Jean Wiener (1896-1982) was a French pianist, composer and organiser, active across classical, popular, jazz-influenced and film music. He formed a celebrated piano duo with Clément Doucet.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears with Doucet in Mozart’s Sonata in D major for two pianos, a recording that captures the duo’s classical side.

Wiener’s musical life crossed boundaries with unusual ease, moving between concert hall, cinema, cabaret and radio. He belonged to a Parisian world where musical categories were more lively than tidy.

His page is justified by both the recording and his broader cultural importance. Wiener helped make the two-piano platform feel less like a display case and more like an illuminated street corner.