"France in Jazz" is a fresh, stylish program of French music, prepared by the Kaunas Big Band together with singer David Linx and conductor and musician Sylvain Charrier.
The program "France in Jazz" is a tribute to the French singer and poet Claude Nougaro, who started his dynamic and colorful biography from the Parisian cabaret in Montmartre and developed it in the cities of Brazil, New York, and in the prestigious halls of Paris.
This is the only opportunity for Kaunas and city guests to hear an intellectual, playful concert by the Kaunas Big Band and French music stars. A watercolor of romantic songs and colorful jazz orchestrations will undoubtedly turn into a sensual musical narrative.

David Linx is a Belgian singer-songwriter who has lived in France for many years and has won numerous awards and accolades: "JazzIt" (Italian Grammy) together with Gregory Porter, Bobby McFerrin, Kurt Elling, Mark Murphy, Al Jarreau, Nominated by Michael Bublé in the category of the best international jazz vocalists (2013), the annual Dutch music award (Edison Jazz Awards), which is equal in importance to the American Grammy Award and is awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry, by the Belgian King and Minister of Culture in 2008. knighted of the Crown. Released albums, active concert and creative activities keep David Linx high on the Olympus of popularity, and his songs have long become an emblem of a high bar.

Composer, arranger, jazz vibraphonist and conductor, Sylvain Charrier, who juggles so many skills simultaneously in his musical career, says that jazz is his favorite field, drawing inspiration for his works from French musical titans Claud Debussy and by Maurice Ravel. Since 2012 he collaborates with the BIG BAND de FONTAINE orchestra of Grenoble, and in his programs and works he mixes rock, soul and funk with witty literary spices.... revolutions, nomenclature, etc. on "non-human" topics.

The project is supported by the Lithuanian Council of Culture