biography
photograph: miel pieters
Didier François: born in Brussels 02 04 69
education
- Violin: Myriam Quersin ( successor Arthur Grumiaux conservatorium Brussels)
- Composition: Daan Manneke ( conservatorium Amsterdam)
-Jazz- education: workshop with: Philip Caterine , Hein Van De Geyn , Maarten Weiler
professional experience
pedagogic
teaching for seven jears; music school: Ward de Beer, Kantekleer, Antwerp Conservatorium
teaching nyckelharpa at Scuola di Musica Popolare di Forlimpopoli (Italy) and Akademie BURG FÜRSTENECK (Germany)
giving seminaries and workschop on relaxing technique based on the Belgian violin school (Arthur Grumiaux): relaxed and fluid movements for the beauty of the sound, freedom of expression and to avoid tendinitis.
compositions: (ballet, theater and film music)
- le Defi coreo. Lieve Mertens - other realities coreo. Sandra De Hertogh - promenade D'automne coreo Chantal Ijzermans - adsec Coreo Natascha Pire - Bergtocht, Mac Beth, fool for love, café temesta by Dirk Opstaelen (ensemble leporello) - several short film music for Kladaradatsch productions by Toon Loenders. Hippoliet by Danny Timmermans ( het Ongerijmde)
concert-studio experiences: Violin + nyckelharpa:
- chamber opera Transparant - guest of Vanersborg Festival (Sweden) - guest of Stefane Grappelli Audi jazz Festival (Belgium) - guest of Gabriel Yacoub Amsterdam, st. Chartier festival ( France) - Michel Risler, with Armand Amar for Costa-Gavras (Amen, Le Couperet) Eric Vali, Yann Arthus Bertrand ( le monde vu du ciel). Laïs, in Canada, USA , Finland, France, Germany and Oostenrijck - solo live performing of The Lord of the rings by Howard Shore-