For both of them, playing becomes a declaration offered to the other, a vow renewed in music
Télérama

The duo

Louise&Dexter

Madame Classique and Monsieur Jazz

On stage as in life, Louise&Dexter make an unexpected pair. United by music and by love, they set jazz and classical music in conversation on a single piano, four hands. From this union comes a musical and human chemistry that feels completely natural. You only need to see and hear them to swear they were made for each other.

Question, answer
Each classical piece played by Louise is answered by a jazz composition by Dexter, written under the spell of the original. From Bach to Bartók.
Four hands
In between, four-hand pieces where classical and jazz become one.
One piano, two characters
They jostle, make room for each other, dance. On stage there is tenderness, humour and plenty of complicity.

Madame Classique

Louise Akili

“I didn't take up jazz.”

Born in Paris in 1990, a graduate of the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP) and the Pôle Supérieur Paris-Boulogne, Louise plays everything from Baroque music to contemporary premieres. A laureate of the Fondation Royaumont, the Centre Nadia et Lili Boulanger, the Académie Ravel and the Cité des arts, she performs in France and abroad (Châtelet, Musée d'Orsay, Philharmonie de Paris, Japan, Romania). Albums: Ravel / Roland-Manuel (2020) and Étincelles, with violinist Jean-Samuel Bez (2025). She teaches at the Conservatoire Chopin and directs the Compagnie du Jardin Féérique.

“Louise is a marvel […] She makes every shadow rise”
Jazz Magazine

Monsieur Jazz

Dexter Goldberg

“I can't play classical pieces.”

Born in Paris in 1987 into a family of musicians, Dexter started on percussion and discovered the piano at 16, teaching himself. A graduate of the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP), he composes and leads his own trio: Tell Me Something New (2018), praised by Jazz Magazine, then Caliboudja (2023), a Jazz Magazine “Choc”, rated TTT by Télérama and named among the 40 best albums of the year.

“Dexter doesn't just jazz up these classical classics: he reinvents them, takes them apart and puts them back together with as much humour as conviction”
Jazz Magazine

Drawing by Benjamin Chaud: Dexter writes on a bench while Louise dances under an umbrella — He writes, she dances. Drawing: Benjamin Chaud.

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Louise&Dexter

Question, answer

Four hands

One piano, two characters

Louise Akili

Dexter Goldberg