ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Romain Collin is a Grammy-nominated pianist who has been praised by NPR as a "visionary composer" and hailed by the Boston Globe as one of the "leading lights of a new breed of jazz players." The NY-based, French- American musician has developed “a highly personal and contemporary vision” (A Blog Supreme, NPR), a style “unique and engaging without obvious influences” (All About Jazz) that seamlessly blends improvisation, electronic sound design, indie rock, and film scoring.

Collin attended Berklee College of Music ('04), where he majored in Music Synthesis. He then went on to graduate from the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz in 2007, where he held a Full Scholarship as the pianist of an ensemble handpicked by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Terence Blanchard. Collin's debut album as a leader, The Rise and Fall of Pipokuhn (Fresh Sound, 2009), was hailed as "an astonishingly mature and ambitious debut that secures Collin a placeholder in the continuing evolution of the grand tradition of the piano trio" by All About Jazz. He was soon after invited by legendary pianist Marian McPartland to her prestigious Piano Jazz show on NPR to discuss his artistic vision and perform solo piano. In 2012, Collin released his second album as a leader, The Calling (Palmetto), described as "a tour de force that showcases Collin’s strengths as an accomplished composer and virtuoso pianist of the highest order" by JazzEd Magazine, and as “a work of art that is worthy of being held onto for generations to come” (Eric Sandler, The Revivalist). His third release, Press Enter (ACT, 2015), was described by the New York Times as a "winning new album," hailed by Jazz journal, UK as an "absolute masterpiece," and praised by All About Jazz as an "extraordinary album.” Collin's 2019 releas e,Lights… (XM), has been celebrated as "a unique voice, a crystal clear vision" by UK VIBE. Romain’s latest record, Dust (E2/ Edition, 2025), is an intimate solo piano album accompanied by a series of short films that will be exhibited in contemporary art galleries in the US and Europe

Collin is a co-leader of several critically acclaimed projects, among them a group with harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret and guitarist Bill Frisell, which released Americana (ACT, 2019) and earned a Grammy® nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. He has released two duo records with singer Sachal Vasandani, Midnight Shelter (Edition, 2021) and Still Life (Edition, 2022), which have been praised by RadioFrance as “music that speaks with emotion and feeling, that does not allow virtuosity to take precedence over the meaning, expression and feeling of the song”. Collin is set to release a record in collaboration with Björk’s longtime engineer and music director, Bergur Thorisson. 

Matthew Palmer is an award-winning filmmaker splitting his time between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. He began making films at the age of 12, exploring the world around him with a unique eye and perspective that continues to grow and evolve to this day. His dedication to his craft led him to New York University, where he received a degree in film production. He directed his first feature-length film, Friends of Mine, at the age of 22. The film premiered at the prestigious Hollywood Film Festival, where it screened in the iconic ArcLight Hollywood movie theater. Palmer then began directing commercials for brands such as Ralph Lauren, Apple, Meta, and more.

Palmer's love of music led him to collaborations with Jacob Collier, Shawn Mendes, Sam Fischer, and, of course, Romain Collin, with whom he has collaborated for nearly a decade. Matthew's most recent feature-length film, This Land, which was scored by Collin, premiered at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the largest documentary film festival in the Western United States, and was praised by The New York Times as being "an intriguing time capsule" and was named the best documentary of the year by Film Threat. 

Palmer's work has been screened, published & exhibited globally on prime time TV, during the Winter Olympics, at the de Young Museum of Art, at the Berlin Commercial Awards, Cannes Lions, and film festivals around the world. His work in commercials and short films earned him the honor of being a part of the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase, a Shots Creative’s Rising Star, an official nominee at the Berlin Commercial Awards, a two-time AICP nominee, and the recipient of eight Vimeo Staff Picks.