Bruno Maurice

A soloist with an international career, Bruno Maurice teaches at the National Conservatory of the Bordeaux Region. Having obtained a degree in musicology, followed by a French national teaching  diploma specialised in musical education and choral singing, he taught  secondary school students for 9 years and developed a genuine passion for teaching.  He brought this same passion to his accordion studies.  Having started learning the instrument aged 6 with Jean-Marie Dazas, then with concert soloist Frédéric Guérouet, Bruno furthered his studies in the Ukraine under the tutelage of one of the greatest masters of the "Bayan" (Russian accordion), Vladimir Vladimirevitch Besfamilnov at the Tchaïkovsky Academy in Kiev.
As a result of this deeply intense relationship on both the musical and human planes, he now enjoys the privilege of playing the « Appassionata », his master's famous instrument. Among Bruno's multiple awards are the French President of the Republic's Prize (1988), the SACEM (French national Association ofAuthors, Composers and Publishers) Interpretation Prize (1988), 1st International Prize in Florence (1992),prizewinner at the Stockholm International Competition (1995), diploma of the Klingenthal International Competition (1995), International 1st Prize for chamber music in Florence (1992).  A regular participant in recordings, he has also produced three solo albums : « Eclats de Nacre », « Appassionata 1 » and « Appassionata 2 ».

he also plays much chamber and symphonic music with the « Symphonistes d'Aquitaine », the Garde Republicaine Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of the French Army Choir, etc. He's also active in the field of contemporary music, premiering new works with ensembles such as Ars Nova, 2E2M, Proxima Centauri or Laboryntus, and collaborating with composers such as Bernard Cavanna, François Rossé, Etienne Rolin.He accompanies singer Hélène Guillemette (winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2005), engages in musical dialogue with organist François-Henri Houbart (organist of the Madeleine Church in Paris),turns out Astor Piazzolla tangos as part of a quintet derived from  the National Orchestra of the Bordeaux Aquitaine region. As a composer, in 2007 he premièred his own concerto, « Cri de Lame » with the Symphonistes d'Aquitaine.Along with Mieko Miyazaki (koto) and Manuel Solans (violin), he's a founder member of the Miyazaki Trio, which reflects multi-cultural musical influences, and which will give birth to its first album in February 2008.