Django Reinhardt 112 years

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Sweden’s leading Django Reinhardt interpreter returns to Konserthuset Stockholm

It is as if Django Reinhardt’s irresistible music is in guitarist Gustav Lundgren’s veins. Now Gustav Lundgren is back at Konserthuset Stockholm’s Grünewald Hall, accompanied by three spectacular French musicians who are specialists in Django’s melancholy melodies and quick improvisational runs. This evening of Django Reinhardt also marks the legend’s birthday. He was born on 23 January 1910.

Gustav Lundgren has released over 700 songs and has over 40 million streams. Over the years he has worked with artists like Jimmy Rosenberg, Doug Weiss, Jorge Rossy, Bill McHenry and Lelo Nika, as well as Swedish House Mafia, Lisa Nilsson, Maia Hirasawa, Jonas Kullhammar, Kleerup, Miriam Bryant, Petra Marklund, Bo Sundström, Anne Sofie von Otter and many more.

In the past decade, Romain Vuillemin has garnered major acclaim in the world of gypsy jazz. He works with acclaimed bands like Umlaut Big Band and Collectif Paris Swing. He also leads his own Django Reinhardt tribute band: the Romain Vuillemin Quartet. In addition, he has accompanied some of the biggest names in the genre, like Adrien Moignard, Antoine Boyer, Stochelo Rosenberg and many more.

Guitarist and bassist Edouard Pennes is well known on the international gypsy jazz scene. He plays at clubs and festivals all over the world, and regularly shares the stage with musicians like Adrien Moignard, Sébastien Giniaux, Tchavolo Schmitt and many more. Gustav Lundgren and Edouard Pennes first met in Paris in 2010 and their shared interest in guitar and gypsy jazz has led to many tours, including of England, France and Sweden. They have also released two albums together.

Aurélien Trigo is classically trained, with a degree from the conservatory in Paris in violin performance, composition, chamber music, music theory, jazz and arranging. He has played gypsy jazz since 2003 and moved to Sweden in 2014. He has worked with some of the genre’s biggest names, including Sebastien Giniaux, Samy Daussat, Antoine Boyer, David Reinhardt, Noé Reinhardt, Tchavolo Schmitt & Samson Schmitt.

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Konserthuset Stockholm temporarily introduces special seating plans for concerts. This is to ensure that we follow current regulations with a distance of at least one meter between all visitors in the hall. To create the greatest possible capacity and predictability, we only sell single seats, every other chair, both sideways and in depth. This means that if you go to the concert with a friend or a group, there will be an empty chair between you.