Musicians

François Papirer was born in 1970 in Mulhouse, France. He was the last integrated in the group. He awarded the gold medal, the Accessit First Prize and the Regional award the Mulhouse Academy of Music in 1990 - 1991. He obtained Diploma from the Freiburg-in-Breisgau School of Music in 1996. and (...)

Keiko Nakamura was born in 1955 in Fukuoka, Japan. She was graduated in piano and percussion from the Osaka Arts University, Japan in 1978. She awarded first prize for percussion by the Strasbourg French Conservatoire in 1979. She won the bronze medal at the Geneva International Music Contest (...)

Olaf Tzschoppe was born in 1962 in Kiel, Germany. He obtained the Diploma from the Breiburg-in-Breisgau School of Music and was DAAD bursary student at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor - USA). He is member of "Sur Plus" (contemporary music ensemble) in Freiburg and gives solo recitals in (...)

Bernard Lesage was born in 1968 in St Maur des Fossés, France. He started percussion with Alain Jaquet. He obtained the State Diploma in Percussion in 1989 and was graduated from the Lyon French Conservatoire in 1990, student of Georges Van Gucht et François Dupin. He also studied the piano. He (...)

Claude Ferrier was born in 1964 in Avignon, France. He was a self-taught musician before getting the Gold Medal for Percussion from the Avignon French Academy of Music in 1983. He was graduated from the Lyon French Conservatoire in 1989, student of Georges Van Gucht and François Dupin and (...)

Jean-Paul Bernard was born in 1957 in Toulon, France. He first trained as a trumpet player, then he played the drums in a rock band from 1978 to 1982. He awarded First Prize for Percussion and Chamber Music by the Toulon French Conservatoire in 1985, class og Georges Van Gucht. He attended (...)