Email: frederic.deschamps@wanadoo.fr

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NATIONAL CONCERTS
1987-1989: Different concerts in Parisian theatres
1990: Appearance in Roquebrune Cap-Martin
Performances in auditoriums in Vaucluse, Thor and Chambéry
1991: Concert at the Avignon Opera
Several performances in Chambéry and in the Vaucluse
1992: Tour of the Côte d'Azur (Nice, Eze, etc )
Since 1993: Many concerts as part of festivals, demonstrations in Clermont-Ferrand, Bourges, Lyon, Paris, La Rochelle, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Lille, Lorient...
1996: Paris, Pau, Douai (North France), Lorient (Brittany), Besançon (Doubs), Dunkirk, Strasbourg, Aubehausbergen, Munster (Alsace), Semur en Auxois (Burgundy), Carcassone, Chartres, Marseille, Châlon, Nancy, Limoges, Frenes, Lille, Royant, Mulhouse, Vire (Normandy), Douai (North France)
INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS
1991: Appearances during the annual Festival of Venice, ITALY
1992: Concert tour in Montreal, CANADA
Appearances in Bayreuth, GERMANY during the Festival BAYREUTH
Rome, ITALY
Pula (former YUGOSLAVIA), Klingenthal, Trossingen and Sachsenheim (GERMANY) and Recanati, ITALY, after winning local competitions
Since 1993: Many concerts in Europe in SPAIN, BULGARIA, RUSSIA, FINLAND, AUSTRIA, DENMARK, GREECE...
1996: GERMANY, DENMARK, ITALY, SLOVAQUIA, PORTUGAL, BELGIUM, CENTRAL AFRICA (ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE, KENYA, JOHANNESBURG)
CONCERTS WITH OTHER MUSICIANS
Since 1993: "Le Trio" (with bassist Claude BRISSET and drummer Jacques BOURBASQUET - PICHARD)
Since 1994: Duo with percussionist Philippe SPIESSER
Since 1995: Trio with the duo « Zig'Zinzin » - appearances in Paris (Studio 28,"Ailleurs") and a national tour
Sep96-Jun97: Appearances with "Zig'Zinzin" at POINT - VIRGULE (Comedy Theatre in the fourth arrondissement of Paris)
Oct 1996: Creation of the transcription of the concerto WINTER by A. VIVALDI, with the J.A.S. (Jeunesse Accordéon du Sundgau) Orchestra
Nov 1996: Transcription of the CONCERTO for Accordion and Orchestra by BOGDAN PRECZ, performed with the NADIA ET LILIE BOULANGER Orchestra (Paris IX) in the Auditorium at LES HALLES (PARIS IV)
Feb 1997: Participation in the creation of a show based on the life of Charles Trénet and associated musical accompaniment. Théatre de la Ville de Charenton. Director: Patrice-Vrain Perrault
PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES
1990-1992: Replacement music and accordion teacher at the music school Ecole Départementale de Musique du Thor, FRANCE
1992-1993: Accordion teacher -École Municipale de Venissieux (Lyon). Accordion teacher - Centre d'Action Culturelle de Cimiez ( Cultural Centre - Nice)
In charge of many Master Classes and courses in FRANCE and abroad
Since 1994: Accordion teacher - Conservatoire de Paris (9th arrondissement)
Pedagogic Advisor to the APH ( an Association encompassing 250 schools in France and more than 3,000 members)
Since 1995: Contributor to the national monthly magazine "Musiques et Accordéons Magazine", Responsible for the columns on pedagogical issues and on chromatic bass
1996: Training courses and Master Classes: Geneva, Strasbourg, Lorient, Alkirch (Alsace), Vire (Normandie), Nice (A.M.) in February and August, Molsheim (Alsace), Morteau (Doubs), Uzès (Gard), Oltingue (Alsace), Nancy (Eastern France), Mouthe (Haut-Doubs), Carcassone (South-West), Mouthe (Doubs)
Since 1996: Pedagogical Director for 3 accordion schools in Paris:
- Centre HAMM (Paris VI) - Centre CHOPIN (Paris XX) - B.G.C. PIGALLE (Paris IX)


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