{"id":62661,"date":"2025-04-29T15:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ife.ee\/?p=62661"},"modified":"2025-04-29T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:46:42","slug":"smoking-mouse-a-french-jazz-duo-in-estonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ife.ee\/en\/smoking-mouse-a-french-jazz-duo-in-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking Mouse &#8211; a French jazz duo in Estonia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A duo formed by Christophe Girard on accordion and Anthony Caillet on euphonium and flugabone celebrates the Spring in May 2025 with concerts in Estonia!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2011, this chamber duet imposes its own identity in jazz music through a narrative discourse combining original writing and improvisation. It\u2019s a real and singular journey that these two musicians propose through this multi-aesthetic project, which is both free and surprising in its richness of timbre and different dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>And the origin of the name \u2018Smoking mouse\u2019 ? There\u2019s a French saying:&nbsp; \u2018When the cat\u2019s away, the mice will dance\u2019. In our story, mice prefer playing jazz! And they do it in the classic way, in a good old tuxedo! In French, a tuxedo is called a \u2018smoking\u2019. Perhaps the mouse symbol could also be a kind of underground voice, a tiny resistance against the dominant cat\u2019s discourse, another approach to a musical journey\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62652 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ife.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/me107_2025_05_smoking_koond-725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ife.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/me107_2025_05_smoking_koond-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/dev.ife.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/me107_2025_05_smoking_koond-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/dev.ife.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/me107_2025_05_smoking_koond-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.ife.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/me107_2025_05_smoking_koond-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/dev.ife.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/me107_2025_05_smoking_koond.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tour production: Warning<br \/>\nTour booking and tour management: Vapaat \u00e4\u00e4net, in cooperation with Uus Kontsert<br \/>\nTour support: French Institutes of Estonia and Latvia, AJC, Centre National de la Musique, Spedidam<br \/>\nTour partner: Yamaha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A duo formed by Christophe Girard on accordion and Anthony Caillet on euphonium and flugabone celebrates the Spring in May 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