Award-winning composer teaches Composition, Orchestration, Music Theory, Analysis and Harmony for all levels !

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• When did you first develop a passion for music and your favorite instrument?

  When I was about 15 years old, I had a great piano teacher at the conservatory who would give me classical pieces to practice over the week and every lesson I would show up with improvisations around the piece I was supposed to have practiced. But instead of turning me down by not respecting the guideline, she would push me in that direction and would even introduce me to great improvisers. This made me realise that my purpose is to create music and make others understand the language of music as well regardless of what field of musical practice they want to pursue.

• Is there a particular type of music or artist that you listen to on a loop without it driving you crazy?

  Modern music between 1875 and the 40s is the musical art that I listen to the most as I believe the rhetorical, the beauty, the knowledge was extremely sharp at that time. Ravel, Chabrier, Debussy, Stravinsky, Holst, Copland, Gershwin and many others are the composers I admire.

• Explain to us the most difficult or riveting course you could personally give to a student of music.

  The art of Rhetoric in music. Structurize your musical thoughts so they are coherent and engage the listener's ears perpetually. Learn how to recycle, erase, double, augmented / diminished, answer and question any ideas you may come up with.

• What do you think is the most complicated instrument to master and why?

  No instrument is complicated to learn as long as you have rigor and discipline. Any crafts you wish to master deserve time for learning. What is difficult is to find the time to practice in our modern times.

• What are your keys to success?

  Again, rigor and discipline. Instinct does not exist in the creative process; it is only a sum of knowledge and your ability to open which drawers to use which techniques, which requires discipline and rigor to learn.
  Having a deep and true belief in what you want to create will also interest your potential collaborators. Being honest and real with both your crafts and interactions.

• Name three musicians you dream of meeting in your favourite bar in the early hours of the morning. Explain why.

  Maurice Ravel, Quincy Jones and John Williams so they can teach me the idea of "creativity enhanced by technique". Imagine a world when computers did not exist and that you had to compose or orchestrate only relying on your knowledge at the table. An utopia!

• Provide a valuable anecdote related to music or your days at music school.

  Having grown up in France, I was not really aware of the world of studios. I was an immense fan of Star Wars and the music astonished me from a young age. Years later, I was asked to assist a famous composer: little did I know that the recordings of the music would happen at ..... the Skywalker Ranch. If you don't know what this is, feel free to check on Google.

• What are the little touches that make you a Superprof in music?

  Perseverance, discipline, Honesty , open-mindness and adaptability.