Théo Lanau

Always eager to experiment, he regularly participates in improvised music gatherings. He is also one of the organizers of the Pool Sessions, a series of adventurous music concerts in small spaces.

He has performed and/or recorded with, among others, Hélène Duret, Yannick Dupont, Vitja Pauwels, Bart Maris, Pak Yan Lau, Lynn Cassiers, Clément Nourry, Quentin Biardeau, Richard Comte, Hendrik Lasure, Camille-Alban Spreng, Benjamin Sauzereau, Manolo Cabras, Gábor Gadó, Péter Ajtai, Beñat Achiary, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Théo and Valentin Ceccaldi, Maxime Petit, Sam Comerford, and Sylvain Darrifourcq. Previously, he has been heard in the electro-pop group Bobun Fever, the improvisational rock trio Roue Libre, and the French-Indian project Spicy Frog. He has recorded for over twenty albums, several of which have received critical acclaim. He has performed in numerous European countries, from Portugal to Poland, as well as in Cape Verde, Brazil, India, Tunisia, and Canada.

Théo Lanau is originally from southwest France, where he discovered jazz at the Marciac Middle School. He graduated from the Agostini Drum School in Toulouse in 2010. He studied at conservatories in Paris, Budapest, and Brussels, where he earned a Master’s degree in Jazz in 2017.

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