Mathilde Gardien & chanson française

Velours, velours — A kind of cabaret
38Riv Jazz Club • free seating – in seat
60min

| French songs from yesterday and today

Even as a little girl, Mathilde Gardien was already singing forgotten melodies from the 1920s and 1930s, passed down from generation to generation in her maternal family. This heritage gave rise to a true love of song, that powerful and unique “art of storytelling.” Accompanied by Jean Saint Loubert on piano, Mathilde Gardien explores a varied repertoire spanning different eras, exclusively in French, ranging from melancholic waltzes to satirical vignettes and hymns to joy.

Mathilde Gardien: vocals
Jean Saint-Loubert: piano, vocals