It is very rare that one has the pleasure of meeting a true artist.

Raphaelle Brochet’s never ending journey into the world of global performing arts and music has led to her becoming a truly powerful and inspiring performer. Her versatility and dedication to learn have all fed into her unique sound, and she is today one of the most sought-after improvising vocalists in Europe.

Jazz was truly her native language. Raphaëlle was born to musician parents and started her career at the age of 17 by recording an album with Floris Nico-Bunink (Mingus, Billy Holliday) under the label Daybreak. After studying Jazz in French Conservatories, she spent a year in Montreal and another in New York City, to explore North American performing practices and write music.

In parallel to her jazz studies, Raphaëlle went to South India for about 15 years to study Carnatic singing with Sarada Thota and konnakol with Ghatam Govindarajan. Then she received a full scholarship from the Wesleyan University, USA, and got a Masters of Ethnomusicology from one of the highest ranked universities of the world, specialised in South Indian music.

Her main collaborations include Nguyên Lê, Heiri Känzig, Sixun, Sophie Alour, Pierre de Bethmann, Ivan Paduart, and she is also very involved in cross-disciplinary projects such as theater, dance and cinema. She is also very active as an educator and gives regular workshops all around the globe.

Now based in Paris, Raphaëlle‘s current projects includes several projects: Khayal (Amine Mraihi), Travelin’ (Heiri Känzig), Theorem of Joy (Thomas Julienne), VBS (Franck Wolf) and S.O.L.O, her solo project.

“Raphaëlle’s voices are superb” – Le Soir

“Musician of exception” – Jazzaround

“Outstanding artist, literally juggling with her vocal cords and able to do everything” – Jazz in Belgium