Louis Matute IVtet - Ephemeral Music
Louis Matute returns to the Swiss Cultural Centre with a new quartet project, premiering here ahead of a forthcoming tour. Inspired by the improvised scenes of Los Angeles and Chicago, this new project brings together previously unperformed compositions in which improvisation takes centre stage. Blending avant-garde jazz, ambient and krautrock, the guitarist pursues an open-ended musical exploration, fuelled by his love of collective forms. A concert offering a glimpse into a repertoire still taking shape.
- 22 January 2027 Centre Culturel Suisse — Paris, FR
Since his debut album, Louis Matute has established himself as one of the most inspiring jazz musicians on the European scene. At the helm of his Large Ensemble, he presents compositions that are open to the world, in which every note delineates the boundaries of his imaginary jazz universe, deeply rooted between Europe and Latin America. Intense, luminous, and deeply rooted in our times.
Having travelled through Spain, Cuba, Costa Rica, Honduras and, most recently, Brazil, Louis Matute draws living inspiration from his encounters. He crafts a free, incandescent and deeply personal form of jazz, blending organic groove, sun-drenched melodies, analogue textures, Caribbean accents and poetic flights of fancy. A sensitive and contemporary alchemy, at the crossroads of the imagination.
Bio
Young promising guitarist from Geneva, Louis Matute is recognized for his qualities as a performer and composer. Thanks to a pronounced taste for creation, he was recognized with the release of his albums « How Great This World Can Be » (2020) and « Our Folklore » (2022), which earned him great success in the press and various distinctions. After having toured the Swiss festivals, he soon performed on the big stages of the Montreux Jazz Festival. His project Louis Matute Large Ensemble is a concept with variable geometry, a clever mix between current music and popular Latin music, leading us into a unique artistic landscape where the cohesion between the harmony and the musicians is strong. In 2019 he received the Cully Jazz Festival prize, was part of the residency program of the Artists Associated with the Abri, and won the Jazz Contreband competition. He also received the 2022 ZKB Audience Jazz Award in Zürich, the Evidence Prize of the Académie du Jazz and first place on the TSF Jazz 2022 prize list. An eclectic musician, he is a sideman for several projects with different styles, which have allowed him to perform on the most prestigious stages in Europe.