Jean Claude Séférian

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Jean Claude Séférian (born May 27, 1956 in Beirut ) is a French chansonnier who grew up in Lebanon .

Life

Séférian studied classical piano first at the Nice Conservatory , later in Münster with Emil Schmidt and Gregor Weichert . Since 1983 he has been a piano teacher at the Münster-Nienberge Music School , for which he composed several musicals , including Pinocchio and Around the World in 80 Days . Séférian has also been working as a chansonnier since 1981; his preferred instrumental partners are his wife, the pianist Christiane Rieger-Séférian , the jazz saxophonist Jan Klare and the accordionist Piotr Rangno . With chansons by Jacques Brel he performed at the Brel Festival in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse and at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival . He won the Prix ​​du Public at the Saarland Chanson Festival Perspectives . Since 1993 he has released eight albums. In addition, since 1991 he has headed the chanson group at the Pascal-Gymnasium in Münster, with which he appears every year with a choir of around 50 singers.

Since 1976 Jean Claude Séférian has lived in Münster with his wife, the pianist Christiane Rieger-Séférian, who also works as a music teacher. The two daughters, Marie Séférian and Annick Séférian, are jazz and opera singers.

Discography

  • L'homme qui te ressemble , 1993
  • J'ai la mer , 1996
  • Ne me quitte pas - J.-C. Séférian chante Brel , 1998
  • Avec le temps - J.-C. Séférian en concert , 2001
  • Aznamour - Séférian chante Aznavour , 2003
  • La crème de la crème , 2006
  • Souvenirs de Noël , 2008
  • Voyages, voyages , 2011

Musicals

  • Around the world in 80 days , 2005
  • Pinocchio , 2008
  • War of the Buttons , 2014
  • The Little Prince , 2016

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b In conversation with the chansonnier Jean-Claude Séférian . Westphalian news . January 26, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013
  2. ↑ Hello Münster: Nice, but well: Marie Séférian about her hometown Münster / Two appearances , tips / dates, Florian Levenig, edition 13/2013, February 17, 2013, p. 9.

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personal data
SURNAME Séférian, Jean Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French chansonnier
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Beirut