Sophie Agnel

Sophie Agnel is a French pianist born in Paris in 1964 who works in free improvisation. Trained as a classical musician, she took an interest in modern jazz before committing to improvisation in the early 1990s. She is known for an extended approach to the piano that reworks John Cage's prepared piano techniques. Agnel has worked with saxophonists Michel Doneda, Daunik Lazro and John Butcher, vocalists Phil Minton and Catherine Jauniaux, guitarist Olivier Benoit and electronic musicians Jérôme Noetinger, Lionel Marchetti and eRikM.