{"id":40235,"date":"2025-06-19T11:13:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcu-lausanne.ch\/from-sign-to-sound-5-6-stephane-grappelli-violinist-of-the-soul\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:14:02","slug":"from-sign-to-sound-5-6-stephane-grappelli-violinist-of-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcu-lausanne.ch\/en\/en-ce-moment-en\/from-sign-to-sound-5-6-stephane-grappelli-violinist-of-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"From sign to sound (5\/6) : St\u00e9phane Grappelli, violinist of the soul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From classical music to French chanson, the Du signe au son<\/em> series is now turning its attention to jazz. The art of interpretation concerns all genres of music! In the spotlight is the inventor of the jazz violin: St\u00e9phane Grappelli, who passed away 25 years ago. <\/p>\n\n

Paris, the courtyards of Montmartre buildings, cinemas accompanying silent films, bars and cabarets. Here are the first scenes of young St\u00e9phane Grappelli, on violin but also on piano. Yes, because the piano was his first instrument, and the improvising violinist he was to become considered it indispensable for mastering chords and harmonic sequences. <\/p>\n\n

In the early 1930s, Django Reinhardt’s meeting with the guitarist from a Sint\u00e9 family was to prove decisive and change his life. The two musicians went on to form the Quintette du Hot Club de France. The Paris jazz scene was about to be turned upside down! A jazz quintet with no brass, woodwind or percussion instruments. Three guitars, a violin and a double bass – all string instruments, typical of gypsy bands. Unheard of! But that’s not all. A new style of jazz was also created: gypsy jazz, unifying the gypsy, gypsy and jazz musical traditions. An important page in the history of jazz has just been written. <\/p>\n\n

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