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Eva Slongo

Eva Slongo is in the new generation of jazz violinists. Originally from Fribourg, she began as a classical violinist, but her best instincts told her Jazz would be her calling, first with Pierre Blanchard at the Music Conservatory of Lausanne, and later on at the CMDL in Paris where she soon became one of Didier Lockwood´s most stunning students. Her new opus entitled Inspirations in which she also sings, was recorded with her usual stage line up plus some additional guest stars: Sebastien Giniaux (guitar) and Didier Lockwood (violin) to name a few. The album « Inspirations » is just as glamorous as it is easy listening, two qualities that are unusual enough to mention in the current jazz production world.

Souffle

By Eva Slongo

Label: Continuo Jazz
Released: 2022
Track listing: Cosmos; Sicilienne; Les Poèmes du Vent; Allegretto; Souffle; Petite Douceur; Gnossienne; Rue de Genêts; Energía.

Eva Slongo: Souffle

by Ian Patterson
July 14, 2022

Improvisation was once a norm for classical musicians, and not just for geniuses such as Bach, Mozart, Liszt or Paganini. That freedom has, to a very large degree, been curtailed by classical music institutions, along with composition. On Souffle, her second album following Inspirations (Unit Records, 2016), Swiss-born, Paris-based violinist Eva Slongo breaks a few metaphorical ...

Eva Slongo Quartet at the 2018 Torino Jazz Festival

by Antonio Baiano
May 15, 2018

Inspirations

By Eva Slongo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017