Renaud Garcia-Fons and Claire Antonini @ Bray Jazz Festival 2022

Renaud Garcia-Fons and Claire Antonini @ Bray Jazz Festival 2022

Saturday, 30 April 2022, 6.30pm

Renaud Garcia-Fons/Claire Antonini (France)
Town Hall, Saturday, April 30th, 6.30pm

World renowned bass player Renaud Garcia Fons’ formed a duo several years ago with eastern music expert and theorbo maestro Claire Antonini.

Together, they produce music that draws on their unique experiences and passions for early music, jazz, and oriental music in the broadest sense. Their repertoire draws on material from the Middle Ages, Baroque era, North African folk and traditional Persian tunes, and has been described as an imaginary journey to a cultural crossroads.

Renaud Garcia Fons has been called ‘the Paganini of double bass,’ while Claire Antonini, is one of the world’s best known players of the theorbo, a giant, plucked stringed lute from the baroque era.

A student of the legendary Syrian bass player François Rabbath, Garcia Fons is a bassist of astonishing technique. His ‘con arco’ (with bow) technique has been described by the LA Times as more reminiscent of the viola or cello.

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Published by The Journal of Music on 6 April 2022

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