Background
Stochelo Rosenberg was born in Helmond Gypsy camp, the first son of Mimer Rosenberg and Metz Grunholz and one of four brothers and one sister.
Stochelo Rosenberg was born in Helmond Gypsy camp, the first son of Mimer Rosenberg and Metz Grunholz and one of four brothers and one sister.
He started playing the guitar when he was 10 years old. In 1989 they played ‘impromptu’ at the Django Reinhardt festival in Samois sur Seine France after which their first Civil Defense ‘Seresta’ was launched. In June 1993 they appeared at Grapelli’s 85-th birthday Celebration Concert at Carnegie Hall.
Stochelo first played a Jacques Favino guitar, and later he bought an old Selmer guitar, number 504.
The legendary Django played the same model with the number 503.