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The Basement, 29 Reiby Place, Circular Quay
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"One of Europe's finest Gypsy Guitarists from one of the most famous Gypsy families..."
Lulo Reinhardt is from an enormous clan of Reinhardts to which belongs his grand uncle, the world famous musician Django Reinhardt.
"The audience often expects me to play exclusively in the style of Django Reinhardt. As well as this, I have found a style of my own." Taught to play guitar at the age of five by his father Bawo, Lulo was playing in a sextet by the age of 12. He is described as a spontaneous and spirited musician and his different styles come from a musical voyage to find flamenco roots in Spain, Latin jazz from South America, combined with his own artistic stamp and gypsy influences.
His name has achieved international acclaim. In 1991, he founded "I Gitanos" with his father Bawo and cousin Dege, touring throughout Europe. He has played with Toto and Marta Glenn, released CDs and played at the music festival "Rock gegen Hass" (Rock against Hate), another concert in aid of the north African Sahouri in the city of Tinduf, Algeria. In the meantime he has established himself an outstanding reputation as a composer and guitarist.
"Lulo Reinhardt is a spontaneous and spirited musician who is led by the guitar into musical voyages of discovery. His curiosity has taken him to southern Spain in search of flamenco roots, and to South America, exploring various musical styles of Latin Jazz. Lulo expresses his artistic personality in his gypsy influences, reflecting his character." "Lulo Reinhardt's music reveals his enthusiasm for virtuosity and spontaneity and at the same time, a deep melancholy and nostalgiamore imagination than reality. Inspiration and feeling of the gypsies are moulded by Lulo Reinhardt into a rythmic flowing symbiosis of elegance and spirit."
