Tcha Limberger

Originating from a common passion for traditional jazz styles and mostly New Orleans, Swing and Gypsy Jazz, Tcha Limberger is widely regarded as the ‘King of Gypsy music’. Not just for the music he plays, but for his passionate nurturing of tradition. The groove is taken care of by two musicians whose resumes are longer than their arms: Dave Kelbie, a human metronome who combines the softness of genuine swing with enriched chords (regularly seen with masters such as Evan Christopher, Don Vappie, Fapy Lafertin) and Sébastien Girardot, a solid double-bass magician, with both a strong and agile style, highly solicited by famed jazz lineups (Michel Pastre Quintet, La Section Rythmique...) In a word: an Imperial rhythm section, no doubt one of the best of its kind and tied together in the Lejazzetal hall of fame project: Django à la Créole.

A spectacular multi instrumentalist, known as much for enchanting performances with his Budapest Gypsy Orchestra and Kalotaszeg Trio as he is for being the world’s greatest Gypsy jazz violinist, Tcha Limberger is an unstoppable force in the world of folk, jazz and world music.

Award-winning blind musician born in Belgium, acclaimed across musical genres and celebrated within the jazz and world/folk music worlds as both a singer and instrumentalist. Recognised as one of the most prominent and important figures in folk music of the Carpathian basin he has performed worldwide as a soloist in many formations which feature the greatest musicians from across the music world. Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, Fabrizio Cassol, Sebastien Giniaux, Roby Lakatos, Evan Christopher, Fapy Lafertin. Alongside his dedication to nurturing many folkloric musics using the violin, he is also at ease singing in nine languages. He is a member of Trio Tatavla, where he sings and improvises in Greek; The leader of both The Budapest Gypsy Orchestra and The Kalotaszeg Trio, where he sings in Hungarian, Russian and Romanian.

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