Winner of several prizes in international competitions, french guitarist Sébastien VACHEZ is currently leading a career as a concertist, composer, arranger and teacher, and he is certainly no stranger to the platform of international festivals having performed at « Rencontres de la Guitare d’Antony » (Paris), « Silesian Guitar Autumn » in Tichy and Krynica festival (Poland), « Cahiers de la Guitare » festival in Musicora (Paris), Guitar Gala (Sweden), Athens and Hermoupolis festivals (Greece), Zagreb “Guitar Days” (Croatia), Arequipa festival (Peru) and others.
In France as well as abroad, he regularly played solo recitals, concerts within the « Couleurs Tango » trio and with orchestra as a soloist.
As a teacher, he also appeared in master-classes and in guitar orchestras workshops.
He also recorded five CD (« Comme une Saudade », « Cuba Libre », « Couleurs Tango », « Brésils » and « Valsez sur moi ») and his own works are regularly published by Doberman – Yppan (Canada), d’Oz (Canada) and Henri Lemoine (Paris).
This is what Roland Dyens (world renowned french guitarist and composer , teacher at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris) wrote about Sébastien Vachez :
“I’m sure that this young subtle and cultured artist will very quickly distinguish himself, by his creative musicality, from the plethora of excellent guitarists who, precisely, are only excellent guitarists.”
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