Pierre Veniot

Pierre’s musical endeavour is fast approaching six complete decades, having started in 1965 when he played first clarinet for his Montreal school band. Early steps on the journey included private tuition with various teachers and one year jazz performance major at McGill University. In 2012 Pierre moved in Hong Kong . He is helping to build the next generation of performance artists, regularly taking time out to teach young, local musicians, teaching in Discovery College and DBIS organizing Jazz workshop all around Hong Kong. "With my albums Storias and Storias too, I’ve been exploring music as storytelling. Too often, jazz risks becoming a showcase of technical prowess, where musicians compete to impress with complexity rather than connect with listeners. My work resists that trap. These albums are concept-driven, blending the sophistication of jazz with the clarity of pop structures. Improvisation appears not as ego-driven display, but as sparks of spontaneity within carefully composed narratives. Each track is crafted to balance accessibility with depth, inviting audiences into stories that value communication over exhibition.