Pierre Bernier

Pierre Bernier is a saxophonist, composer, and teacher originally from Brittany. He studied at the C.R.R. of Paris and then at the P.S.P.B.B., where he completed musical, academic, and pedagogical training.
He has participated in numerous projects, including the quartet pinocchioO co-led with Marc-Antoine Perrio, TWNSHP, Franck Tortiller’s Collectiv orchestra, Ellinoa’s Wanderlust Orchestra, Thibault Chevaillier’s CLERKS, and the Aman Octet. For several years, he hosted the D’Addario jam session in Paris, sharing the stage with saxophonists such as Jerry Bergonzi, Stéphane Guillaume, André Villéger, Rick Margitza, and others.
More recently, he has launched a new project centered on his own compositions with his brother, drummer Simon Bernier, joined by guitarist Simon Martineau, double bassist Gabriel Midon, and pianist Édouard Ravelomanantsoa.
He can currently be heard in various ensembles, including the quintet Lennie’s, a collective project dedicated to the music of Lennie Tristano (Lennie’s, 2024, Jazz Magazine “Révélation”); Antoine Karacostas’s quartet (Trails, 2017, and Frames, 2023), with which he tours in Japan, Greece or India.