PBS Network Radio Interview http://musicinsideout.wwno.org/helen-gillet/

Jazz-based cellist, singer, composer and improviser Helen Gillet grew up in Belgium, Singapore, Chicago and Wisconsin. Performing her own eclectic mix of French, Contemporary Jazz, North Indian, Blues and Classical styles, Gillet has forged a path for the cello in the New Orleans music scene since her arrival in 2002, winning Best Female Performer (2014 Gambit Big Easy Awards), Best Mixed Bag (2012 Gambit Big Easy Awards) and Best Contemporary Jazz (2011 Gambit Big Easy Awards). She is featured in the New Orleans “Women of Note” Jazz Exhibit at the Old US Mint. Currently, she is spending time in New Orleans composing music and collaborating with local and visiting artists including many performances at the Music Box Village, notably a February 2018 show with experimental pop band Animal Collective. Beginning cello lessons at the age of nine, Gillet has taken her classical education all the way to a Master’s Degree (Beloit College ’00, Loyola University New Orleans ’04). Her training as an improviser began with North Indian Hindustani vocal ragas in 1998, which launched her into the worlds of free improvisation, jazz, funk, rock and French chansons. Gillet has performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Festival International (Lafayette, LA), Voodoo Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival and Hindsgavl Festival in Denmark, Mirano Oltre Festival in Italy, the Kennedy Center Center in Washington D.C. and MONA Mofo festival in Hobart, Tasmania, Chicago Jazz String Summit, and a 2017 and 2018 TED talks appearances. In addition to her solo touring Gillet will be joining Iron & Wine for a US tour this fall 2018.

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