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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