Born in the family of musicians, father, a guitarist and mother, a singer by profession, Tristan was cradled to soft tunes and unswerving rhythm of folk ballads and the Briton dance. Tristan Auvray pursued music at a very young age commencing with violin at the Academy of Rennes, then the drums followed by guitar which is self taught.
Ever since his first group “Tariqa” he has always continued the journey between different influences: be it classical education, Britain or American due to family influences. Every so often he heads towards the music of middle ages, then the oriental music so as to thrive in Indian classical music.
Discovery of the group “Shakti” made a revelation equal to that of the first with the instrument on a summer band. It’s in 1998 that he found his first tabla followed by lessons from Farukhabad School, established by Khalid Kouhen, for two years. Then until now by legendary master known all over India as a living legend of tabla: Pandit Shankar Ghosh.
He tried different styles like Carnatic percussion with Satish Krishnamurthy who is considered as Mumbai’s number one, with other Indian tabla players, and in particular with Uday Mazumdar (Delhi) as well as Anwar Khan and his brothers who taught him the Rajasthan Qawwali rhythms.
After long years of intensive training and his stay in India for enhancing his skills, he is now acknowledged in the community of classical musicians and is also appreciated largely by those who are always ready to play in duet and portray the theatre of France and Europe. We can see him with numerous representatives of the style called Khyal (imagination) on all different instruments like flute, sitar, sarod, santoor, chant and also the classical dance form, “Kathak”.