Jil Caplan en concert : festival Monte le son 2026

This year, the Monte le son festival puts women in the spotlight. And we are delighted to welcome a vibrant legend, Jil Caplan. For this concert she is accompanied by Emilie Marsh and Seb Collinet.

Between her literature studies at the Sorbonne and theatre classes, young Valentine was not predestined to become a singer. Jil Caplan was born with this first album: « À peine 21  », the first in a long line that would earn her a Victoire de la Musique in 1992.

It is certain that her passion for music and literature since childhood, as well as the heritage of her operatic singer grandmother, contributed to this grand movement. And it is through song that she managed to bring everything together: music, writing, and stage experiences.

Jil Caplan means 9 albums rich in collaborations, with composers such as Jay Alansky, JP Nataf (Les Innocents) or Romane; a coming-of-age narrative and a collection of free poetry, theatre roles in texts by Jean-Luc Lagarce, Georges Feydeau.

Many stages (in France and internationally). It is a voice recognizable from the first note, an atypical personality, ultimately quite unclassifiable. Above all, she is a sensitive, curious woman, always eager for more.

For this concert she is accompanied by Emilie Marsh and Seb Collinet.

To listen to Sur les cendres danser (At(h)Home, 2023) Imparfaite (Washi Washa, 2017) Revue (Believe, 2011) Derrière la porte (EMI, 2007) Comme elle vient (Warner, 2004) Gueule d’amour (EP, Warner, 2003) Toute crue (Warner, 2001) Jours de fête (Best of, Epic 1998) Jil Caplan (Epic, 1996) Avant qu’il ne soit trop tard (Epic, 1993) La Charmeuse de serpents (Epic, 1990) A peine 21 (Epic, 1987) To read: Le feu aux joues, récit (Robert Laffont, 2022) L’amoureux, text on Paul McCartney for the work Les mots de la musique by Franck Médioni (Plon, 2024) Pour les oiseaux, three prose poems (Editions Derrière la Salle de bains, 2015) Vie sauvage, free poetry (XX1e siècle éditions, 2012)