Gabi Hartmann

After two albums acclaimed by audiences and critics alike (best-selling SNEP Jazz/World album in France, Nomination for Josephine Award, sold out gigs, Billboard on Times Square for her ambassador and curator role of Spotify’s Equal playlist), Gabi Hartmann is back with an expanded version of her magnificent second album, La femme aux yeux de sel.

Gabi Hartmann is a singular artist who blends jazz, soul, and world music, singing in multiple languages while defying categorization. She has crafted her own distinctive style, marked by an ambiguous yet captivating emotional depth; a warm, clear voice that is simultaneously soft, melancholic, and soothing. She belongs to a new generation of musicians who move beyond rigid musical genres, constantly seeking new fusions and artistic expression shaped by their unique sensibilities.

Her self-titled debut album, released in 2023 under Sony Masterworks, has garnered over 20 million streams worldwide. It earned her the New International Artist award in Japan (Gold Disk Award) and received critical acclaim in both French and Canadian press. She has performed at prestigious festivals such as Les Francofolies de la Rochelle, Nice Jazz Festival, Marciac, Montreal Jazz Festival, and Jazz à Vienne. She also performed for two consecutive years at the Blue Note Tokyo, toured Brazil, and completed two consecutive tours in Canada, where she built a large and loyal Quebecois audience. Gabi has also collaborated with international musicians, including Julian Lage and Jesse Harris.

Born in Paris in 1991, Gabi Hartmann is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. Raised in a musically inclined family, her parents being doctors, with her mother engaged in humanitarian work, she grew up in an environment open to the world. She began studying classical piano at the age of eight, later developing a passion for soul and jazz voices through artists like Nina Simone, Otis Redding, and Billie Holiday. At 16, she started writing her first songs with her high school friends.

Her academic journey took her through political science, philosophy, and ethnomusicology, leading her to live in Rio de Janeiro for two years, where she fell in love with the voices of João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, and Gal Costa. She then pursued studies in London and spent shorter periods in South Africa, Portugal, and Guinea.

At 24, she returned to Paris to fully dedicate herself to music, studying jazz at the conservatory. During this period, she met songwriter and producer Jesse Harris (known for his work with Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, and Madeleine Peyroux) during a recording session in New York. This collaboration led to the release of her debut EP in 2022, co-produced and co-written with Harris between Paris and New York. As she started gaining recognition in the Parisian jazz scene, she sold out clubs across the city and opened for artists like Jamie Cullum, Melody Gardot, Mathieu Chedid (-M-), and Ayo.

Her debut album was released in January 2023 under Sony Masterworks, composed over several years as a musical diary of her life and encounters—a collection of sonic snapshots.

With its latent melancholy and a universe rich in colors and rhythms, Gabi gradually dissolves the boundaries between eras and musical styles, crafting a dreamlike world entirely her own. This is the essence of her second album, La femme aux yeux de sel—a deeply personal, multifaceted work that is both demanding and accessible. The album was presented to audiences during a triumphant French tour, playing to sold-out venues across the country and culminating in a sold-out show at Le Trianon in Paris, before she returned to the road for new dates in France and Germany, and for the first time in the United States and Canada.