François Régis is a pianist and composer. He studied music at the Conservatoire (conservatory) and at the „Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris“ (conservatory), further education at the Ircam-centre Pompidou, student of Yvonne Loriot-Messiaen, Lazar Berman, Gyorgy Ligeti and Tristan Murail. At the age of 22, he represented France as a soloist in a worldwide concert tour and performed for the French President F. Mitterrand. Since then he has given numerous concerts and performed his own compositions. He is currently the artistic director of the Ensemble ECCE and as a composer, specializing in improvisation technique. Since 2007 he participates with joy and commitment in the cultural activities of MORUS 14 (Berlin). His album „SIMPLE“ (Blackfort Verlag) has been released on August 25, 2014. Régis has already been involved in Urban Sound Clash Classics and others at Ballhaus Naunynstraße.