Pianist and composer Jean-François Zygel is best known as a television
personality. The program La leçon de musique is the exception that proves the
rule: yes, it is possible to make a mass-audience program about classical music.
A passionate decipherer and genial teacher, Jean-François Zygel is, for many,
the man who makes people want to listen to classical music. On the B side of his
personality, we find a discreet musician, a demanding contemporary composer and
a talented pianist who dares to take risks in both interpretation and
composition.