Django In June at Django In June Festival at Arts Fifth Avenue

Saturday/June 23, 2018...8 pm...Tickets $15
Please visit our website at: www.artsfifthavenue.org to purchase tickets in advance, or call 817-923-9500 for reservations.

Marcelo Berestovoy is back for Django in June with his band The Modern Swing Project and special guest Christiaan van Hemert. Because, once a year is not enough to celebrate the music of the undisputed King of Gypsy Jazz, Jean Baptiste "DJANGO" Reinhardt.

The Modern Swing Project:
Marcelo Berestovoy, Guitar
Nick Knirk, Guitar
John Hewitt, Bass

About our special guest:
Christiaan is one of the premier violinists in the current gypsy jazz scene and often performs as a guest of the Rosenberg Trio and alongside Stochelo Rosenberg in different groups. He has played with countless high profile gypsy jazz artists among which are Mozes Rosenberg, Paulus Schafer, Joscho Stefan, Fapy Lafertin, Tchavolo Schmitt, Roby Lakatos, Remi Harris, Gary Potter and many others....

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Saturday/June 23, 2018...8 pm...Tickets $15
Please visit our website at: www.artsfifthavenue.org to purchase tickets in advance, or call 817-923-9500 for reservations.

Marcelo Berestovoy is back for Django in June with his band The Modern Swing Project and special guest Christiaan van Hemert. Because, once a year is not enough to celebrate the music of the undisputed King of Gypsy Jazz, Jean Baptiste "DJANGO" Reinhardt.

The Modern Swing Project:
Marcelo Berestovoy, Guitar
Nick Knirk, Guitar
John Hewitt, Bass

About our special guest:
Christiaan is one of the premier violinists in the current gypsy jazz scene and often performs as a guest of the Rosenberg Trio and alongside Stochelo Rosenberg in different groups. He has played with countless high profile gypsy jazz artists among which are Mozes Rosenberg, Paulus Schafer, Joscho Stefan, Fapy Lafertin, Tchavolo Schmitt, Roby Lakatos, Remi Harris, Gary Potter and many others.

Besides his activities as a performer he is well known as an educator, teaching at the Rotterdam University of the Arts and in a host of educational videos online. He often hosts workshops worldwide both on violin and guitar and is an expert in the so called ‘Dutch Style’ of gypsy jazz. Together with Stochelo Rosenberg, he maintains and teaches at the online tuition site The Rosenberg Academy.

Here's a link to a video of Christiaan playing with Stochelo Rosemberg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=powtDHOYsb0

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