Félicien Brut, a French accordionist with classical training and a wide range of repertoires, was born in Clermont-Ferrand on November 7, 1986. Fascinated by the instrument from childhood, he began studying it in 1997, taking classes with Jacques Mornet at the Centre national et international de musique et d'accordéon in Auvergne until 2009. In 2007, he won three international competitions: the Klingenthal Competition (Germany), the Castelfidardo Competition (Italy) and the World Trophy in Samara (Russia). In parallel with his studies at the Pôle d'enseignement supérieur de musique in Bordeaux (2009-2011), where he obtained a degree in musicology, Félicien Brut teaches accordion at the Libourne conservatory, then from 2013 to 2017 at the Châteauroux conservatory. In 2016, he released his first recording with Trio Astoria, Soledad de Escualo. He then turned his attention to his solo career, creating with the Quatuor Hermès and double bassist Édouard Macarez the Pari des Bretelles, a project suggested by Richard Galliano, brought to discover the accordion's multiple repertoires through concerts in classical music venues and festivals such as La Folle Journée de Nantes. The ensemble records the albums Le Pari des Bretelles (2019) and Neuf (2020), featuring works by Beethoven, for the Mirare label. Creator of Thibault Perrine's contemporary compositions, Caprices d'accordéoniste (2018) and Souvenirs de bals (2019), the accordionist received the Prix Yvette Horner and Prix Gus Viseur in 2019, recognizing his talents. He collaborates on stage with Lucienne Renaudin Vary, brothers Romain and Thomas Leleu, Thibaut Garcia and Yvan Cassar. Since 2021, Félicien Brut has hosted the Brut d'accordéon program on France Musique every Sunday. In 2022, he recorded his first solo album, J'ai Deux Amours - The Paris Album, featuring transcriptions of pieces by Piazzolla, Chopin, Rossini, Stravinsky, Gainsbourg and Karol Beffa, as well as three new works with the Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud, with contributions from Julie Fuchs, Edgar Moreau, Thibaut Garcia, Adam Laloum, Édouard Macarez and Vincent Dedienne.
