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Didier Verna

Jazz guitarists, singer and composer

About Me

Didier Verna is a French Jazz guitarist, singer and composer, alternating his musical career with that of a Professor of Computer Science. Involved in music since the age of 5, he has studied music theory, percussion, piano and finally guitar.

As a singer, he was part of the Voice Messengers, a vocal Jazz Big Band led by Thierry Lalo. As a guitarist and composer, he has founded and leads the @-quartet (Laurent Epstein; formerly Guillaume Naud / piano, Yoni Zelnik; formerly Gilles Naturel / upright bass and David Georgelet / drums), a band with which he has released three albums (@-quartet, Roots and Leaves, and ¡En Seguida!).

Didier Verna has also played and / or recorded with important personalities of Contemporary Jazz, such as Antoine Hervé, Glenn Ferris, François Laudet, Andréa Michelutti, Yves Carbonne (Carbonne / diPiazza / Manring), Denis Gouzil (Cie Lubat), Déborah Tanguy, Sonia Cat-Berro...