Sofiane Pamart Emerged From France’s Rap Scene. Now, He’s Setting the Piano World on Fire.
Four years ago, at the close of the biggest concert of his career in Paris, the French pianist Sofiane Pamart did something unexpected to the instrument that brought him to fame: He took a flamethrower and set it on fire. Two years later, his instrument was aflame again as he played John Lennon’s “Imagine” while…