. He began his music studies on the Costa del Sol,
continuing them at the music conservatory in Malaga, and later lived in
that French hot spot of Gypsy music, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. After
graduating from the conservatory in Avignon, he studied at the Lausanne
HEMU (Haute Ecole de Musique), where he earned his bachelor’s
degree. He studied violin with Marie-Annick Nicolas at the Geneva
Conservatory, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in music
performance in 2011. That same year, he garnered the Henryk Szeryng
Foundation Career Award. A self-avowed ‘traveller across musical
genres’, he has since appeared at the Festival de Paris, the Avignon
Festival, the Flâneries Musicales de Reims, and the Colmar International
Festival.
While being acknowledged as one of the leading musicians of the younger
generation of French virtuoso players, Yardani Torres Maiani is not
merely a brilliant soloist. An inquisitive musician, never ceasing to look
ahead, he writes music and seeks new ways to deploy his instrument with
a passion no less urgent than his desire to explore the finest pages of
Bach, Paganini, Enesco, or Piazzolla. This distinctive trait may stem from
a rich and diverse family heritage, comprising flamenco and classical
music : a wealth of influences that crystallize in his work as a composer
and arranger. The lyrical verve of his compositions, with their airy and
ecstatic ambiance, reveals his signature style, in which a hint of flamenco
is merely pretence, a way to set the stage for genuine musical discoveries