Killian Perret-Gentil | Musician - guitarist - Jazz and contemporary music

OPENING A MUSIC SCHOOL IN ST-CERGUE

New top certified teachers to expand courses with vocals and drums.

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TEACHING AT EMA GENEVA

Start teaching at EMA for 1 year on Tuesdays and Wednesdays as of September 2026.

Cours privés de guitare et de basse enseignés par Killian Perret-Gentil à Nyon et à Saint-Cergue

GUITAR & BASS IN NYON AND ST-CERGUE

Registrations for private guitar and bass lessons to start in September are open

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NEWS

PERFORMANCES

June 20, 2026

CORMORAN, Geneva

Afro beat

Killian Perret-Gentil – guitar

June 4, 2026

JUMEAUX JAZZ CLUB, Lausanne

Personal compositions

Dantong Wang – accordion
Benjamin Jaton – contrabass
Noé Franklé – drums
Killian Perret-Gentil – guitar

June 5, 2026

JUMEAUX JAZZ CLUB, Lausanne

Maxine Vulliet personal project

Bianca Hambartsumian, Chiara Darbellay, Soline Malherbe, Céline Gustavsson, Gwenn Legrand, Lisa VilladaRamirez, Irikanto Rabemanantsoa – choir
Charles Della Maestra – keyboard
Ethan Borlet-Hôte – bass
Solal Laval – drums
Killian Perret-Gentil – guitar & composer

May 10, 2026

GALERIE DES GROTTES, Geneva

Gypsy & manouche covers

Diane Henny – vocals
Claude Jay – contrabass
Stanislas Dinnequin &
Killian Perret-Gentil – guitars

December 13, 2025

LA SOLIDERIE, Nyon

Jam session opening

Béatrice Graf – drums
Killian Perret-Gentil – guitar

June 5, 2026

CAVEAU, Dully

Blues & Rock covers, animation

TKC’s Blues Trio
Tiziano Murena – guitar & vocals
Cédric Perret-Gentil – bass
Killian Perret-Gentil – guitar

Killian Perret-Gentil playing on Focusyear Band 2023 Album - Until

The new Focusyear 2023 Band Album is out. It compiles few compositions of each one of the musicians of the 2023 Focusyear Band.

The album is available on all music platforms including Spotify.

Killian Perret-Gentil shares below the meaning behind his selected compositions:

ALBUM

Drill (by Killian): “This piece started as an exercise to copy the style of hip hop known as drill. What interested me was the idea of making music without any aspect of storytelling. The form is usually a four-bar loop that rappers constantly improvise on using the same rhythmic patterns. I tried to reproduce this effect using various compositional devices but allowed myself to depart from the tonal system and typical four-beat rhythmic cycle used in this style.”

Le règne de la quantité (by Killian): “In this piece, all the notes are written but nothing other than the pitches are specified. As jazz musicians we are very used to improvising melodies and chord progressions, so I wanted to explore what would happen if we could improvise on every parameter but the melody and chords. The material is derived from three series of three notes often creating very tense harmonies.”

Cours de guitare à Saint-Cergue et à Nyon

Pour plus de détails sur les nouveaux cours de guitare et de basse dispensés à Saint-Cergue et à Nyon, visitez la page “Teaching”. Elle est en français. Vous trouverez également le formulaire de demande d’inscription au bas de cette même page.
Merci de votre visite et à tout bientôt, j’espère.

CONTACT

Any collaboration project you have in mind around the Jazz, Blues, contemporary or experimental music, do not hesitate to get in touch, I will be happy to discuss it with you.