String Carpet

In the course of the years I’ve been a member of several different Swing Bands. My last and certainly most fun one was the Belgian Quartet String Carpet with its home base in Brussels, Belgium.

I met my three colleges during our jazz studies at the conservatory of Brussels and it became clear pretty quickly that we did not just share a particular love for swing music but a specific leaning towards a nice shrill and piercing humour. We never recorded a CD but instead produced three nice videos whose potential for amusement and exhilaration was tested oftentimes and passed the test. ;-).

String Carpet in action

Alina was the first person that looked at my violin playing as a whole and that could immediately tell where the problems were. By going back to the basics and solving some problems there, she has helped me to improve my sound and physical awareness enormously.

Marian, violin student – 2016, Gent