Won 2nd prize in flute at the Paris CNSM under Henri Altès.
He became 1st class military music chief until 1927, notably in the 145th Infantry Regiment and the Artillery School at Vincennes, and composed mainly for wind instruments, notably his famous Bolero for Clarinet (dedicated to clarinettists in the army), originally published by Evette & Schaeffer (Buffet-Crampon) in Paris, and his new practical method for the clarinet, published by E. Gaudet in Paris.
He is a composer and teacher, and has written 80 books published by Éditions Leduc et Combre, where he is
series director.
PA percussionist, passionate about his work, a researcher and traveller (with two world tours to his cr edit).
Danish concert pianist, composer and conductor Victor Emanuel Bendix is a virtually forgotten figure despite a few recordings of his piano concerto, four symphonies and a number of melodies.
It can be assumed that this undated piece is an early work by him. It was meant to be played among his family with his two older brothers, who played oboe and cello. However the cello part can just as well be played on the bassoon.
A flautist, composer, flute and chamber music teacher, for many years head of a music school, Ivan Bellocq (born 1958) has since 2003 concentrated on performance and composition. He has performed at many festivals in France and all over Europe and has been commisioned works by such major institutions as Radio-France, the Théâtre du Châtelet, Bonn’s Internationale Beethovenfest, Perpignan’s « Aujourd’hui Musiques » festival...
Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in December 1770 in Bonn, Germany. From a very young age, his father, who was also a musician, dreamed of making him a new Mozart by making him a keyboard player from the age of four or five.
Although Ludwig was not a child prodigy, he still had excellent musical dispositions.
He has completed his formal studies at the at the Facultas de Bellas Artes of La Plata and at the Escuel de Música Popular de Avellaneda, where in 2005 he obtained his degree as instrumentalist with specialty in Jazz Guitar. He has also made a deep intensification of his studies (as instrumentalist and as composer) with renowned teachers as; Manolo Juárez, Enrique Gerardi and Diego Schissi among others.
He was awarded the SACEM’s Grand Prix de la Musique Symphonique in 2006 and was nominated five times at the « Victoires de la musique Classique »in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2012.
He has studied saxophone under Makoto Suda, Masuna Matsuzawa, Yasuyuki Hama and Takayuki Sugimoto.
Makoto Asari has performed at numerous festivals, recorded a number of CDs and written arrangements for various
ensembles.
Currently a professor at the Saitama University Faculty of Liberal Arts, he devotes much of his time to educational
activities. He also conducts wind ensembles.
Born in 1959 in Metz, Pierre ARVEILER studied piano at the Luxembourg Conservatoire of Music.
Open to all musical genres, he has collaborated with musicians of diverse backgrounds in the fields of rock, blues, jazz, popular music, folksongs and improvised music. He has written music for piano, clarinet and various instruments, as well as for the theatre.
Trained at the National Conservatory of Music of Toulouse from 1978 to 1985, he secured a 1st prizes for saxophone and chamber music in 1982 and 1st prizes in harmony, counterpoint and music theory in 1985. Between 1987 and 1988, he studied film music composition at the École Normale de Paris under Laurent PETIT-GIRARD and Antoine DUHAMEL, and also Big Band composition at the CIM in Paris.
