Ludovic Beier

Ludovic Beier was born in 1978, learned the accordion from his father. As he grew up he learned about traditional French music and turned to jazz a few years ago.

At only 24 years old, he was playing on the French, European and American scene with some of the top players of the Jazz style including Angelo Debarre, Dorado Schmitt, Martin Taylor, Stochelo Rosenberg, Paquito D’Rivera, James Carter.

He is playing on the French and European scene with some of the top players of the Django/Swing Jazz style including Angelo Debarre, Dorado Schmitt, Florin Niculescu. He is giving the accordion a new name as his fingers play the instrument in an almost unbelievable way, both swinging and amazingly creative in his improvisation. Along with his incredible playing, he composes and arranges, and has his own band, Ludovic Beier Quartet, to perform his “cool and latin ” French jazz. He has an impressive technique and also a great lyricism with a band that keeps him at full stretch. Accordion will never be the same under his knowledgeable hands, and the new directions he takes. Besides playing around Europe at top festivals and clubs,  he also had the great chance to play at top festivals and places around the world and especially in the US with Dorado Schmitt: Kennedy Center in DC, San Francisco Festival, the new Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Chicago Symphony Hall, Kimmel Center for the Arts in Philadelphia, Olympia, Salle Pleyel (Paris), Blue Note (Milano), Festival de Jazz de Montreal (Canada), Phoenix Hall (Osaka, Japan) and Newport Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Montreal Jazz Festival, he also played in the States with the Django Reinhardt Project, performing at Birdland (NYC) with guests such as Paquito D’Rivera, at Lincoln Center with Joe Lovano, at Yoshis (CA) with David Sanchez. In 2006 he had the honor to  join Toots Thielemans at Carnegie Hall in New York City along with Herbie Hancock and Ivan Lins and Eliane Elias, for the concert produced by Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta.