DEATH OF VIRTUOSIS OF VIOLIN DIDIER LOCKWOOD

"His wife, his three daughters, his family, his agent, his collaborators and his record company have the pain to announce the sudden disappearance of Didier Lockwood in his 63rd year" , indicates the release of his agent.

"Didier it was Mr. 100,000 volts. I can not realize. We had a lot of projects going on. He had just recorded a record with his wife, soprano Patricia Petibon, " personally reacted Christophe Deghelt.

Lockwood had just started a tour with his latest accoustic jazz album, Open Doors, released in November 2017 and recorded with André Ceccarelli, Romain Antonio Farao and Darryl Hall.

Spiritual son of violinist Stéphane Grappelli, who played with Django Reinhardt, Didier Lockwood had an international career marked by nearly 4,500 concerts and more than 35 recordings.

The jazzman, born February 11, 1956 in Calais, in the north of France, was bathed from an early age in the world of music with a father music teacher and elder brother Francis, jazz pianist.

At 17, the violinist started in the legendary band Magma, the leading group of progressive rock in France. Virtuoso violin he has tried in many styles: electric jazz-fusion, acoustic jazz, gypsy jazz, jazz and classical music.

He accompanied great voices like that of Claude Nougaro, Barbara or Jacques Higelin.

During his career, Didier Lockwood has created two operas, concertos for violin, piano and orchestra, lyric poems and other symphonic pieces, as well as film and cartoon music.

Very involved in music education and author of a jazz violin learning method, he created in 2001 the Didier Lockwood Music Center in Dammarie-les-Lys (Seine-et-Marne), a school of music. teaching of improvisation.

"France is losing an exceptional musician, a man of rare qualities," said violinist Renaud Capuçon on Twitter.