HÉLOÏSE LEFEBVRE
Violinist & Composer
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«Revelation!»
Jazz Magazine France
«totally unclassifiable and yet accessible, luminous and evocative.»
Dragon Jazz Belgium
«Sun Dew, a sextet that shakes the Jazz World»
QOBUZ
«A personnal and striking sound»
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
«Fun and quirky at one moment, somber and foreboding the next, this is a CD that really rewards the attentive listener.»
Fiddler Magazine USA
«colorful and captivating!»
L'Humanité
©Emmanuelle Nemoz
The french violinist and composer Héloïse Lefebvre is a multifaceted artist: "technically brilliant and resourceful, she is as obviously at home in classical modernism as in improvised music" (Norbert Krampf, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung).
Student of the jazz violin legend Didier Lockwood, she’s graduated from the Academy with the state Diploma for Jazz and Improvised Music and a multiple award winners (Stephane Grappelli competition, Young Talents SACEM Prize).
After the release of her critically acclaimed debut in 2017 on french label Laborie Jazz (rated "Revelation" by Jazz Magazine), she announced a new collaboration with Heartcore Records (founded by iconic guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel) and released a new EP called "This Secret Cay" on September 14th, 2018.
On the side of her work as a leader, she plays with countless acts on the Berlin scene (Julia Hülsmann Oktett, Bernhard & Peter Meyer 5tet, Kammerjazz Kollektiv) and in France (Kwal, Trio Elbasan, MBO Orchestra, Bande Originale). She has travelled all around the world, performing prestigious venues among l’Olympia (Paris), Paris Jazz Festival, Jazz in Marciac, Gypsy Jazz Festival (Nouméa), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Casa da Música (Porto), just to name a few.
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