2008 programme of Patrimonio's guitar nights

Part one: Yamandu Costa

Brought up by parent musicians, Yamandu grew up in the warm atmosphere of the popular music played in the region of Rio Grande do Sul, where Brasil meets Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. By the age of 7, the guitar had already come naturally to him and by the age of 10, his father was taking him around the country in a mobile home so as to expose him to the different musical cultures of his vast country. This profound knowledge of popular music was to be completed by an exposure to Argentine music through contact with guitarist Lucio Yanel and from records carefully selected by his father. Exposure to Astor Piazzolla, Radamés Gnattali, Tom Jobim and Hermeto Pascoal continued to colour the universe of this budding musician. And to complete the picture came Baden Powell, Raphael Rabello and, later, along came jazz and flamenco. With his 7 string guitar, Yamandu has gradually become an indefinable, endearing and extraordinary artist. He’s a fertile improviser with a blindingly powerful style. It’s fair to say that this evening, Patrimonio will be welcoming one of South America’s greatest musicians and certainly Brasil’s most brilliant guitarist of his generation.

On stage: Yamandu Costa (seven strings acoustic guitar), Guto Virtti (double bass), Nicolas Krassik (violin).
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Deuxième partie : Angelo Debarre Trio + invité spécial : Sansévérino

Angelo Debarre is a well established figure in the World of manouche guitarists but he’s also one of the foremost specialists of traditional gipsy music. Without renouncing the Django heritage, he’s managed to establish his own distinctive musical personality. His style, underscored by dazzling technique, has become enriched as he’s met up with other musical styles whilst retaining the gypsy tradition. His playing is phenomenal and inimitable and he has no fear in terms of taking huge improvisation risks that he always manages to pulls off. One is also struck by his wonderful charisma, so all in all this is absolutely where you need to be if you’re into your gypsy style jazz.

Ludovic Beieris a jazz musician through and through and that’s been the way since childhood. He’s one of the musicians who is responsible for reinventing the world of the accordion and a recent concert given in Washington came as quite a revelation to the American music lovers in attendance who had until then seen the accordion as simply a rather quaint, folkloric instrument. Folk, jazz and pop, Ludovic Beier does it all and does it frighteningly well. His most recent musical collaboration is this one with Angelo Debarre and although accordion and manouche guitar have often married well, we are really reaching new heights with these two. Helped along by Antonio Licusati on double bass and Tchavolo Hassanon second guitar, the exchanges between our two virtuosos are liable to reach the sort of intensity that has become the gold standard among gypsy musicians.

Stéphane Sanseverino is a multi-talented artist: actor, songwriter, singer and guitarist. As a guitarist he tends to lean towards the traditional gypsy sound and the manouche jazz. As singer-songwriter, he defies categorization and his arrival on the popular music scene came as a breath of fresh air on a rather predictable, stagnant scene of disposable artists. His subject matter is taken from every day life and is often given a humourous twist, void of any vulgarity. Despite his many awards from the music ‘establishment’ in France and his significant record sales, his celebrity status hasn’t gone to his head; far from it. He retains the same fascination for gypsy musicians and when he shares the stage with a guitarist of the caliber of Angelo Debarre, he has the air of someone who has just fulfilled a childhood dream.

'Engelo Debarre's official website
Ludovic Beier's official website
Sansévérino's official website