Bireli Lagrene was born on September 4, 1966 in Saverne, Alsace, France. The son of Fiso Lagrene, a popular guitarist in pre-war France, Lagrene displayed a prodigious talent as a very young child.

Florin Niculescu, the violinist, emerges as the star of the Gipsy Project, Bireli Lagrene's homage to Django Reinhardt. It's only natural. For as much as Reinhardt was a source of inventiveness on the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “I really don’t mean to disappoint you,” Biréli Lagrène appeals bashfully, 30 minutes into his set. “Some of you ...

Häns'sche Weiss, who passed away last year, was one of the greatest representatives of gypsy jazz. For French guitar virtuoso Biréli Lagrène, he was even the decisive inspiration for learning to play ...

The entire concert of Biréli Lagrène given at the Festival of Vienna 2002 On July 9 2002 the Jazz Festival in Vienna was a great night of gypsy jazz It was a soldout show with eight thousand people ...

As the massively underrated French band with big crossover potential finally visit the UK again on tour, we talk creativity and influence When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Yes, both groups in the Gypsy Crossings concert have Gypsy ties; Bireli Lagrene was born into a Gypsy community in the Alsatian region of France and Taraf de Haidouks consists of 12 bona fide Gypsies ...

Born September 4, 1966 in Saverne, France, Bireli Lagrene came under the influence of Django Reinhardt and impressed the world from age 13 as a prodigy who handled the guitar with a love for the swing ...

France’s Bireli Lagrene started playing guitar and listening to Django Reinhardt records when he was four, in 1970. By the time he cut his first record, at 13, he was immersed in Django’s 30s Gypsy ...