Foto/Photo: Jean-Claude Patalano, Didier Jéol
Release of the digital EP La nova ĝardeno on 12 December 2025
Vojaĝo is a band of four musicians from Toulouse, the "Rose City” in the South West of France. It was Gilles Bénard (keyboard) and Jean-Claude Patalano (sax) who had played together since middle school, who created Vojaĝo in 2015.
The adventure began in the 80s when these two friends decided to create a jazz-rock group which they called Khephren (from the name of one of the three great pyramids of Giza in Egypt). Then the vagaries of life scattered the group and it was only a few years later that the two friends got together again to found Latin Viaggio in order to play in their own way a Latin-jazz repertoire (bossa-nova, samba, salsa, choro).
Floréal Martorell, the director of the Vinilkosmo label, then offered the group to record the songs they performed in Esperanto. However, the difficulties in obtaining the reproduction rights of existing works seemed to compromise the project. It was then that the idea of composing original songs germinated and since the texts had to be in Esperanto, well, they learned Esperanto! This is how Vojaĝo was born. With the help of Audrey Rey on vocals, Pascal Marceillac on drums, and Didier Kerboull on bass, the first album entitled Planedo nia (our planet) in Latin-jazz colors, was released in 2017.
Shortly after the release of the first LP and a few musical adventures later, singer/songwriter Alejandro Cosavella called on the group to produce his album Tro in collaboration with Esperanto artists from different countries. Vojaĝo then got to work, this time with the collaboration of Didier Jéol on drums and, a few months later, in 2019, the Ale and Vojaĝo's album could be published by Vinilkosmo.
In 2022, Vojaĝo, with Linda Lenepveu on vocals and flute, released their third album, Intergalaksia. This trip-hop-oriented album showcases sonic, melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic exploration, where electronic instruments blend seamlessly with classical instruments (flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bombarde).
In 2025, Vojaĝo collaborated with singer Galiss’ on a five-track EP titled La nova ĝardeno, which encapsulates all of the group's influences: trip-hop, world music, and jazz. In this production, the group reaffirms its originality through highly personal musical creations and insightful lyrics.
Vojaĝo is a group committed to environmental protection and international friendship. This is why they use Esperanto, the fair language that has given them an international audience.
Vojaĝo regularly participates in concerts organized in the world of Esperanto such as the World Esperanto Congress (UK) in 2015 at Lille Grand Palais, as well as the National Esperanto Congress (SAT-Amikaro) in 2019 at the Gabrielle Robine municipal theater in Montluçon, or, more recently, FESTO in Moissac in 2025.
Vojaĝo is composed of:
Galiss’: vocals
Gilles Bénard: keyboards
Didier Jéol: drums
Didier Kerboull: bass
Jean-Claude Patalano: soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet, flute, vocals.
Website: www.vojagxo-muziko.fr
Contact: kontakto@vojagxo-muziko.fr
Click on his albums to listen to or download them.
