Renaud Dardenne

A key figure on the Belgian gypsy jazz scene, Renaud Dardenne has played with Tcha Limberger in "Les Violons de Bruxelles", with Fapy Lafertin in his "New Quartet", with Liana Gourdjia in a more classical repertoire or, more recently, with Nathan Daems' "Village Quartet", as well as with his own Trio (with Benjamin Clement and Boris Schmidt). A jack-of-all-trades, he moves in many different worlds: rebetiko (Vinylio), chorinho, Venezuelan music (with Osvaldo Hernandez).... He also composes for his various bands and for the theater.

Renaud Dardenne is a graduate of the KCB (Conservatoire néérlandophone à Bruxelles) in jazz guitar and also studied pedagogy at the Royal Conservatory. Passionate about issues of active pedagogy, he teaches with Muziekpublique and regularly takes part in summer courses such as the AKDT in Neufchateau and the renowned "Django In June" in Massachusetts. Resolutely acoustic, his refined, sincere playing reveals his immoderate taste for traditional music, jazz and the music of Django in particular.

Langues : English, French