Antoine Boyer & Yeore Kim Duo

Antoine Boyer drank from the most authentic sources of gypsy jazz, a disciple in particular of the masters Mandino Reinhardt and Francis Alfred Moerman. He has been booked by most of the festivals devoted to Manouche swing in the United States and Europe, and has shared the stage with artists such as Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, Raphael Faÿs and many others. Besides his mastery of gypsy jazz, Antoine is also a classical guitarist, winning the prestigious Concours de Guitare Classique de Montigny in 2015 and receiving the “Révélation Guitare Classique 2016” prize from the well-known French magazine Guitare Classique. His eclectic musical journey has shaped a unique style of playing that harmoniously blends the different guitar techniques he has acquired over the years.

Yeore Kim is a harmonica player who has been active on the Korean jazz scene since her early youth. A multi-instrumentalist, she excels on the trumpet, drums, cello and piano. A graduate of Seoul Music University, it was as a harmonica player that she won competitions at the Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival, the Seoul International Harmonica Festival and the World Harmonica Festival. Yeore is a graduate of the Seoul Music University and has won prizes at prestigious competitions such as the Asia-Pacific Harmonica Festival, the Seoul Harmonica Festival and the World Harmonica Festival. She has lent her talents to various musical groups, touring extensively in Korea, India, Japan and, more recently, Europe, in genres ranging from jazz and reggae to theatre collaborations, tango, pop and rock.

Antoine's and Yeore's paths crossed in 2018 at the Taipei Gypsy Jazz Festival in Taiwan, where they shared the stage for the first time. The magic of their connection became self-evident, and they have extended it by forming a duo, in music… and in life.