Royce: Concert Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Professor

The Piano as a medium for culture.

French virtuoso

Classical pianist

Franz Liszt – Transcendental Étude No. 8 “Wilde Jagd”

Press kit

Contemporary styles

5 languages

English 🇺🇸, French 🇫🇷, Japanese 🇯🇵, Korean🇰🇷, Chinese 🇨🇳

Photos

New Balance - Japan

About me

Royce, with now close to 3 decades of training, is a CRR Versailles-trained pianist from Martinique/Guadeloupe, born in France, blending classical virtuosity with pop, K-pop, anime, or anything else by-ear, and original compositions.

For a Japanese TV show

"Music is the Divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart". Franz Liszt

Classical Music Repertoire

- Franz Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 4, Mazeppa & No. 8, Wilde Jagd
- Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 69 No. 2 & Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
- Erik Satie: 1st Gymnopédie & 1st Gnossienne
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5
- Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 142 No. 2
- Mili Balakirev: Islamey

Pop & Cross-Genre

- Michael Jackson: Bad, Billie Jean
- K-pop: P1Harmony Sad Song, Aespa Armageddon
- Anime/J-pop: Ai Higuchi Akuma no Ko (Attack on Titan), Miki Matsubara Stay With Me
- Chinese pop: Joker Xue 怪咖, James Chou, etc
- French Rap: Aya Nakamura, Maître Gims, Dinos, etc.

Services

Performances: Dynamic recitals blending classical and pop/anime, or local songs, ideal for festivals, private events, or cultural venues.- Teaching: Private lessons and masterclasses (in-person/online) on piano technique, improvisation, and genre fusion. Trained 100+ students in classical and pop methods- Collaborations: Arranging/performing for singers, producers, or media, from K-pop to film scoring.- Online Content: Developing piano methods and courses, ebooks.

Mission

To inspire joy and connection through music as a universal, transformative language, blending classical roots with modern innovation.

Available for teaching positions, performances, and collaborations. Contact me for bookings or mentorship.

Contact/Bookings

Classical music

Franz Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 4, Mazeppa

- Franz Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 8, Wilde Jagd

K-pop

BTS Save me
(School auditorium with 500-1000 students in South-Korea)

P1Harmony Sad Song on a public piano in Tokyo

Bol4 Some

Aespa Armageddon

J-pop/Anime

Reluctant heroes (Shingeki no Kyojin) in a Mall in Japan

Ai Higuchi Akuma no Ko (Attack on Titans)

Miki Matsubara Stay With Me (City pop)

aLIEz - Aldnoah.Zero

Collaborating with Japanese singer Kazuma in 2025

Compositions & Improvisation

Crafting original themes, jingles, and improvisations for media and live performances (song embellishments, riffs add-ons, improvisational sections, top-lining, chord progressions…)