Jazz violinist, singer and composer
Violinist and singer Eva Slongo has developed a distinctive approach to jazz, rooted in improvisation and in the dialogue between violin and voice.
Trained in classical music at the conservatory, she later studied jazz violin with Pierre Blanchard and Didier Lockwood. She now performs on stages across Europe and North America and directs the Jazz Violin Academy.
Bireli Lagrene
Jean-Luc Ponty
Musical projects
Eva Slongo develops several internationally oriented musical projects.
With Jimmy Grant and the collective Voyage HotClub, she explores a repertoire blending gypsy jazz, classical music, and original compositions, performing with a flexible line-up that incorporates local musicians depending on the country.
She also performs with Swing 23, an instrumental quartet revisiting gypsy swing and New York jazz from the 1920s to the 1940s.
At the same time, she leads more contemporary projects, notably with pianist Giovanni Mirabassi around the album Souffle, as well as with Baptiste Bailly, exploring a musical universe combining jazz, classical music, and Eastern European influences.
Concerts 2026
January 23: Ontinyent City Hall (Spain) – Les Ducs du Swing
January 25: Market Bar Cabanyal – Valencia (Spain) – Voyage HotClub
January 31: Turia Bistro Pub – Valencia (Spain) – Voyage HotClub
February 4: Konserthus – Gävle (Sweden) – Swing 23
February 5: Haymarket – Stockholm (Sweden) – Swing 23
February 26, 27 & 28: Munich (Germany) – Swing 23
March 18: Wallers – Atlanta (United States) – Voyage HotClub feat. Sam Farthing
March 19: Brewery – Athens (United States) – Voyage HotClub feat. Sam Farthing
March 21: Django Reinhardt Festival – Carrboro (United States) – Voyage HotClub feat. Sam Farthing
March 22: Django Reinhardt Festival – Carrboro (United States) – Voyage HotClub feat. Sam Farthing & Paulus Schäfer
April 16: Le Cintra – Fribourg (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub
April 17 & 18: Le Singe Vert – Lutry (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub feat. Charles Fréchettes & Manu Hagmann
April 19: Le Korso – Fribourg (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub
April 30: Quart de Poblet (Spain) – Voyage HotClub feat. Carlos Rubio & Fabian Barraza
May 1, 2 & 3: Turia Bistro Pub – Valencia (Spain) – Sessions Manouches Workshop + Voyage HotClub feat. Noah Young & Federico Nathan
June 24 – 27: Le Phénix Center – Sessions Manouches Festival & Workshop in Fribourg (Switzerland)
June 24: Le Cintra – Fribourg (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub
June 25: Le Korso – Fribourg (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub feat. Tatiana Eva Marie
June 26 (lunchtime): Lunch Concert, Le Phénix – Fribourg (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub feat. Charles Fréchettes & Manu Hagmann
June 26 (evening): Le Strap – Fribourg (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub feat. Charles Fréchettes & Manu Hagmann
June 27 (5 PM): Le Tunnel – Fribourg (Switzerland) – End-of-Workshop Concert, Sessions Manouches
June 27 (evening): Le Tunnel – Fribourg (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub feat. Sophie Lussi & Zarek Silberschmidt
June 28: Cité Seniors – Geneva (Switzerland) – Voyage HotClub feat. Charles Fréchettes & Manu Hagmann
July 2 – 12: Spain Tour – Enric Peidro Collective
July 17 – 22: Germany Tour – Swing 23
August 12 – 17: Rogues (France) – “Sessions Manouches in the Cévennes” Workshop & Performances – Voyage HotClub feat. Sébastien Giniaux, Sophie Lussi & Leila Soldevila
October 8 – 11: Ashland, Oregon (United States) – Voyage HotClub & Camp Django
Eva Slongo & Biréli Lagrène
Eva Slongo & Laurent Coulondre
Eva Slongo & Didier Lockwood
Zbigniew Seifert Competition
The Jazz Violin Academy
Eva Slongo founded the Jazz Violin Academy, an online school that brings together her method for starting or refining jazz violin and improvisation, sheet music, and a comprehensive online course platform featuring numerous video lessons.
Eva also offers group classes, private lessons, and occasional workshops, providing a complete path to discover and deepen one’s practice of jazz violin.