Agenda

Agenda

Concert Papy Stub

Xavier loves all his childhood memories... Even as a child, he'd use anything he could get his hands on to bang on pots and pans or oil cans... If you don't mind the Greek flute, bird calls and other homemade instruments, his first 'real' instrument was the piano, a companion that would never leave him...

As a teenager, with a few friends, he formed his 1st group, playing covers and his own compositions. At the age of 17, he started out at the piano-bar 'Le St Louis' in Montrichard, playing every weekend a repertoire of ragtime music and jazz themes, in a smoky atmosphere (at the time, smoking was not forbidden in bars)! He juggled his studies with his music, and made a number of important encounters that led to his first tours as a musician, and his discovery of the French overseas departments...

With his baccalaureate in hand, he obtained a DEUG in musicology, then, two years later, a DUMI (university diploma for school musicians). His career as a musician and his first on-stage experiences revealed to him in an obvious and natural way the musical direction towards which he felt the greatest urge to turn...

Composer-songwriter and performer since 1997, a few CDs, DVDs and CD-BOOKS later, Xavier now devotes himself to composing songs for children... A guitarist on stage, he now composes his songs almost equally between piano and guitar. A dreamer by nature, a father and a perpetual observer of the world around him, Xavier's songs deal with all the themes of today's life, without taboos, with the main aim of nurturing children's dreams and imaginations.

Today, Xavier still likes to watch the planes go by... he also likes to play the ukulele in his hammock, and to go out when the storm rumbles... He loves the mountains even more than the sea, but doesn't like cinnamon in his desserts. Xavier likes people who have something to say, but not people who have too much to say! He likes surprises and thinks the days are too short...