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For the past decade, vir tuoso
guitar ist Stephane Wrembel has
played with some of the most
celebrated musicians of the
Manouche style, including: Serge
Krief, Patrick Saussois, Frank Vignola
as well as with musicians from other
backgrounds such as Les Paul, Lionel
Loueke, John McGann, and Rushad
Eggleston. Stephane has performed
at many festivals, such as the Jazz
Festival of Alfor tville, The Jazz
Fe s t ival of Avon, Rochester
International Jazz Festival, and also
the famous Berkshire mountain
Festival.
Stephan began his study of music
at the age of four with the piano,
winning five prizes in the Lucien
Wurmser competition and at the
National Conservatory of
Aubervillier before his start on the
guitar at age sixteen. He turned his
attention to jazz very soon thereafter,
and towards Gypsy jazz in particular.
He studied with acknowledged
masters Serge Krief, Moreno, Angelo
Debarre, as well as in the most
important school, that of the Gypsy
Campsites.
In terms of formal music education,
Stephane studied composition,
arranging, jazz and contemporary
classical music for five years at “The
American School of Modern Music”
in Par is. On graduation, he was
awarded a scholarship to study at the
prestig ious “Berklee College of
Music” in Boston, Massachusetts
where he graduated “Summa cum
Laude” in Music Perfor mance.
Shortly after receiving his diploma,
he produced his first album with the
Stephane Wrembel Tr io entitled
Introducing Stephane Wrembel.
Stephane now lives in New York
City, where he actively teaches,
records, and perfor ms. He is a
sought-after clinician and performer
throughout the United-States and
Canada.
