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Frederic Deschamps
"The Accordion - New Technical Approach"
Book Cover left. Frederic
Deschamps has just finalized his first "method for accordion"
by editions Alphonse Leduc.
Born in Nice on April 20, 1970, Frederic Deschamps begins the study
of the accordion at the 11 years age. After a few years of traditional
repertory, it directs its musical studies towards a repertory baroque,
traditional and contemporary then jazz, thus exploiting various the
facets of its instrument.
Its professors will be successively Rene Laitue (Nice), Philippe Baudry
(Nice), Eric Pisani (Avignon), Jacques Mornet (Thor), then of many pianists,
harpsichordists, organists and other musicians who will complèteront
his musical formation.
Prizes winner of national contests A.P.H, UFFA and CNFA and of the international
contest of Pula (ex Yugoslavia) in 1991, FD gained in the year of 1992
successes in 3 international contests of the most prestigious calibre.
- Coupe Mondiale - Trossingen (Germany)
- Trophée Mondial - Reccanati (Italy)
- Klingenthal - (Germany)
This prize list without precedent opens the doors of an international
career to him, enabling him to occur in concert soloist but also with
various formations in many countries.
Frederic Deschamps (left).
Carried Holder of the Diploma of State of professor de Musique whom
it also obtains this same year 1992, Frederic Deschamps opens a class
of accordion to the academy of Paris IX. Since 1994, Frederic Deschamps
transmit his knowledge to make international scene with its first pupils.
With through them, it will not cease progressing as a professor.
The brilliances prize lists obtained by the pupils of its class in international
contests (Vincent Peirani, Frederic Baldo, Jerome Richard, Vincent Carenzi,
Marielle Roy, Arnaud Guimard, Xavier Rollet, Mickael Vigneau, Phil Herdsman,
Mathilde Royet, Dorothée Lhoir, Carine Vigny, and well of others...)
allow him in 1998, 1999 and 2000, to obtain the price of the best professor
to the International Contest of Castelfidardo (Italy).
Since 1993, Frederic Deschamps becomes member of the Jury of the international
contest of the C.M.A (World Confederation of the Accordion - World Trophy)
then of the C.I.A (International Confederation of the accordionists
- World Cut), as well as Internationaux contests of Klingenthal (Germany)
and Castelfidardo (Italy).
Since 1995, Frederic Deschamps is named deputy national responsible
for the organization of the French qualifications for C.M.A (Confédération
Mondiale of the Accordion) and takes part in the organization of the
qualifications of the C.N.F.A (French National Confederation of the
Accordion responsible for the French national qualifications of the
C.I.A).
He is currently a President of the musical committee of the C.I.A (International
Confederation of the Accordionists) and was elected into 2005 President
of the World Trophy (C.M.A). In 2005, it creates the "V.I.P Accordions
World Show" of Pontarlier, annual contest gathering the best accordionists
of variety selected in the whole world. This contest with the deliberately
innovative spirit, in addition to the musical part and technique in
solo, comprises radiophonic tests and others in situation of ball, with
vote of the public one.
Frederic Deschamps is also a director teaching of an International Center
of Accordion where it ensures regularly of many training courses. He
is also invited in many countries to make there discover the new teaching
techniques in the form of Master Class (China, the United States, Europe,
South Africa, Lapland, etc.)
Parallel to its activities of Pedagogue, it continues his musical activities:
- contemporary creations with symphony orchestras - accompaniment of
singers: Lââm (very popular Singer of French Rapp), Patrick
Bruel, Franck Michaël, Enrico Macias, Mireille Mathieu, Joss Groban,
Laetitia Casta, Raphaël, etc. - many televised services (TF1, France
2, France 3, Channel +, M6, Arte)
 Frederic
Deschamps and Lââm (left). Frederic Deschamps also animated
an emission specialized on the accordion "the Time of the Accordion
music" on France 3, produced by Eric Vigneron. Chief of product
for the accordions Hohner, it is currently responsible for the development
of promotion and the artistic relations with the artists who it forms
and whom it programs as well on the national level as international.
Its new generation of artists from now on is represented by Julien Gonzales,
Benoît Chabod, Stephane Belleville, Jean Ribeiro, Benjamin Durafour,
Olivier Selac, Estelle Sauvain, Cyril Blanchard, Jérémy
Buirette, and well of others for the seniors, as well as a great number
from juniors and many abroad.
He is also an artistic director for many productions of artists in the
form of CD solos or compilations at Marianne Mélodie and collaborates
narrowly with the national review "Accordion and Accordionists".
Frederic Deschamps and pupils
of his Class "Of the Accordion" - New Technical Approach
This method of accordion is not in a any collection of progressive exercises
but rather a "method" of work to the clean direction of the
term explaining a manner of making following certain principles and
with a certain order.
The goal is to help to solve the various technical difficulties which
contains any musical text, that it is of a partition chosen, or of a
exercise of a traditional method (Astier/Baselli or Ferrero for example,
to only quote most known). These last arouse a great interest at Frederic
Deschamps that it itself practised them.
They however present some disadvantages at its eyes. In addition to
with dimensions "unpleasing" and musicalement poor their exercises,
these methods systematically do not solve the basic problems encountered
by the accordionists, like the position of the hands, arms, wrists,
the movement of the fingers, the use of the bellows (compression of
the airstream), and well of other elements.
Group of students, July 2006
Quite to the contrary, these traditional methods have the annoying tendency
to develop defects of position, until the musician is confronted with
the sad truth "to be technically limited". Our author does
not claim in any manner of wanting to revolutionize the teaching of
the accordion, nor to assert the invention of a method miracle. All
the elements of its working method form since good a long time part
of the teaching inheritance of other instruments much older, the such
piano, the violin and the instruments wind, but also the song.
Thus discover in this collection, a synthesis of some great ideas that
its musical course will have enabled him to discover, on the one hand
thanks to the frequentation of talented musician not accordionists,
and on the other hand, thanks to the teaching heritage which the excellent
professors bequeathed to him that the chances of the life enabled him
to attend.
Sequences pédago: The Synthesis This first teaching book is a
precise summary of the new teaching methods of Frederic Deschamps, illustrated
many photographs with some musical examples with the support. A first
part approaches the general balance of the treating instrument of the
whole of the problems of position encountered by the accordionists.
The second part is reserved for the purely technical aspect, illustrated
of a series of adaptable simple exercises on any musical text and this
it does not matter style (haversack, traditional, variety, jazz, etc).
As a conclusion, a summary table of "the working method" gathers
in a concise way the unit of the exercises to be carried out by respecting
a precise order and tempo. Is this method published with the editions
Alphonse Leduc available to the price of Euro 23 plus Euro 4 postage
from:
Frederic Deschamps - bégats - 45210 - the Saddle on Bied Telephones
06 17 85 38 19
Email: frederic.deschamps@wanadoo.fr
P. Fonroy.
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