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12-Jun-2009
Frédéric Deschamps Master Class at the Prague Conservatory - Czechby Harley Jones |
 On June 6, as part of his Master Class World Tour, Frédéric Deschamps was a guest of the Prague Conservatory. For 2 hours, he revealed to about 100 accordion teachers from across the Czech Republic and guests for the occasion, the result of his 15 years of educational research concerning accordion tuition and performance. Frédéric Deschamps rarely moves without some of his best students, in order to make known and to contribute to the beginnings of their concert careers. Thus, Jérome Richard, Phil Bouvier, Cyril Blanchard, Julien ‘Speedy’ Gonzales and many others have taken their first steps on the international scene. This time, Frédéric Deschamps had chosen to bring in his luggage, the New Zealander Grayson Masefield, a student in his class for 3 years, winner of the Trophée Mondial Variety and Category “D – Classical” Castelfidardo 2008, 2nd prize at Klingenthal and Spoletto 2009, and winner of the Piano Accordion category in Spoletto 2009. The teachers and students attending the concert all quickly stood up to give Grayson Masefield a standing ovation at the end, and were asking for more. Program: Mozart Scarlatti, Semionov, Angelis, but also the variety played on his Fun Flash Piano Hohner with arrangements by Jérome Richard, Richard Galliano, Claude Thomain, André Astier, etc.. The next series of Master Classes by Frédéric Deschamps will be held in China in Beijing and Tianjin from 1 to 9 July. Guest artists will once again be Grayson Masefield who deserves so much, and also Petar Maric, 1st prize at 2009 Klingenthal Variety and 2009 Spoleto Variety and Classical. Photo 1 - Grayson Masefiled and Ladislav Horak, Professor at the Conservatory of Prague and Organizer of the Master Class. Photo 2 - Master Class Frederic Deschamps. For followers of the teaching sequence, you can recognize the position of chair involving the right arm forward and the belt around the thighs so as not to impair the opening of the bellows. |