Oscillations

wind for Arne

Rouille

After winning first prize for accordeon at the music academy Karine Germaix takes lessons and Master Classes with accordeon masters such as Pascal Contet, Semionov, Geir Draugsvoll, Frode Halti... She performs several John Cage pieces and takes part in jazz and improvised music festivals.
By joining several bands, she further enriches her repertoire with French chanson, pop music and world music from the Middle East, the Balkans, South America and Oceania.
In 2014 she decides to free herself from these music genres and strikes a balance between accessible music and sound exploration. She records an album and writes a show called Ondes Etourdies, which combines music, performance and poetry.
Over the years Karine Germaix has studied the accordeon in depth and worked on the instrument’s faults in order to give shape to a style of playing that is fine and sometimes very close to electronic sounds.