Biography
Matthieu took up the guitar in 1998 thanks to David Garcia, a French-Spanish musician, and fell for Gypsy jazz as soon as he arrived in Toulouse in 2005. Through the people he met, he formed the band LiuBila in 2008 and had his first theatre experiences playing alongside the company Les Anachroniques. He honed his jazz technique at Music'Halle under Mathieu Royer and Laurent Marc, and also teaches guitar. After many trips to Latin American countries, he founded Cuarteto Tafi in 2010 with Leonor Harispe, Ludovic Deny and Frédéric Theiler. After discovering the oud, which he studied in Greece, Turkey and the Middle East, he specialised in flamenco with José Sánchez, a musician from La Fabrica Flamenca in Toulouse, and in Andalusia (Carmen de las Cuevas in Granada).
With Tierradentro, performs in
- On tourFranco-Argentine world music quartet
Cuarteto tafi
Poetic, committed songs in Spanish, Greek bouzouki, flamenco guitar and oud, Afro-Latin percussion. The quartet is touring with El infinito y un amor, its album released in January 2024.
- On tour1 h 15
Des espoirs plein le corps
The journey of a woman's body, from birth to emancipation, through music and dance.
- On tourCreated in 2023
La voix des femmes d'Amérique latine
A repertoire devoted to the voices of Latin American women, with Jean-Luc Amestoy on accordion.
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