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doubt Frédéric Macarez is one of the most active percussionists
of his generation. Through his different musical and pedagogical activities,
he always shows his concern for growth of Arts of Percussion, for excellence
of musical performance and for establishment of strong links between
the different actors involved in all the percussion fields.
As the Principal Timpanist of Orchestre de Paris (France), he performs
with the greatest conductors and has acquired a wide and varied experience
as a musician and a broad knowledge of the repertoire and interpretation.
Frédéric Macarez is also famous as a soloist and a chamber
music player. He travels all around Europe, Asia, North and South America,
where he performs solo recitals or concertos, and chamber music concerts
with the best musicians.
At the same time, he is deeply involved a lot in teaching and pedagogy.
As a Director of the percussion studies at the Conservatoire National
de Région de Paris, he teaches many of the future French professional
musicians, and welcomes in his class many students from countries all
over the world. His very popular master classes and clinics take him
through out the world.
Moreover, Macarez is the Founder President and Artistic Director of
the international percussion festival perKumania, which gathers the
best percussionists of the entire world every year in Paris. He is
also a member of the Board of Directors of the Percussive Arts Society
and chair of the P.A.S. International Committee. He is also a composer
of works for solo percussion, percussion ensembles and chamber music.
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