Jean‑Michel Blais

Jean-Michel Blais is a Montreal-based pianist, composer, and performer, signed to Arts & Crafts and

Mercury KX (Decca). His debut album, Il , was named one of Time magazine’s Top 10 Albums of 2016, and his music has since amassed over 580 million streams worldwide. A member of the LGBTQ+ community and living with Tourette’s syndrome, he also draws on his experiences as a special needs educator to create ecstatic yet intimate compositions, blending virtuosic piano with lush orchestral and electronic textures, infused with improvisation.

His latest album, désert , an hour-long improvised collaboration with electronic harpist Lara Somogyi, spent 25 weeks on the Classical USA Billboard charts and earned a Juno Award nomination for Instrumental Album of the Year, following aubades , which won a Libera Award (A2IM). He is currently preparing for touring his upcoming choir album, set for autumn 2026.

After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance featuring jazz pianist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Clayton White in the Leslie & Anna Dan Galleria