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Frédéric Tavernier-Vellas was born in France in 1959. After strong musical studies in classical oboe, with Philippe Pélissier particularly, he directs his research towards singing sacred music, and especially the byzantine music.
He went to great masters and interpreters of this music as the father Ioakim Grillis of Patmos, Maximos Fahmé of Aleppo in Syria, and especially Lycourgos Angelopoulos, director of the Byzantine Choir of Greece. He is graduate in Byzantine music from the conservatory Philippos Nakas in Athens.
Doctor of philosophy, he also studied the Orthodox theology and he is the author of the blog http://www.theologie-orthodoxe.com.
He collaborated with Lycourgos Angelopoulos for writing the book Voices of Byzantium published by Desclée de Brouwer. Member of the ensemble Organum of Marcel Peres Frédéric Tavernier Vellas regularly work with this Choir and make tours throughout the past ten years.
After registering, in 2001, a CD devoted to songs by Manos Hadjidakis, "Fotini Zoï", he founded a group dedicated to the repertoire of Asia Rebetiko minor and Piraeus, Ta Limania Xena with which he gave a series of concerts devoted primarily to the repertoire of Marcos Vamvakaris and Vassilis Tsitsanis.
He recorded recently in Athens, a new CD on the Dormition of St. John the Theologian whose released was in December 2008. His new CD Le Chant de Byzance was released in november 2009. This CD is produced through association Egéo-Apmh and edited by Label Psalmus.

Frédéric Tavernier-Vellas est né en France en 1959. Après de solides études musicales classiques en hautbois, il oriente sa recherche musicale vers le chant et, plus particulièrement, le chant sacré de Byzance. Il se forme auprès de grands maîtres et interprètes de cette musique comme le père Ioakim Grillis de Patmos, Maximos Fahmé d'Alep (Syrie) et surtout Lycourgos Angelopoulos, le directeur du Chœur Byzantin de Grèce. Il préparera son diplôme de musique byzantine au conservatoire Philippos Nakas à Athènes sous la direction de ce dernier. Il a collaboré avec Lycourgos Angelopoulos pour la rédaction du livre Les Voix de Byzance paru aux éditions Desclée de Brouwer en 2005. Il a enregistré un CD de musique byzantine La dormition de saint Jean le Théologien en 2008 puis Le Chant de Byzance vol1 en 2009 avec des hymnes de la semaine sainte, selon la tradition de Constantinople.
Après avoir enregistré un CD consacré aux chansons de Manos Hadjidakis, il a donné de nombreux concerts dans le répertoire du rebetiko d'Asie mineure et du Pirée. Il interprète actuellement des chansons traditionnelles grecques d'Asie mineure dans le spectacle qu'il a créé avec Fouad Didi d'Asie mineure en Andalousie.
Frédéric Tavernier-Vellas est membre de l'ensemble Organum de Marcel Pérès et participe régulièrement au travail et aux tournées de l'ensemble depuis une dizaine d'années. Il a participé à divers enregistrements avec cet ensemble : Les vêpres de Saint Jacques (Codex Callixtinus), les Vêpres de Saint Louis, Le Chant des Templiers et Les Quatre messes de la Nativité dans le répertoire Vieux Romain.




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At 6:09pm on February 26, 2010, Alem Alquier said…
... you're bienvenu !
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At 7:43pm on February 23, 2010, Arwén Akpolat said…
Thank you & merci & ephchalisto poli ...for creating this intresting network! May it grow! :-) ...Arwén
At 8:41am on January 28, 2010, emmanuel d. grillis said…
Congratulations for what you achieve!!!!
At 11:53pm on January 26, 2010, mawaran said…
merci pour votre musique tres généreuse.. merci pour m'avoir ouvert cet univers pure et puissant . merci Frederic
At 3:06pm on January 26, 2010, Vasilis Tsitsanis said…
Ηρθε ο Ερωτοκριτος στο "Greek Music Radio".... ;)

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