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Highest Degree:
First Prize from National Conservatory
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Living in the south of France, in a city between green Alps mountains and azur-blue Mediterranean sea, my first passion was the nature. As a teenager I wanted to be a shepherd, and not the computer X my mother vainly hoped... Of course I always respected, what I felt like the most, and obviously did summer workshops and jobs in farms. After hard work day, evenings came as a relieve with music when one of the shepherd grabbed his guitar, sang and once made me try...
You move one finger from C Major to A minor and a whole world is going on… chazam! No need to tell you that after the workshop, I didn't pay attention to my sheep any more! and changed my destiny to become a guitarist. Imagine my parents' face learning that instead of a shepherd I wanted to be a musician ! I just wanted to play and quickly met my first teacher - Serge Donsey - who became my mentor and me, his favorite student.
At 16, I spent mornings with him discovering, jazz, Brazilian music, classical and a very important notion:
"be a specialist of the non-specialization" as he liked to say, "be curious and learn all the time".
The classical music appeal came along with Brazilian composer Villa Lobos, whose works I still love and play today.
I dreamt about a fancied Brazil (no need to tell you my first trip there matched my dreams): a walk in the rain forest, portraits of native people, lovers on the beach…
And then, I aimed for music prize recognition and accelerate learning through official institution like The national conservatory of music, where I fulfilled the theory thirst with analysis and composition aside classical guitar study.
There it was a very different story too...
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