While we are still working on this website, you can refer to https://www.francescahan.com and to https://francescahan.bandcamp.com and also
WAKAN Facebook
WAKAN Instagram
WAKAN Youtube
WAKAN Bandcamp (digital downloads only)
HANJI is delighted to contribute to the spreading of the beautiful music created by Fred Pasqua and his excellent team (Nelson Veras-guitar, Yoni Zelnik-double bass, Laurent Coq-piano, Marie-Hélène Beignet-voice).
‘Ronces‘ will be released on vinyl and on all the platforms on May 15th 2026.
Please check the EPK below
Francesca Han, bassist Pierre Fenichel and drummer Fred Pasqua are uniting their talents to create and perform new and exciting soul vibrating music under the name WAKAN.
Next concerts for WAKAN
26th March 2026 – JAZZDOR STRASBOURG-BUDAPEST – Opus Jazz Club, Budapest, Hungary
10th May 2026 – NEÏMENSTER – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2nd June 2026 – JAZZDOR STRASBOURG-BERLIN – Gretchen Berlin, Germany
WAKAN celebrated the release of ‘Being Dantès’ at Sunside in Paris on October 2nd 2025 at 19h30 (more infos here https://www.sunset-sunside.com/concert/wakan/ )
The album distributed by Inouïe Distribution can be pre-ordered and purchased here.
Major is a composition by Francesca Han.
L’Aile d’un Rêve is a composition by Pierre Fenichel.
It is possible to pre-order the vinyl & CD
A few concerts :
21 sept 24 – Jazz à l’Hotel de Tingry, Ménerbes
16 oct 24 – Le Jazz est Là, Petit Théâtre, Nîmes
7 nov 24 – AJMI, Avignon
8 nov 24 – Marseille Jazz Cinq Continents, Théâtre, Pertuis
12 dec 24 – Scènes & Cinés, Istres
14 dec 24 – Moulin à Jazz, Vitrolles
28 jan 25 – IMFP, Salon de Provence
4 avril 25 – SOLAR, Saint-Etienne
11 avril 25 – Jazz Club de Savoie, Chambéry
2 octobre 25 – Sunside, Paris
3 octobre 25 – sortie de ‘Being Dantès’
12 décembre 25 – Le Petit Duc, Aix en Provence
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Here is an excerpt of The Void Ahead. One of the compositions of Pierre Fenichel and part of the four pieces Suite Dantès in the ‘Being Dantès’ album to be released of 3rd October 2025…
Below is a piece composed by Francesca Han and titled ‘Major’.
The short video below presents some of the repertoire they are currently developing for a project that will take shape later this year and materialise in an album in early 2025.
Francesca Han / Ralph Alessi ‘Exude’ teaser
Francesca Han / Ralph Alessi ‘Arirang’
You can find below a selective collection of reviews of the album ‘EXUDE’