Concert as part of
"Les Musicales" - Brazilian Music with Andrea CaparrosWednesday 15 August, from 7.30 pm to 10 pm, Square Théodore Gastaud
With a Brazilian mother and a musician
father, Andrea Caparros grew up surrounded by the rhythms of samba and
bossa-nova. She studied jazz at
the Regional Conservatory of Toulon and the Institute of Professional Musical
Training in Salon de Provence. The
pianist and singer honed her sense of harmony and improvisation there, enabling
her to write her own repertoire.
While performing on stage at various venues,
she met the musicians who accompany her today:
Emile Melenchon, a gold medallist in
classical guitar and jazz at the Toulon conservatory. He could be heard alongside rising
artists of the new generation of French jazz, such as Laurent Coulondre,
Gautier Garrigue, Bastien Ribot, Jérémy Bruyère, etc.
Arnaud Pacini, a self-taught bassist and
double bassist with Jazz and African-American influences.
Jessy Rakotomanga, a drummer who turned to
improvised music early on, who is also a drum teacher, and graduated from the Conservatory
of Marseille.