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Nono Roland Rakotondrainibe

Composer, singer and multi-instumentist music player, Nono (Roland Rakotondrainibe) plays sax, guitar and piano since he was a teenager. Born and raised in Madagascar, a country where music is everywhere and people do sing and play at any circumstance, Nono has been one of the country's pop stars in the 80/90s, surely the #1 among large cities' young people While enjoying this pop star status, Nono has never let apart his love, jazz music; he has carried on playing at local jazz clubs in Antananarivo (Madagascar) and later on in Lyon and Paris (France) which is his hometown nowadays. Mid-90s, Nono decided not performing nor touring anymore with his pop/rock band for focusing definitively on jazz by playing only in jazz clubs and also by being a full-time jazz professor at "Conservatoire de musique" of Lyon (the 2nd largest city in France) Beginning of 2014, Nono has decided to come back on stage by setting up a newly jazz group, #NonoJazzQuartet, with an ambition to bring to the world of jazz an unique colorful style: a music based on a blend of malagasy soul music, brazilian bossa swing and the groovy way of playing saxophone 'à la' Michael Brecker. #NonoJazzQuartet plays great jazz standards such as All blues, Blue in green, 500 miles high, Goodbye pork pie hat, etc..

Edgardo Plasencia

Born: December 15

I am a music composer and producer. I have spent my formative years intensively experiencing the development of the greatest pop and rock music of the music history. After that, I decided to become a musician , increasingly learning in depth the intelectual and emotional side of the classical music, jazz in all its forms , and avantgarde orchestral and chamber music. I became a composer of so called academic music , but instead of following blindly the dogma and ideologies related to the avantgarde music , I let myself be nurtured by other music areas , mainly modern jazz and electroacoustic music and by the newest expressions of visual art. At this stage of my life I'm highly involved in the composing and playing of jazz music : bebop, modal jazz and jazz rock fusion mainly.

Agathe Iracema

Young Agathe charms the audience with a warm and sultry voice, she has an incredible scenic presence and an impressive artistic maturity. She has been immersed from a very young age in music, and her franco-brazilian background gives her a precious musical richness. Agathe Iracema, was born in Paris, with a brazilian father and a french mother. She was immersed in music from a very Young age in music, and her franco-brazilian background gives her a precious musical palette from which to draw.jazz through tapdance and through her brazilian bass player father. She’s all ears and eyes. At the age of 14, she received the help of the american singer Sheila Jordan, she records three tunes with Vincent Bourgeyx (piano) and Juan-Sebastien Jimenez (double bass). The following year saw the first performance of the ‘Agathe Jazz Quartet’ at the Café Universel Jazz Club

Theo Girard

After surveying scenes from 4 continents with projects as varied as Bratsch, Macha Gharibian, le Bruit du [sign], Sibiel or Volo, Théo Girard releases the first album in his name featuring french trumpet player Antoine Berjeaut and British drummer Seb Rochford (Sons of Kemet, Polar Bear). 30YearsFrom is a project that evokes the first fruits, the first spark, the birth. As Théo Girard explains : « I grew up in a musical environment, my mother was a freelance costume designer for the opera and my father was the founding violinist of Bratsch (a famous French band) and also played in free jazz bands like Alan Silva’s Celestrial Communication Orchestra in the 80s

Luigi Grasso

Luigi Grasso born in 1986, has emerged as one of Italy’s most exciting jazz stars. Since his 12 years old he was invited around the world as guest in different type of bands, from duo to Big Band. Thanks to the exposure provided by his parents, he discovered jazz and classical music at a very early age. He began saxophone studies at age 5 as a cure for asthma, and was almost entirely self-taught until the age of 11 when he started to attend clinics held by the Berklee College of Music at the Umbria Jazz Festival (Perugia, Italy). He was subsequently offered a full tuition scholarship to travel to Boston for the Berklee Summer Program. In 1997, he won the international young talent competition “Bravo Bravissimo”, which launched his professional jazz career, resulting in performances at the most prestigious festivals, clubs, theaters and TV shows throughout Europe. In 1999, at the age of 13, his debut recording “A Love Supreme” (Java records), was released. He continued his studies in Italy with the American guitarist Agostino Di Giorgio, in addition to his close apprenticeship with NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris as a participant and educational assistant in Dr

Olivier Bogé

Born: June 29, 1981

Noël Akchoté

Pj5

Started by young guitarist and composer Paul Jarret, Pj5 gathers around its leader's many influences, finely weaving together modern jazz from New York and Scandinavia, as well as rock and pop sounds with a tinge of electronic music. While drawing from a wide pallet of styles and references, the band's musical universe stays extremely coherent, thanks to a thorough collective effort on sound and colour. Pj5 won several prizes in french jazz contests (La Défense, Jazz à St-Germain- des-Prés, Jazz à Oloron…).

Frank Woeste

Frank Woeste is a pianist, composer, arranger and producer living in Paris, France.

Besides his work as a pianist Frank is known to have developed a unique sound on the Fender Rhodes combing the natural sound of the the rhodes piano with different effects.

He has recorded 5 albums as a leader and appears on a large number of albums as a sideman and arranger.Several of these albums have been awarded with a french Victoires du jazz.

After graduating from Paris Conservatory (Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris) in 2001 Frank won several 1st or 2nd prizes in international jazz competitions: the Steinway Prize at the Montreux International Piano Competition, Jazz Hoeilaart International Competition (Belgium) and the Gexto European Jazzcontest (Spain).

Viktorija Gečytė

Viktorija Gečytė: Bringing jazz to life with elegance, soul, and a voice that captivates audiences worldwide.

Lithuanian-born singer Viktorija Gečytė exemplifies natural elegance and swing, exciting audiences from Paris to New York with her sultry voice and sophisticated style.

Seine-Saint-Denis Magazine calls Viktorija “a lady of jazz with an angel voice,” while the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival describes her as “a class act.” Drawing inspiration from Carmen McRae, Anita O’Day, and Abbey Lincoln, she creates a sense of vulnerability in her storytelling, captivating audiences with both classic jazz standards and her own compositions.