Listening session with Alex Dutilh

To mark the 100th anniversary of Miles Davis’s birth and the 45th edition of the Jazz à Vienne festival, the Musée d’Histoire de Vienne – église Saint-Pierre will host the exhibition “Miles Davis, 100 ans d'influence” from June 25 to July 11, 2026, from 2 pm to 7 pm. A major figure in the festival’s history and an absolute legend of jazz, Miles Davis will be celebrated through an immersive and evocative journey designed to explore his body of work and his era.

The exhibition features a section titled “Miles en musique”. Every day at 2 pm, a guest speaker will invite the audience to immerse themselves in the artist’s musical world.

On 25th of June, join Alex Dutilh for a focus on “Miles Blues” and “Miles Free,” followed by the “Miles en photos” tour with photographers Pascal Kober, Martin Stahl, Gianni Pillon, Erick Avier, and Michel Rabès!

Alongside his career in print media (Jazz Hot, Le Monde de la Musique), Alex Dutilh worked as a journalist and producer of jazz programs on France Musique from 1982 to 2025. In 1992, he co-founded the monthly magazine Jazzman, serving as its editor-in-chief until 2009. In 1982, he chaired Jazz Action Paris Île-de-France, which notably established the Jazz Information Center; while on secondment to the Ministry of Culture, he became director of the Cenam (National Center for Musical Action) and later of the Studio des Variétés.

From 2008 to 2025, he hosted the daily program “Open Jazz” on France Musique. He co-hosts the program Jazzland with Jean-Marc Gelin on Aligre FM, and is also the creator of a podcast series, Jazz Collection, which explores the major figures and defining moments in the history of jazz. As part of “Open Jazz,” he also produced a series of portraits of jazz musicians, based on exclusive interviews tracing their careers over the course of about ten episodes.