Louise Jallu "Tanz"

In recent years, Louise Jallu has established herself as one of the most distinctive figures on the European music scene. Her bandoneon is not merely an instrument; it is a constantly expanding realm, a space where repertoires, memories and imaginations converge. In it, she combines virtuosity with audacity, rigour with the unexpected, and high standards with a deeply infectious joy.

From the most intimate venues to the biggest international stages, from the most coveted festivals to the most unlikely venues, she forges ahead without ever yielding to convention. She claims no allegiance other than to music itself, in its most vibrant, free and generous form.
Today, Louise Jallu takes on the great classical repertoire with a view to reinterpreting it. Not to dust it off — it has no need of that — but to set it in motion once more, restoring its power to surprise, its touch of audacity and its original energy.

For this venture, she is joined by the Hanson Quartet, one of the most inspired ensembles of their generation, and the talented pianist Fiona Mato.

Together, they reinvent famous and lesser-known works, from Johann Sebastian Bach to Maurice Ravel, and bring them into dialogue with Louise Jallu’s latest compositions, as well as a tribute to Michel Portal, a towering musician without boundaries and an iconic figure in music free from aesthetic dogmas, with whom Louise shared the stage during the final years of his life. Classical music, jazz, new compositions, improvisation: labels slip over her music without ever quite capturing it. Louise Jallu belongs to that rare category of artists who assert a unique voice and bring together audiences from all walks of life, from novices to the most discerning music lovers. More than just a concert, it is a celebration of movement, freedom and the fusion of imaginations. Music that is constantly reinventing itself, brought to life by artists who reject compartmentalisation and turn every encounter into a truly poetic, committed and slightly iconoclastic adventure – almost an artistic manifesto.

An artist who creates her own language and conveys it with infectious freedom.