Pascal Neveu was born near Paris, on 22 July 1966, into a family of classical musicians ⁽¹⁾. He began playing the piano at the age of four and composed his first classically inspired pieces very early on. He entered the conservatory at seven, but left at fourteen, his compositions struggling to find their place within the academic framework.

Feeling confined by the classical world, he explored new forms of improvisation as a self-taught musician and gradually moved closer to jazz. At twenty, he became the pupil of contemporary music composer Jeannine Richer. The discovery of Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk and Cecil Taylor then reinforced his musical direction, while he retained a deep interest in the music of Sergei Rachmaninov.

Driven by his passion for solo piano improvisation and convinced of its appeal to a wide audience, he chose — faced with the difficulties this form of expression encounters in France — to create the conditions for its diffusion, transporting his instrument himself ⁽²⁾.

He performs with his piano in many jazz festivals — JAZZ IN MARCIAC, Jazz sous les Pommiers, PARIS JAZZ FESTIVAL… — mostly in the open air.

In 2007 and 2008, he gave a series of forty concerts at the Parc Floral de Vincennes as part of the PARIS JAZZ FESTIVAL, and recorded one of them, which became his first live album, simply titled Paris Jazz Festival.

Between 2005 and 2025, he gave nearly a thousand solo concerts, of which 750 took place in the church garden during the JAZZ IN MARCIAC festival ⁽³⁾, in the margins of the official programme. Recognised for his talent as an improviser, he was invited to perform on the festival's official stages: the Bis stage in solo, then L'Astrada in a two-piano duo with Giovanni Mirabassi.

His music, often created on the spot, is an intricate weave of jazz, classical heritage and Eastern influences.