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Driven by a desire to breathe new life into the oldest repertoire in the Western world, Jean Delobel draws on the oldest Gregorian manuscripts and oral traditions that are still alive today to restore the full richness of GREGORIAN CHANT.

His practice follows in the footsteps of Damien Poisblaud, with whom he sings regularly as part of the Chantres du Thoronet choir.

This programme celebrates the five major feasts that mark the liturgical year: Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost and Assumption.

An invitation to enter into the mystery of Christ through the sober and profound beauty of these ancient chants.

Jean Delobel was born in Paris in 1987 into a family where art, especially theatre and music, played an important role. He began studying percussion at the age of seven with François Boulanger at the Conservatoire de Reims (France). He continued his studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Belgium) under Gert François and Bart Quartier, including a year on the Erasmus programme in Valencia (Spain).
He obtained his Master's degree with the highest distinction from the jury and played in the Belgian National Orchestra and as a soloist with the Royal Music Orchestra of the Guides of Belgium.
After obtaining his teaching qualification in 2013, he taught percussion at the Conservatories of Tournai and Charleroi (Belgium).
In addition, Martine Surais discovered his bass voice, and he studied singing with Glenn
Chambers and Dina Grossberger. In 2013, he was a founding member of the Celticanto trio (Irish a cappella polyphonies).
In 2014, he was a finalist in the Nei Stëmmen competition (Luxembourg). He sings in the Namur Chamber Choir under the direction of Leonardo García Alarcón, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Christophe Rousset, and Andreas Scholl. (Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Theater an der Wien, Opéra Royal de Versailles) and as a soloist in the oratorio repertoire (Mendelssohn's Elijah, Kurpinsky's Mass alongside Augustin
Dumay, Bach's canta