Matthieu Saglio

Matthieu Saglio – The Cello with a thousand accents

After hundreds of concerts in fourty countries, the cello player and composer Matthieu Saglio presents a combination of classical tradition with sounds and rhythms brought from his encounters across the world. In his compositions, you can hear resonating echoes from the Western cathedrals and souks of Maghreb, the Latin-American tango and the Iberian flamenco.

The sampler’s magic permits Matthieu to be recorded live to create a dialogue with himself through the means of his virtual alter-ego. A base line, with airy pizzicati and a motif with the bow… The cellist builds an original and elegant architecture, without letting the technique have priority over emotion.

Matthieu Saglio – Voices 2023

After the success of his album ‚El camino de los vientos‘ (ACT April 2020), which has received the praise of international critics and 8 MILLION streams on Spotify, the French cellist based in Valencia, Spain, (founder of bands such as NES, Jerez Texas, Diouke, etc.) presents ‚Voices‘, his new album with the prestigious German Label ACT.

„With this album, I wanted to pay tribute to the voices of the world, of men, women, of all ages, of all languages… the voice as the essence of humanity. The voice which differentiates each person and at the same time gathers and unifies. With the wonderful musicians of my quartet, their creativity and their generosity, and the cello as the guiding thread of this adventure. Some made-to-measure compositions, dreaming each of the guests and imagining their worlds meeting mine. Immense happiness when dreams have come true.“

Matthieu Saglio: cello & vocals & composition
Steve Shehan: percussions & drums
Christian Belhomme: piano & keyboard
Léo Ullmann: violin

With the voices of:
Susana Baca, Alim Qasimov, Natacha Atlas, Nils Landgren, Wasis Diop, Anna Colom, Camille Saglio…. and Nelson Mandela.

Surrounded by his wonderful quartet, he has invited several great voices from around the world for the occasion. The compositions have the usual stamp of the composer / cellist that mixes jazz with classical, flamenco and world music, leaving a space of freedom for each one of his guests. ‚Without any doubt, Matthieu Saglio has become one of the most prestigious, original and essential instrumentalists in European jazz of the 21st century. ‚  – El Diario (ES)

MATTHIEU SAGLIO QUARTET

Some concerts already done in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Austria:

Spain: Festival de jazz de San Javier, Fijazz de Alicante, Teatro Principal de Valencia (Festival Polirritmia), Jazz Círculo de Madrid, Música al Castell de Denia, Festival Polisonic de Gandía, Jazz Panorama de Torrent, Nits de Música en Mallorca, Auditori de Castellón, Festival Musikaire de Elorrio, Festival SoNna de Huesca, etc.

Europe: Brussels Town Hall with the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, Festival Classissimo in Brussels, CC de Neerpelt (Belgium), The Amsterdam Cello Biennale (Netherlands), Grenoble Jazz Festival (France), Jazz à l’Ouest Festival (France), Unterfarht Munich (Germany), Bix Stuttgart (Germany), Jazz am See Allensbach (Germany), Pleghof Langenau (Germany), Sargfabrik Viena (Austria), Bal Blomet (Paris), Festival Au Fil des Voix (Paris), Théâtre de Charleville-Mézières, etc.