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A piano duo formed on September 3, 2002 by integrating the two different playing styles of the two brothers, Moriya and Keito Saito. They performed at the Tokyo Jazz Festival on September 2 2006 as an opening act even before their record debut. Their performance with one piano appealed not only classical music lovers but also wider audiences. They released ‘Anime de Quatre-Mains’ (Aniplex) on September 6 2006. Their debut album ‘Piano Breaker’ was released on November 8 2006 on Universal Music. It debuted on the national weekly album chart at the highest position for the debut album by piano instrumentalists. It reached in Top 20 and was awarded the Gold disc. Their tour including two European cities from March to November 2007 was remarkably successful. Their 2nd album ‘Piano Pittoresque’ was released on September 3 2008, and they started a tour of 26 cities in Japan and 3 in South Korea, which was overwhelmingly successful. They filmed a concert of the tour and released the DVD ‘Piano Pittoresque / Live’ on July 8 2009. They also released a special album ‘Noël de Quatre-Mains’ on October 21 2009 and toured 10 cities around Japan.

They have been successful in overturning the stereotypical image of conventional piano playing style by combining Moriya's beautiful ballad melody and Keito's dynamic boogie rhythm. With a touch of the original Les Frères taste, they have become a unique duo incomparable to any other groups. The brothers emphasize "harmony" when composing and playing their music. Harmony means many things to them - balance, consonance, or congruence - and their sound "harmonized" on the keyboard creates a huge wave motion that stirs up listeners’ emotions and souls. "It is as though the piano itself is singing and dancing," are the best words to explain the brothers ’ passionate and soulful sound. Their music attracts people of all generations.

*“Quatre-Mains” means ‘four hands’ in French. Their play style was named as “Quatre-Mains style” which was created by their four hands’ capabilities that two hands normally cannot achieve.

Started playing piano at the age of 12.
When he was 15, he was accepted to Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg as an international student and moved to Luxembourg. He studied under Mr. Gary Müller for seven years.After graduating at the age of 22, he returned to Japan to further expand his repertoire of music. Since then, he has been devoting himself to composing music as well as had performed solo and with other bands at clubs, restaurants, and bars until he formed Les Frères in 2002 with his brother. He specializes in playing ballads. The calmness and the depth of his sound is filled with a feeling of freedom and sincerity.

Started playing piano at the age of 6. Like his brother, he was also accepted to Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg when he was 15. He learned to play boogie piano on his own and performed with world-famous German Boogie Woogie pianist Mr. Axel Ｚwingenberger in the spring of 2000. After returning to Japan, he has become an active trailblazer in Boogie Woogie piano, devoting his talent to bringing Boogie Woogie to the mainstream on the Japanese music scene. He released his first solo album “Boogie Woogie Far East” (Universal Music) and it became a historical step of Japanese Boogie Woogie scene. With his memorable live on its release day of the album at Blue Note Live Tokyo, he held his first solo tour which exited Boogie Woogie fans around Japan. In June 2009, Keito made the cover of “Blues & Soul Records NO.88” for the first time as a Japanese artist, and he became the foremost figure of Japanese Boogie Woogie in reality and in name. As a successor to classical Boogie and a pianist of the next Boogie Woogie generation, he has attracted a great deal of attention from the media in Japan and abroad. He plays a wider field of activities as a leader of Asian Boogie Woogie scene. In April 2010, he toured 4 cities in Japan with Mr. Axel Zwingenberger and the tour is called “Legendary Standard Live”. His aggressive but emotional sound of boogie fascinates the audience with irresistible appeal.