Summer Jazz Festival - Concert Trio DONARIER-CHEVALIER-BOISSEAU
Presentation
From 16 to 19 August, Serre Chevalier hosts the 1st Serre Chevalier Summer Jazz Festival, with concerts in Le Casset, Saint-Chaffrey, La Salle-les-Alpes and Le Monêtier-les-Bains.
Festival presentation and solo concert by Louis Sclavis: clarinet.
The artist:
Saxophonist, clarinettist and jazz composer Louis Sclavis has won numerous awards, including the Django Reinhardt Prize for "Best French Jazz Musician" in 1988.
British Jazz Award for Best Foreign Artist 1990 - 1991; Djangodor in 1993.
Louis Sclavis was born in Lyon in 1953.
He began learning the clarinet at the age of ten in his local brass band, and after a few years went on to study at the Lyon Conservatoire.
In the early 1970s, he played with theatre and dance troupes in the living theatre and bread and puppet movements, and was musically inspired by groups such as Soft Machine, Sun Râ and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
He began his professional career in 1975 with Workshop de Lyon, where he worked with Colette Magny.
In 1977 he helped found ARFI, and played and recorded with the Marvelous Band, La Marmite Infernale and others.
In the early 1980s Louis Sclavis played in Henri Texier's quartet, the Compagnie Lubat, Chris Mac Gregor's Brotherhood of Breath, with Michel Portal and European musicians such as Tony Oxley, Evan Parker, Peter Brotzman, Enrico Rava, Thomas Stanko, etc.
In 1984 he began forming his own groups (trio, quartet, sextet), with whom he recorded for various labels such as Label bleu, Enja, FMP and above all ECM.
Louis Sclavis (clarinet) : Django Reinhardt Award
Festival presentation and solo concert by Louis Sclavis: clarinet.
The artist:
Saxophonist, clarinettist and jazz composer Louis Sclavis has won numerous awards, including the Django Reinhardt Prize for "Best French Jazz Musician" in 1988.
British Jazz Award for Best Foreign Artist 1990 - 1991; Djangodor in 1993.
Louis Sclavis was born in Lyon in 1953.
He began learning the clarinet at the age of ten in his local brass band, and after a few years went on to study at the Lyon Conservatoire.
In the early 1970s, he played with theatre and dance troupes in the living theatre and bread and puppet movements, and was musically inspired by groups such as Soft Machine, Sun Râ and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
He began his professional career in 1975 with Workshop de Lyon, where he worked with Colette Magny.
In 1977 he helped found ARFI, and played and recorded with the Marvelous Band, La Marmite Infernale and others.
In the early 1980s Louis Sclavis played in Henri Texier's quartet, the Compagnie Lubat, Chris Mac Gregor's Brotherhood of Breath, with Michel Portal and European musicians such as Tony Oxley, Evan Parker, Peter Brotzman, Enrico Rava, Thomas Stanko, etc.
In 1984 he began forming his own groups (trio, quartet, sextet), with whom he recorded for various labels such as Label bleu, Enja, FMP and above all ECM.
Louis Sclavis (clarinet) : Django Reinhardt Award
In short
- To which public :
- For all
- Rates :
- paying
- Meeting points :
- aint Chaffrey - Parish church
- Date of the show :
- 19/08/2026 .
- meeting points GPS coordinates :
- Latitude : 44.925885747414874
- Longitude : 6.608174239425653
- Access conditions :
- Door opening time 18H
- Start time of the show 18H30
- Interval : no
- Duration :
- 1:15
Please note
- Ticket sales :
- You can buy tickets online or at Serre Chevalier Tourist office
- Placement :
- free
- seating
- benches
- frontal
- Important point :
- non-cancellable, non-refundable
- telephone contact in case of problems before leaving for the activity 04 92 24 98 98
- Recommended parking :
- Free parking
Availability and Rates
Destination
Eglise
05330
ST CHAFFREY
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 44.92589
Longitude : 6.60817