Norbert Ferré

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Norbert Ferré

Norbert Ferré (born September 23, 1975 in Marseille ) is a French magician . He became known for his humorous manipulation number "One for two, two for one", which he can perform in nine languages ​​(French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese).

In the book La Magie Pour les Nuls (Eng. Magic for dummies ) he is one of the magicians who are mentioned in the chapter "The ten greatest magicians in France".

biography

First steps

Born in Marseille on September 23, 1975, he is the youngest of two children in the family, the son of a commercial manager and a nurse. He studied economics, sociology and psychology and graduated with a master’s degree. With the exception of a few small, isolated jobs in the restaurant business, he enters the working world directly as a professional artist. At the age of eleven, Norbert Ferré attended the show of the magician Christian Preston in La Ciotat in 1986  : he fell in love with this art at first sight. His passion was reinforced by the fact that he was given a traditional children's magic case and read all the magic books he could find. At the age of 14 he was admitted to the Magic Club of Marseille, which is associated with the FFAP, the Fédération Française des Artistes Prestidigitateurs (FFAP), an association of which he becomes president a few years later, from 1998 to 2001. At that time he used the pseudonym Maginor, which he gave up in 1999 to perform under his real name.

Artistic background

Norbert Ferré decided very quickly to focus on manipulation from the various areas of dexterity. In 1989 he began to design a show that he presented at the first Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin from Blois magic competition in 1991 (at that time still under the stage name Maginor). He won the second prize, which further motivates him. During this event, he received advice from Pierre Brahma, the only French man to have won the Grand Prix of the FISM Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (a kind of Olympic Magic Games held every three years). Norbert Ferré continues to refine his number and this time presents it at the national AFAP (former name of FFAP) competition in Perpignan in 1999. He wins third prize in the manipulation category. With his number he took part in the 26th convention of the Royal Club des Magiciens de Bruxelles in Belgium (Circle 86 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, commonly called IBM International Brotherhood of Magicians ) and took second place in the manipulation category. Six months later he won the same award at the 22nd FISM Congress in Lisbon. After completing his studies, he decided to work as an illusionist. In September 2000 he became the first French artist to be invited to the International Magic Congress organized by Tenyo. During this time he performed his shows at festivals and magic congresses. In July 2003 he won first prize in the manipulation category at the 23rd FISM Congress in The Hague and won the Grand Prix for all categories, which made him “World Champion”. He did not take part in any other competitions. In France he continued to appear at many festivals and magic congresses and was, among other things, one of the artists on the tour "The Night of Magic", which stopped in many cities in the country. He was also hired by the Crazy Horse in Paris (he is also selected for tours abroad, the “Forever Crazy Horse Tour” in Spain , in Russia ...). Since then it has also been in great demand abroad; he travels all over the world and performs at Le plus grand cabaret du monde as well as in circuses; Ferré can also be seen internationally on television programs,

Prizes and awards

At the end of June 2000, he took second place in manipulation at the 26th Congress of the Royal Club des Magiciens de Bruxelles and at the 22nd FISM Congress in Lisbon . In 2001 he received the originality award at the “World Magic Seminar 2001” in Las Vegas and in December of the same year the Magic Circle of London granted him the MIMC (membership of the Inner Magic Circle with a gold star), the highest membership level. In 2002 the Academy of Magical Arts awarded him a Mandrake d'or in Paris. At the 23rd FISM Congress in The Hague, he became world champion in the manipulation category and won the Grand Prix for all categories. The FISM Grand Prix was the last competition he entered, since then he has performed at the most famous festivals, congresses or cabarets around the world and continues to receive honorary awards such as those mentioned below.

Prizes of honor

In October 2003 the FFAP awarded him the gold medal "Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin" at the Aix-les-Bains Congress . On July 5, 2005 he received the medal of the city of Marseille. Other significant awards in the USA include the “Excellence Award” (The Florida State Magician's Club - Magic on the Beach XIII) and in Spain in 2014 he received a plaque in the city of Tamarit de Llitera (Pro-Tamarit Collective - Encuentro Nacional de Magos Florences Gili).

Other activities

Norbert Ferré occasionally writes articles for magician magazines such as B. the "magic magazine" of the FFAP. Since March 19, 2012 he has been President of MAGEV Aid Association , a non-profit charity whose aim is to offer shows, balloon modeling workshops, etc. to children who have had a difficult life (illness, abuse, etc.) and adults with disabilities . In addition to his own artistic career, Norbert Ferré also worked with international artists such as Otto Wessely , Charlie Mag etc.

Filmography

  • 2001: L'Origine du monde ( German : The origin of the world ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert Ferré or the art of manipulation. In: David Pogue: Magic for Dummies , Chapter 19: Ten Great Magicians in France . translated from English by Ludovic Gorges and adapted by Bernard Bilis, p. 378.
  2. ↑ David POGUE, Bernard IMMOBILIS: La Magie pour les Nuls . edi8, 2010, ISBN 2-7540-2281-3 , p. 378 ( preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Source: An interview with the Italian magazine Magia Moderna from May 2016, N ° 2 Intervista on Norbert Ferré di Vittorio Marino , pages 13–15, the English magician magazine Magicseen September 2009 No. 28 Vol. 5. No. 4 pp 22–23, as well as the entry on Norbert Ferré in the Dictionnaire de la prestidigitation by Jean de Merry and André Ciocca, editions Georges Proust.
  4. ↑ FISM - The Book Aldo Ghiurmino , W. Meister & Co. Juillet 2015, p. 270.
  5. ↑ cited a b Opus.
  6. ↑ Among other things in Europe: Germany: GOP Varieté in Essen, Munich, Hanover, Münster - Russia: Sotschi, Marins Park Hotel - etc .; in Asia: India: Trivandrum, Kerala - Japan: Yamamoto Magic Tour (Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Saitama, Chiba, ...) - etc .; in North America: USA: Hollywood, The Fonda Theater (The Magic Castle Ceremony); New York, Tribeca Performing Arts Center / SAM; etc. - in South America: Brazil: tour all over the country, Mundial Festival Magia Tour Gustavo Lorgia; Colombia: La Castellana Teatro Nacional Tour / Tour Mundial de Magia - Tour Gustavo Lorgia (Bogota, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Cali, Soledad, Pasto, Buenaventura, Santa Marta, ... 22 cities) - etc.
  7. ↑ this includes the first international festival of the modern circus "White Magic" in Perm, Russia, or at the end of 2017 the Swiss Circus Conelli.
  8. ↑ such as Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde, host Patrick Sébastien, broadcast on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 8.45 p.m. on the France 2 channel - or the Russian show Golden Magic XXI (оолотая магия XXI века), recorded in Crocus City Hall on April 18 and 19, 2015, broadcast in March 2016 at 9:00 p.m. on the Russia-1 channel.
  9. ↑ Armand Porcell: Medal Marseille - Norbert Ferré in a report on manual dexterity, No. 548 July-August 2005 page 23.
  10. ↑ For example the leading article in La Revue de la Prestidigitation No. 537 from September-October 2003 on page 2, or the article A helping hand? ( Ger. , Idem, No. 509 January-February 199 on page 31), or the article Zauberei: Kleine oder Große Kunst ?, published in the German magazine Magische Welt in December 2017, pp. 242–247.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ He was 22 years old at the time and became the youngest president of an FFAP association.
  2. ↑ Pierre Brahma, also from Marseille, won the FISM Grand Prix in 1964 and 1976 (one of the few who have won twice).
  3. ↑ Japanese wholesaler of magic articles, known to wizards all over the world.
  4. ↑ He was the second Frenchman in history to win this award, succeeding Pierre Brahma who motivated him during his very first competition in Blois, France.
  5. ↑ If you are successfully selected and engaged by this cabaret, this is considered a career highlight for professional illusionists.
  6. ↑ Until the beginning of 2018, this foundation supported 704 magic shows with scenery, sound and lighting in 189 French cities (including DOM), for 242 institutions with a total of more than 37,000 spectators.
personal data
SURNAME Ferré, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French magician
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd September 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Marseille