Composer, arranger, orchestrator, teacher and jazz pianist, François Popineau divides his time between teaching, performing, composing, harmonic pedagogy, arranging and orchestration + conducting.

His many musical activities include teaching jazz piano, jazz harmony and jazz orchestra at conservatories (Levallois & Vitry sur Seine), producing solo, trio and combo CDs (“Piano Songs / live Salle Cortot”, “Extra Céleste” awarded best jazz trio CD release by jazz valley and nominated finalist at the Festival Jazz de la Défense), concerts with his own groups (Trio Popineau, French jazz songs Trio, Levallois Popi jazz band… ), creations/compositions (jazz & classic) for soloists and orchestras (Duo “Luperka” – Aurelienne Brauner). Aurelienne Brauner [Vcl] & Lorene de Ratuld [P] / Trio with Clément Thirion & Patrick Chesnay / Trio with Etienne Brachet & Leonard Bucur / Duo Marie Clément [Cb] & Jérome Vanwynsberge [Fl] /Duo Matthieu Samani [Sax] & Aurélie Samani [P] /Jeanne marie Savourat [Fl] / Duo with Nicolas Sergio [Cb] & Jérôme Vanwynsberge [Fl] / Duo Matthieu Samani [Sax] & Aurélie Samani [P] /Jeanne marie Savourat [Fl] / Duo with Nicolas Sergio [Cb] & Jérôme Vanwynsberge [Fl / Duo with Nicolas Sergio [P] / Geoffrey Secco [Sax] / Ariane Jacob [P] / Claude Garden [Harmonica] / Guy Bardet [Trp] / Ioan Streba [Clar] /Orchestre du festival des envolées musicales [Dir Dorian Lamotte] / Orchestre symphonique de Levallois [Dir Vincent Renaud] etc… ), music for cinema, documentaries, advertising and radio (“Le concours” [Samuel Lambroso], “Un père avait deux fils” [Marie Celine Hirsinger] “Manoury et moi” [Benoit Sauvage], “Rigolos” Mire de barre CD Vol 12 & 13, SPP Music), for stage music (“Le retireur des eaux” [Catherine Froment], Résidence Drac Occitanie Lourdes [Catherine Froment], Résidence CMN Basilique St Denis [Catherine Froment] ), harmonic treatises (“Harmo Piano” Winner of the Prix de l’enseignement Musical / CEMF // “Traité de Micro harmonie”). His compositions for soloists (including himself at the piano) and for orchestras have been performed in numerous venues such as Theatre Antoine Vitez (Ivry), Salle Maurice Ravel (Levallois), Théâtre Odyssée (Levallois), Théâtre Jean Villard (Vitry sur Seine), Salle Cortot (Paris) and jazz clubs such as New Morning, Sunside-Sunset, Duc des Lombards, Archipel, le 38Riv…

Many of his latest solo and duo productions/compositions can be viewed on his “Popi not only jazz” channel.