Jean-Paul BERNARD

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 jazz drum master classes with Daniel Humair and took up the zarb with Djamchid Chemirani.
He was a regular performer with Musicatreize ensemble from 1985 to 1996 and various ensembles.
He is a "Percustra" teacher (teacher of Percussion at the CFMI - Musician Training Center - in Selestat) and gives master classes in France and elsewhere.
He is part of national and international jurys.