Christian Flores is a musician and educator. He is from Santiago, Chile. One of Christian’s great passions in life is sharing his knowledge and experience with others, and he has done so as a educator and as a guitarist. He has taught himself music theory, jazz improvisation and the technique and rhythms of Gypsy Jazz, also referred to as Hot-Jazz. He has founded Django Libre, a local Gypsy Jazz band and performed in many venues around Ottawa.

Education. He has studied with many well know Gypsy Jazz musicians such as Stephane Wrembel, Denis Chang, Adrien Moignard and Robin Nolan.

Experience

• 2011 Ottawa Jazz Festival
• 2011 and 2015 Ottawa Fringe Festival
• 2012 Ottawa Jazz Festival
• 2015 Merrickville Jazz Festival
• 2015 and 2017 Alliance Francaise
• 2018 Canada National Arts Centre
• 2019 Ascension jazz and Charmer Festival series (Ottawa)

Christian currently has put together another gypsy jazz project, bringing together talented musicians from the Ottawa, who share their love and passion for gypsy jazz.