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A self made guitarist in Côte d’Ivoire, Laurent Digbeu decided to deepen his musical knowledge when he arrived in Rome in 1992. he studied for three years in “L’Altra Musica School” with Xavier Girotto, Rocco Zifarelli and other teachers of the roman music scene, In 1995 he participated in the summer courses organized in Perugia by ” The Berklee College of Music” in collaboration with with the UMBRIA JAZZ (The BERKLEE SUMMER SCHOOL AT UMBRIA JAZZ CLINICS) taught by teachers from the Boston School. In addition to JIM KELLY (parmanent guitar teacher), Master Classes were hosted by Jazz performers : JIM HALL, JOHN McLAUGHLIN (Guitar), RAY BROWN, MILT JACKSON, GARY BURTON, JOHNNY GRIFFIN and JOE ZAWINULL (Improvisation). In 1999 he moved to Paris for for an advanced guitar course of nine months at INFIMCIM. Successively in Rome continues learning through clinics held by MIKE STEN (2003 and 2005 at CHERUBINI) and by BARRY HARRIS (2005 at University of Malta). Professional musician and teacher of modern guitar in music schools in Rome, Laurent Digbeu partecipates in numerous tours over the world since 2001 with different bands and with his project: JazzAfroProject
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ITALIAN TV
RAI 3 : – Alle falde del Kilimagjaro (2003) – Format (1998)
RAI 2 : Zona Cesarini Music Club (2001)
RAI 1 : Uno Mattina (2000, 2004)
CINEMA
-CHIARO SCURO (with Denny Mendez and Nino Manfredi 2002)
-LO ZIO D’AMERICA (with Cristian De Siga 2001)
VIDEOS http://www.laurentdigbeu.com/index.php/video-2/
FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/digbeu.laurent
YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSMGu1F6PI-u8QvRW9oB3xQ