About the teacher

Johan De Pue (°1988) started playing guitar at the age of seven. Starting with classical guitar, his interest soon widened to jazz and traditional music.
While studying jazz guitar at the conservatory of Rotterdam, Johan received a few prices, such as the first price at the XL-Jazz contest in Brussels with his band 'Raw Kandinsky', and a price for one of his compositions in the 'Blue Note Demo Contest'.
After finishing his studies at the conservatory, Johan traveled to East-Europe, Brazil and New Orleans to study the traditional music of these places; learning from the roots. He traveled together with fellow students from the conservatory in Rotterdam, with a band called the 'Balcony Players'.

Being inspired by many magical musical meetings, and having composed a lot of music on his travels; Johan started the project 'Stompin Caravan' to perform his original compositions (2015). The band later changed names to 'Karivaani Orkestra', and still exists today.

Johan later thought himself to play tenor-banjo and banjo. He also studied as a jazz singer; at the conservatory of Ghent, and with a private teacher. He joined and started several projects, such as Tiny Oak, Heebie Jeebie Jazz, Gentrifuge, Shambalajah Quintet, and a coöperation with classical cellist Georgina Sanchez Torres.