Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Artistic Director & consultant in contemporary and jazz music, I believe in the power of music and culture to transform society. For 15 years, I have been helping festivals, venues, and institutions design bold and accessible programming, connecting artists, territories, and audiences.

With a dual expertise – artistic and strategic – I conceive artistic direction as a collective construction, a way to embody a vision and make it clear, coherent, and mobilizing.

I work on three main axes:

- Artistic Direction: designing events and their programming as coherent, bold, convivial, and memorable narratives.

- Strategic Consulting: supporting festivals, venues, cultural organizations, and artists in their positioning, strategic choices, and governance.

- Transmission: sharing my experiences and methods with students and professionals, in a logic of pedagogy rooted in reality.

Specifically, I can offer you:

- A coherent and unique programming, combining renown and boldness.

- In-depth expertise in the jazz and contemporary music networks in France and internationally.

- A sensitive perspective on territories and audiences, to build fair and relevant projects.

- Global support, from artistic vision to budget, from communication strategy to partnerships.

- The ability to unite teams and embody a project with your partners.

- A sustainable, ethical, and human approach, integrating mediation, transmission, and popular education.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Nancy (up to 50km), Reims (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km)

Nancy Jazz Pulsations
Director and Programmer of the Association
CULTURE
January 2019 - January 2025 (6 years)
Nancy, France
Show programming:
- Purchase and negotiation of 200 concerts / year
- Wide aesthetics: jazz, reggae, electronic music, folk, metal, rock, pop, salsa, African music, Asian music, young audiences, street theater...
- Ability to program headliners as well as local artists, or to be among the first stages for certain talents (Zaho de Sagazan programmed in 2022 for example)

Association Management:
- Management / HR management
- Public representation
- Representation to public partners (elected officials and technicians) and private partners
- Management of a global budget of 3 million euros
- Supervision of communication strategy and media partnerships
- Writing, editorial line, and overall structure strategy (in conjunction with the association's board)
Festival de Thau
Co-Artistic Director, Programmer
CULTURE
January 2024 - July 2024 (6 months)
Mèze, France
Music programming for the Mèze site, on the edge of the Thau lagoon, 4 evenings, 150k artistic budget, in conjunction with President Monique Teyssier.
~~> Respect for the festival's editorial line while strengthening its openness to a younger audience / new musical aesthetics.

~~> Support for communication and production in conjunction with the association's permanent team.

~~> On-site presence during operations, liaison with artists and teams

Programmed artists:
Yamê, Tif, Ana Tijoux, Selah Sue, Keziah Jones, Blick Bassy, Faada Freddy, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Maya Kamaty...
EMIC
Trainer
EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
January 2023 - Today (3 years and 5 months)
Levallois-Perret, France
Annual intervention, 2 x 6 hours with 2 classes of 25 students in a professional Master's program specializing in the music industry.

Topic: organization, governance, identity, specificities, programming, and financing of an associative festival