For ARTE Concert’s Piano Day, the pianist Yaron Herman and the rapper Benjamin Epps telescope their universe on the Opéra Comique stage. An original creation!

At the age of sixteen, a stroke of fate forced Yaron Herman to trade his basketball career for music. Today, the Israeli pianist has become a key figure in world jazz, cultivating a style that ranges from tortuous improvisation to sparkling pop, distilling an emotion that hardly leaves anyone indifferent. A faultless career that has been rewarded with a Victoire de la Musique award.

Recently received in the Club, Benjamin Epps is a young rapper of Gabonese origin. Considered a UFO compared to the artists of his generation, the artist is making his way thanks to a style influenced by old school American rap and well felt punchlines. It doesn’t take much to make him one of the most prominent actors of the new French rap scene.

Flanked by three backing singers, we meet Yaron Herman and Benjamin Epps for ARTE Concert’s Piano Day. With our cameras turned towards the velvet and gold of the Opéra Comique, the two artists bring together rap and piano.