Jean Fassina (born 9 November 1936) is a French classical pianist born in Algiers.
A concert artist and direct heir to the Paderewski piano tradition, Fassina is a teacher who counts among his students a host of French and international artists.[livre 1]
Biography Fassina's grandmother was a pianist and composer, and his mother performed in concert and was his first teacher. He was trained at a very young age at the Conservatoire de Paris.Pages 15-16 After winning his prizes there, Fassina felt the desire to go and study in Eastern European countries, where the results of the teaching given there worked wonders in international competitions: "When not one but twenty pianists dazzle you, there is something obvious about it".Page 17
Fassina obtained a scholarship that allowed him to study in Poland. He completed his training as a pianist in Kraków, the high place of the Polish piano school, under the benevolent guidance of Henryk Sztompka,Henryk Sztompka on data.bnf.fr himself a former student of Paderewski and worthy heir of an instrumental and stylistic tradition going back to Chopin and Liszt.Page 13
In the first lesson, Sztompka told him "You are a musician, but you have to do everything over again...". Thus began four years of intensive work which Fassina himself describes as "the most extraordinary of his life".Page 19
After a short and intense concert career from 1961 to 1975, he devoted himself to what he considered his true vocation: teaching the piano. In about ten years, he trained a good number of artists and teachers of all nationalities, to whom he passed on the knowledge he received in Poland.
After forty years of teaching, Jean Fassina published a book (Lettre à un jeune pianiste Fayard) in which he shares his pianistic knowledge and his pedagogical experience.
Pedagogy Fassina teaches in many countries in Europe and Asia: Conservatoire de Strasbourg Academies of Nice and Barèges (France) Académie de Haut Perfectionnement de Musique de Saluzzo (Italy) Conservatories of Sapporo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Okinawa (Japan) Central Conservatory of Music (China) Rencontres internationales d’Enghien,
Pupils More than a hundred internationally known musicians have been students of Fassina such as: Jacques Rouvier Michel Béroff Olivier Gardon Jean-Rodolphe Kars Jacqueline Bourges-Mounoury Jean-Louis HaguenauerJean-Louis Haguenauer Beate PerreyBeate Perrey
Master classes Fassina is the permanent guest of prestigious master classes: Institut Chopin de Varsovie, Rencontre internationale de musique d'Enghien, Institut supérieur de musique et de pédagogieInstitut supérieur de musique et de Pédagogie - IMEP as well as the Higher Conservatories and Universities of Porto, Brussels, Bucharest, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka.
Jury of international competitions He also sits on the jury of numerous international competitions: Concours international P.T.N.A (Japan 2003) Concours international Frédéric Chopin de Moscou (Russia 2004) Concours international de Musique de Porto (Portugal 2002 and 2004) Concours international de Musique du Maroc (March 2013) Piano Campus International Competition (Pontoise, France, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011)
Sources Lettre à un jeune pianiste - Jean Fassina - Foreword by Jacques Rouvier - Éditions Fayard - III 2000
References
Bibliography Lettre à un jeune pianiste - Jean Fassina - Foreword by Jacques Rouvier - Éditions Fayard - III 2000
External links Entretien avec Jean Fassina, Pianiste