François Delporte was born on 2 August 1973. He taught himself the electric and acoustic guitar from the age of 17. Between 1994 and 1997, he played guitar and co-wrote songs for the rock band Rhésus in the Mons area. The group recorded a demo with Fabrice Alleman joining in on the saxophone. Since 1998, has taught courses in rock and hard-rock guitar in Mons. It is here where he became acquainted with Paolo Loveri, under whom he took jazz courses at the Brussels Academy.
Trained by the same Paolo Loveri, he entered the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel in 2000 to study jazz guitar under Fabien Degryse and Peter Hertmans. During this training, he participated in several ensembles and projects with – among others – Dirk Schreurs, Ron Van Rossum, Diederik Wissels and Kris Defoort, as well as with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker contemporary dance company (P.a.r.t.s.), with whom he participated in two performances, including the BrxlBravo festival at the Museum of Ancient Art. He also took part in the Festijazz (International Jazz Festival of Cape Verde) with the quartet Symbion and in the Flemish Jazz Meeting at CC De Werf with Kris Defoort.
In 2005, he graduated from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and won the Young Talents contest of the Blue Note Festival with aRTET (his own jazz quartet). At the same time, he began various musical projects, such as Kris Defoort & Strings (free jazz), Lisa Margo (French song), Fede (electro rock), F.O.X. (metal-jazz) and Commander Grek (fusion). He also joined Quetzal (jazz-funk), the KMG's (disco-funk) and participated in the festival Wien Modern in Vienna within the contemporary music group Champ d'Action.
FM Brussel (FM 98.8) “Jazz Station” February 8th 2009 – (21.00u-23.00u local Belgian time) - Produced and presented by : Jempi Samyn - Sound engineer : Albert Cassiman. You can listen to this program from Monday morning Feb.9th till Sunday evening Feb.15th 2009 non stop by using this link (which requires “Media Player”) : http://www. fmbrussel. be/programmas/jazz_station. aspx - click “LUISTER” (“Listen”) in de mail toolbar on top of the page. If you use other devices, such as iTunes, use this link : http://wm. streampower. be/fmbrussel/autorecorder/zon_jazz. mp3
Coucou François, Ravie d'avoir fait ta connaissance l'autre soir... j'étais quelque peu fatiguée. J'aime bcp l'album et tes compositions. A tout bientôt, Bises, Soph.
Efficacité, précision et super solo avec la disto, yeaaaah! C'est super de pouvoir t'entendre aussi jouer jazzy, celà nous change des kmg's. J'espère qu'on aura l'occase de jazzer un peu ensemble un jour pas trop éloigné! Amitiés François et bisous à ta petite famille. PS - TVR
Alors moi je dis merci Vraiment merci d’être mon ami et surtout Encore bravo car tu es vraiment beau vu des aisselles Et je suis d’accord avec toi sur le comportement des chameaux du désert de Bruxelles Surtout ceux qui sont place Fernand cocks and breasts Mais fait attention de ne pas attraper ‘t doule Sinon ça va bombarder sévère
Salut François, comme tu dis ça fait un bail! Je suis agréablement surpris, tu es devenu un fameux jazz-man maintenant!(je me rappelle que tu étais un grand fan de Nuno Bettencourt(bien rock)... je vois que tu possèdes toujours ta washburn d'ailleurs). Quel changement de style!... épatant! Franchement excellent ce que tu fais! Peut-être à bientôt au détour d'une scène... Que tout aille pour le mieux!
