{"id":166812,"date":"2026-10-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/mois-du-creole-2026-david-bontemps-entre-piano-et-heritage-de-dessalines\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:44:58","slug":"mois-du-creole-2026-david-bontemps-entre-piano-et-heritage-de-dessalines","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/mois-du-creole-2026-david-bontemps-entre-piano-et-heritage-de-dessalines\/","title":{"rendered":"Mois du Cr\u00e9ole 2026 | David Bontemps: Between the Piano and Dessalines&#8217; Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@panm3605\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>This isn\u2019t David Bontemps\u2019 first time participating in Creole Month. In fact, he\u2019s a regular, but for this 25th edition, he wanted to set himself a challenge for his October 17 performance, as part of the commemoration of the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti\u2019s first head of state. And to stay true to this spirit of freedom, David Bontemps will not provide a program in advance; he plans to connect directly with his audience through music. He hopes that \u201cthe audience will come ready to listen, close their eyes, and open their ears.\u201d Sandra Gasana spoke with David Bontemps, who has been living in the Laurentians for some time, to learn more about his career as well as his various current and upcoming projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>WATCH THE INTERVIEW BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mois du Cr\u00e9ole 2026 | David Bontemps, entre piano et h\u00e9ritage de Dessalines\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4foTgd23uc8?start=20&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"panm-ads-wrapper alignfull\"><span class=\"panm-ads-copy\">Publicit\u00e9 panam<\/span><div class=\"panm-ads-render\" data-ads-id=\"\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"panm-ads-wrapper alignfull\"><span class=\"panm-ads-copy\">Publicit\u00e9 panam<\/span><div class=\"panm-ads-render\" data-ads-id=\"165777\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn\u2019t David Bontemps\u2019 first time participating in Creole Month. 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