Francesco Tristano is a Luxembourgish classical and experimental pianist and composer who also plays the clarinet. In his new album, Tristano interprets some of JS Bach’s most challenging pieces written for keyboard. The album is branded with Tristano’s own imprint intothefuture, making its debut on the Naïve label. Tristano has previously released three other albums dedicated to the music of Bach on intothefuture including the French Suites, the English Suites, and the keyboard concertos. While still a student at Juilliard, he self-released his recording of the Goldberg Variations. All of this to say that this entrepreneurial artist, who was previously signed by Deutsche Grammophon, has had a long association with Bach while simultaneously having explored Modern music (i.e. John Cage) and performed experimental, dance, and electronic music.

Critics have acclaimed Tristano’s feel for the dance rhythms of Bach and this new album has already reached No. 1 in Apple Music Classical’s Top 100.