DJANGO à MONTMARTRE
A three-day workshop immersing you in the music of gypsy guitar maestro Django Reinhardt.
A word from the 2025 educational director
I’m very proud to have been appointed educational director for this new edition of “Django à Montmartre”.
As you know, I’m part of the Django generation that was brought to life by the Samois sur Seine Festival. That’s also where I live today.
But I’m delighted to be back in the district of Paris that was so emblematic of pre-war jazz. It saw the creation of the famous “Quintet du Hot Club de France” and was the stronghold of swing until the post-war “Saint Germain” years.
I’ll be meeting you there, in our premises on rue André Antoine, where some of you already came last year.
I’ll be overseeing all musical training.
This year will see the return of teachers you already know, such as D.A.M’s patron: David Reinhardt, but also Philippe Baudoin, Gilles Réa, Julien Cattiaux… I’ve also gathered around me other teachers such as …,
Instrumental practice will be at the heart of your stay!
There will be a time for training, dispensed by the crème de la crème of Parisian musicians… a time for practice in small ensembles, followed by evening musical outings.
Like last year, everything will be done to immerse participants in a bath of Django and Stéphane-style culture.
Whether you’re a beginner, an experienced instrumentalist or a professional, we’ll help you make the most of your Montmartre experience.
This weekend is all about you as an instrumentalist.
I’ll be there to guide guitarists, but also violinists and all other instrumentalists, because while instrumental technique should be dealt with by people who share the same instrument, the music that should come out of it is universal!
I won’t be alone… I’ve invited some excellent musicians and pedagogues to join the adventure. You’ll discover different ways of thinking about music, because there are always different ways of achieving the same ideal.
We’re living in difficult economic times… which is why this three-day interlude remains affordable*, so that swing and the joy of sharing music can once again resound in Montmartre as it did in those days.
Join us next spring for a unique experience!
ADRIEN MOIGNARD
*350€ which you can pay in 4 x free of charge via Paypal.
A WORD FROM THE PATRON DAVID REINHARDT
The music of Django Reinhardt still inspires musicians today.
It’s a legacy that is not always easy to carry, but I strive to be worthy of it every day.
It is a unique lineage of guitarists that has endured through the lives of my grandfather, Babik, and myself to the present day. In the future, my children will pass on the baton to their offspring.
Jazz is an expression of freedom! Whether it’s the freedom to move, to think or to create, we must cherish and cultivate it as my grandfather so famously achieved.
Many festivals and workshops are organized with my grandfather’s music as the main theme. I’ve lost count of the number, but they’re happening all over the world.
I’m particularly happy to be patron of “Django a Montmartre”because it takes place in the place where Django lived until the 1950s. It was here that he experienced all the vibrancy of the early days of the Hot Club de France!
I’ll be there to give some instruction, the same one I received from my father, the one he himself received from his father.
As such,“Django a Montmartre”will draw a direct line between the participants and Django Reinhardt.
I look forward to meeting you in May.
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