Antoine Thouvenin

Bio

Born in Nîmes (France) in 1981, Antoine Thouvenin is a violinist and guitarist. Graduating from various French conservatories as well as the prestigious Haute Ecole de Musique de Geneve and the Bern Swiss Jazz School, he was awarded a grant in 2011 from the “François Chevrolet Foundation” in Geneva, a foundation that rewards special scholarships to promising Swiss artists which allowed him to pursue his artistic projects,In 2014, he was awarded fifteen thousand Swiss francs from the Wilsdorf Fondation (Rolex watch fondation) to continue his path as musician in New York city, where he studied within the Queens College in New York.

As a violinist, Antoine toured all across Europe several times and played on prestigious stages such as the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), “Les Estivales de Meugève” (France), Cully Jazz International Festival (Switzerland, one of Europe’s biggest festivals), Fara Sabina Jazz Festival (Italy), International Dixieland Jazz Festival in Tarragona (Spain). He also performed to the International A.M.R Jazz festival in Geneva opening up for the all-star Band “The Impossible Gentleman”: Steeve Rodby (Path Metheny, Milt Jackson, Joe Henderson, Art Farmer) Adam Nussbaum (Michael Brecker, Toots Thielmans,Gary Burton, Stan Getz) Mike Walker (Dave Holland, Bill Frisell, Peter Erskine, John Taylor).

In October 2018, he recorded with Juana Luna, an IMA AWARDS artist nominated (Best EP World Music) at the “Studio 42” in Brooklyn. In Summer 2020, he joined the Café Royal granted 2Birds Band for an upcoming recording at Flux Studio Manhattan (Paul McCartney, Jon Batiste,J-Lo etc…) He’s an active member of the Balkan band Sedi Donka lead by the Violinist Adrien Chevallier.

To this date, Mr. Thouvenin has performed with countless musicians from all around the world and toured with many bands at major festivals, venues and radios while being an in-demand educator, sharing his knowledge and passion of music, jazz and improvisation.