Christiaan van Hemert / violin and guitar

He is one of the premier violinists in the current gypsy jazz scene and often performs as a guest of the Rosenberg Trio and alongside Stochelo Rosenberg in different groups.  He has played with countless high profile gypsy jazz artists among which are, Mozes Rosenberg, Paulus Schafer, Gismo Graf, Fapy Lafertin, Tchavolo Schmitt, Rocky Gresset, Sebastien Giniaux, Joscho Stephan, Roby Lakatos and many others.

Besides his activities as a performer and “YouTuber” he is well known as an educator, teaching at the Rotterdam University of the Arts and in a host of educational videos online. He often hosts workshops worldwide both on violin and guitar and is an expert in the so-called ‘Dutch Style’ of gypsy jazz. Together with Stochelo Rosenberg he founded the “Rosenberg Academy” used by 1000s of guitar players across the globe to learn the style and he has written seven books about gypsy jazz and jazz guitar. He also hosts the world’s largest jazz guitar Discord where 100s of guitar players work with one of his books in a friendly community of dedicated students.