Chapel Arts

Maxime Obidia (Guitar) and Robin A Smith (Piano) In Concert

This Event Takes Place @ Chapel Arts, Cheltenham (Chapel Arts, Knapp Road (Near St. James Square), Cheltenham. GL50 3QQ)

Expect some Ry Cooder, Jeff Becks, Stevie Wonder, Michel Legrand, Buena Social Club. Join them for a fun evening of French inspired Jazz, Blues and Rock.

Maxime is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer who honed his musical expertise as a session musician for numerous major-label artists in his hometown of Paris (Slimane, Tal, Julie Zenatti).

Moving to the UK in 2010 and specialising in guitar, he studied music at BIMM London where he graduated with First-Class Honours. Since then, he has toured all over Europe, in venues ranging from the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Primo Maggio in Rome (to an audience of 65k people with his own band, Indigo Face) to more intimate venues. 

He has also contributed to the making of various TV appearances, live radio performances and music videos.In 2015, Maxime opened his own studio in Bow, East London where he has scored, recorded and produced many long-feature films, documentaries (alongside Hans Zimmer – composition, guitar performance), and many records. 

He is currently playing for classic rock British band, Never The Bride, and he’s playing guitars & mandolin for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells world tour until 2023 - alongside Musical Director/keyboards, Robin A Smith. 

Robin - Musical Arranger (Grammy nominated 2022)/composer/pianist/musical director & producer  is well known at Chapel Arts. He has worked with many of the top names in the music business over his career and has recently recorded and performed with Maxime at Southbank.