Biography of Bireli Lagrene

Born into a musical family, Bireli Lagrene began his incredible journey by learning the guitar and participating in festivals of gypsy music. Winning first prize in Strasbourg, he recorded 'Route to Django' on tour in Germany, accompanied Stephane Grappelli and Benny Goodman and meets Jaco Pastorius in 1985. But if it is then revealed to jazz fusion, this does not prevent him from going through the rock - 'Inferno', 'Foreign Affairs' - acoustics -' Acoustics moments' - and be-bop - 'Standards '!

Receiving the 1993 Django d'Or for Best French musician, he released the sublime 'Jazz in Marciac' in 1994 and pays tribute to his master 'My favorite Django' the following year. Hyperactive prodigy, he toured with Didier Lockwood forward to working with the quartet of Richard Galliano and Sylvain Luc ('Duet'), participates in the album 'Spaces Revisited' coronation and Frank Sinatra with 'Blue Eyes' and founded the Bireli Lagrene Quartet and the group Front Page, whose self-titled album is elected Album of the Year at the Victoires de music. Still collecting a prize with 'Gipsy Project' before making any guitar to the skies over 'Move', or to capture on DVD a concert at New Morning, Bireli Lagrene and is finally able to become as free and creative as music he loves.