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Sébastien VACHEZ
« When Guitar rhymes with Emotion »
Sébastien Vachez
32 B mail des Charmilles
10000 Troyes
03 25 49 23 74
[email protected]
www.sebastienvachez.com
Biography
Sébastien Vachez was born in France in 1973. His father took charge
of his first musical steps when he was four years old. Three years later
he is enrolled in the "Conservatoire National" in his native Troyes. His
first guitar instructor was JeanPierre Chauvineau. Pierre Goliot followed
up the remaining years of his musical apprenticeship there, culminating
with the professional diploma. At the same time Sébastien studied the
important complementary musical disciplines such as harmony, musical
analysis, chamber music, etc.
Afterwards he carried on his musical studies in Paris with Vladimir
Mikulka and Gérard Verba. During the same period Vachez took part in
master classes with wellknown guitarists such as Roland Dyens,
Roberto Aussel, Arnaud Dumond, Tania Chagnot, Pablo Marquez,
Aniello Desiderio, Zoran Dukic and others.
Winner of several prizes in international competitions, Sébastien
VACHEZ is currently leading a career as a concertist, composer,
arranger and teacher. He is certainly no stranger to the platform of
international festivals having performed in many european countries
(Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Hungary,
Croatia, Greece), in South America (Peru) and in Asia (Hong Kong).
As a teacher, he frequently appears in master-classes and workshops.
Sébastien has also recorded seven CD (“Comme une Saudade”, “Cuba
Libre”, “Couleurs Tango”, “Brésils”, “Valsez sur moi”, “Chamber Music”
and “Hommage à Manos Hadjidakis”) and his own works are regularly
published by Doberman – Yppan (Canada), d’Oz (Canada) and Henri
Lemoine (Paris).
His compositions are played and recorded by the greatest musicians
from all over the world such as Shin-Ichi Fukuda (Japan), Thibault
Cauvin, Olivier Pelmoine (France), Boris Gaquere (Belgium), Dimitris
Dekavallas (Greece), Kevin Manderville (USA), Matthew McAllister
(Scotland), Sébastien Deshaies, Isabelle Héroux (Canada), etc.
Review about the album « Brésils »
« I was quite impressed the first time I heard Mr. Vachez's
music and guitar playing...
As a composer, not only he has very good musical ideas, he
knows how to develop them extremely well by blending
traditional and contemporary languages in a very personal
way.
Mr. Vachez has a vast harmonic vocabulary which form solid
grounds for the beautiful melodies he creates.
When playing his own music, he makes excellent use of color
and timbre, by taking full advantage of the instrument's
capabilities. His use of extended techniques are tastefully
crafted and always in the right places and in right amounts.
He is also a fine interpreter of other composers, and definitely
does great justice to the repertoire he chose.
The final result is excellent and refreshing. Most importantly, it
keeps active listeners interested at all times. »
Clarice Assad (New-York)
Répertoire
SOLO
Regreso
Alicia BARBOD
Valsa-Chôro (from Suite Populaire Brésilienne)
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS
Po de Mico
Joao PERNAMBUCO
Felicidade
Antonio Carlos JOBIM - version Roland DYENS
Retrato Brasileiro
Baden POWELL- version Sébastien VACHEZ
Se ela perguntar
Dilermando REIS
Andreina, Maria Carolina
Antonio LAURO
La foule
Angel Cabral – version R. DYENS
Valse en spirale
Fabien PACKO - version S. VACHEZ
Saudade n° 3
Roland DYENS
Cavatine
Sébastien VACHEZ
Scherzo – Tango
S. VACHEZ
Scherzo - Valse
S. VACHEZ
Rêve en Vert
S. VACHEZ
La Complainte du Naufragé (from La Ballade d'Irina)
S. VACHEZ
Assadienne
S. VACHEZ
Valsez sur moi
S. VACHEZ
Krynica (from 3 pièces brèves)
S. VACHEZ
WITH ORCHESTRA
Concerto
H. VILLA-LOBOS
Tango en Skaï
R. DYENS
Scherzo - Tango
S. VACHEZ
Suite pour Maria (2 guitars and string quintet or string orchestra)
Double Concerto with bandoneon
Astor PIAZZOLLA
Concerto en Si for solo guitar and guitar ensemble
R. DYENS
S. VACHEZ
Recordings
Chamber music
Valsez sur moi
Brésils
Cuba libre
Comme une Saudade
Couleurs Tango
Hommage à Manos Hadjidakis