Frédéric L’Épée

Guitarist

• Founder of the instrumental rock band Yang March 2002 (1 CD on Cuneiform Records : A Complex Nature - 2004 )

• Founder, with Serge Pesce, of the Free Improvisers Group since March 2000

• Performing Solo Electric Guitarist since October 1997 (Concerts of composed and improvised music)

• Founder and leader of the Electric Guitar Ensemble The Nice Guitar Circle since 1995

• Founder of the Electric Guitar band Philharmonie 1988-19975 (CDs: one self-produced Beau Soleil - 1991, four with the American label Cuneiform Records: Les Eléphants Carillonneurs [The Elephant Bell-Ringers] (co-produced with the CIRM Nice - 1992, Nord [North] - 1994, Rage - 1996, Le Dernier Mot [The Last Word] - 1998 ; tours in Europe)

• Founder and Guitarist of the Progressive Rock band Shylock 1974-1979 (2 LP’s with CBS Records: Gialorgues - 1977 and Ile de Fièvre - 1978, both LP’s reissued in 1990 (LP) and 1995-97 (CD) ; tours in Europe)

Composer

Main creations :

• Inner Fire, double performance with the painter Bruno Mendonça at Château de Carros, October 2002.

• Comte Rendu D’Observation [Observation Report], An eight hours improvisation at L’Espace de l’Art Concret, with the exhibition « Magdalena Jitrik et Renée Levi, filles indignes de l’art concret », Château de Mouans Sartoux, June 2000.

• Regard circulaire après éblouissement [Circular glance after dazzle] for 12 electric guitars and strings, Nice Guitar Circle, Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, MANCA Festival, Nice Theatre, November 1998.

• Souffles terrestres [Earth’s Breathes] for 12 electric guitars, Nice Guitar Circle, MEDIARAMA Festival, Théatre du Fort Antoine, Monaco, 1998

• Peur du Vide [Fear of Emptiness] for vibraphone and double bass, Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, 1997

• Jaune-Bleu [Blue-Yellow] for strings, Nice Sinfonietta Orchestra, MANCA Festival, Oceanographical Museum of Monaco, 1994

• Duo for accordion and guitar, Philippe Loli & Christiane Bonnay, The Devens Festival, Beausoleil, 1991

• Quatre Pièces Mobiles [Four Mobile Pieces] for guitar quartet, Aighetta Quartet, Stuttgart Theatre, 1990

• Solaire [Solar] for electric guitar and 12 instruments, Frédéric L’Epée (electric guitar and tape), Nice Opera, 1988

• Musique pour Cor, Percussions et cordes [Music for Horn, Percussion and Strings], Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, Nice Opera, 1987

• Les Parques [The Fates] for orchestra, Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, Nice Opera, 1986

• Agonique, 3 short pieces for orchestra, Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, Nice Opera, 1985

Teacher

• Improvisation workshops at La Cité de la Musique Paris, since 2004.

• Advanced guitar workshops in Paris since 2005.

• Improvisation workshops in Nice (G.L.I.) since 2001.

• Nice Guitar Circle since 1995.

• Private teaching of electric guitar and improvisation since 1980, of harmony and musical analysis since 1995.

Education

• Guitar Craft seminars with Robert Fripp in 1988, 1991, 1995.

• First Prize of Composition in April 1988

• Composition, harmony, counterpoint and fugue studies at the Nice Conservatory (1984-88)

• Self-taught guitarist



Selective Discography

• Yang, A Complex Nature, Cuneiform Records, 2004

• Philharmonie, The Last Word, Cuneiform Records, 1999

• Philharmonie, Rage, Cuneiform Records, 1996

• Philharmonie, North, Cuneiform Records, 1994

• Philharmonie, The Elephant Bell-ringers, Cuneiform Records, 1993

• Philharmonie, Beau Soleil, (self prod.), 1991

• Shylock, Ile de Fièvre, CBS, 1978, reissue Musea, 1990 (LP), 1996 (CD)

• Shylock, Gialorgues, CBS, 1977, reissue Musea, 1989 (LP), 1994 (CD)

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