L'école internationale de musique et d'accordéon pour tous

Team

Teaching and administrative Team

CNIMA's teaching team is made of on staff professors and guest professors.

All our professors have music diplomas and a great experience in teaching. The mastering of their instrument, their great knowledge of music theory and their unconditional love for music are a great asset.

Cnima high quality teaching is known worldwide. It gives key to their students to become high rank musicians.

On staff professors

Jacques Mornet See a video on YouTube
CNIMA founder
Accordion＆ Arrangements

Jacques Mornet is an accordionist. He founded the CNIMA with Nathalie Boucheix in 1995.

While initially working as a school teacher and playing accordion in an orchestra on the side, he quickly became passionate about teaching the accordion. He became the Thor county music school's director, in Provence. There he developped a one-of-a-kind teaching system, putting an emphasis on the fact the accordion is a wind instrument. Throughout the years his students have been very successful at international championships both in classical music and variety, establishing him as a world renowned professor, with a world record of 116 firt prizes.

Jacques Mornet has been awarded the Moscow Gnessin Academy Silver Disc and the Prix Gus Viseur. He is the CMA's vice president(Confédération Mondiale de l’Accordéon) and takes part in juries at international accordion championships around the world.

At the CNIMA, Monsieur Mornet teaches accordion and arrangements.

He travels the world with Nathalie Boucheix to give workshops and masterclasses.

Nathalie Boucheix See a video on YouTube
CNIMA Co-founder, CEO and director of studies
Accordion

Nathalie Boucheix is an accordionist. She co-founded the CNIMA in 1995 with her ex-professor, Jacques Mornet and is now the school's CEO.

Winner at the greatest international accordion championships - Trophée Mondial (1994), Klingenthal (1994) and at French contests - The Medard Ferrero Prize (1993) - she got awarded with the Sacem Francis Baxter prize (1993). She holds a DEM (Diplôme d'Etudes Musicales) in accordion.

She is the CNIMA's CEO and director of studies. She teaches accordion and music theory with an emphasis in accordion technique and musical interpretation both in classical music and concert variety. She specializes in transmitting Jacques Mornet's method to all students from beginners to advanced students

Along with Monsieur Mornet, she travels the world to teach workshops and masterclasses.

Volodymyr KASHUTA

Accordion and voice professor
Composer, arranger, concert player, orchestra director

Volodymyr is an acclaimed accordion player, composer and singer and has performed internationally.

At CNIMA, he teaches accordion and voice since 2022.

2024 Winner of the Mons international competition “Accordéon-nous”, 1st place, senior varieties

2022 World Cup winner (Switzerland, Zoffingen) 1st place.

Winner of the 3rd prize from the city of Castelfidardo (Italy).

2021 Winner of the 2021 World Cup (Germany, Munich) 3rd place.

Maxime D'Errico
Accordion, piano, computer assisted music
Chamber music
Entertainment

Maxime is an accordionist and pianist.

He is an "intermittent" (French status for full time entertainer) specialized in musical entertainment.
He started studying at the CNIMA, at age 11, first as a visiting student, and then as a full time students.

He qualified himself among the first three competitors at numerous international competitions and holds a DEM (Diplôme d'Etudes Musicales) in accordion variety.

At the CNIMA, Maxime teaches accordion and music entertainment.

André Mornet See a video on YouTube

Pianist

André Mornet is a pianist, composer and arranger.

Versatile musician, he is at ease in all styles: classical, variety, jazz. He accompanies famous artists such as Lio, Jean-Luc Lahaye and Jessy Norman ... He plays with the national symphony orchestras
He plays with the national symphony orchestras of Marseille and Avignon and participates in the Orange choreographies as well as in numerous television programs.
As an arranger and musical director for the music-hall, he collaborates with Harold Junke, André Hellers,Angelique Milster ...
Trained at the departmental school of music of Thor (Vaucluse),
He is 1st prize of the conservatory of Avignon in piano and musical training.

Christian Mornet See a video on YouTube
Pianist

Christian Mornet is a pianist.

Accompanist with an exceptional touch and flawless virtuosity, he plays for the Brazilian singer, Marcia Maria, shares the stage with Mama Bea at Bobino and tours the USA with Alain Musichini.
Jazz enthusiast, he plays in many formations such as the group Catimbo, the Michel Gaudry quintet, the Swing Sorg Orchestra...
He directs several operettas at the Odéon theater in Marseille and at the Tarascon theater.
Trained at the departmental school of music of Thor (Vaucluse).
He is 1st prize of the conservatory of Avignon in piano.

Sam Tallet See website
Guitarist

Sam Tallet is a guitarist and singer.

Self-taught, he asserts himself with ardor, despite his young age, in a range of styles from rock to funk through pop and flamenco.
A professional training at the IMFP of Salon de Provence and an avalanche of musical projects of scale propel him among the best musicians of the French scene.
Sponsored by the guitarist Louis Winsberg, he plays with Paco Séry, Stéphane Huchard, Minino Garay. In 2019, he was chosen to participate in "The Voice" with his group Octopus, in front of 7 million viewers.

Jonathan Chamberlain
Guitarist
Jonathan CHAMBERLIN plays in several musical groups: Celtic music, song, rock.

Jonathan learns guitar from a teacher from the American School of Modern Music in Paris. A student at CNIMA where he perfected his second instrument, the accordion, he obtained a CEM (Certificate of Musical Studies) in musical training, as well as the UV DEM (Diploma of Musical Studies) in ensemble music and musical practice (accompaniment, arrangement, improvisation).

At CNIMA, he teaches acoustic and electric guitar. in a wide variety of musical styles: Rock, blues, folk, pop, song, Celtic music, reggae, funk, bossa nova.

Guest professors

Franck Angelis

Accordion

Franck Angelis is a leading composer of contemporary accordion and winner of the Trophée Mondial de l'accordéon in 1981 (senior classical). He has been teaching at the CRD of Gennevilliers since 1992 and is a member of the DE. He has been jury in national and international competitions (World Cup, World Trophy, Castefidardo...). As an accordionist, he has also recorded for film soundtracks: "Jeanne et les garçons formidables", with music by Philippe Miller and "Un monde entre deux", music by Bernard Cavanna. As a composer, he has participated in several creations, including Bernard Cavanna's Mass and the "Musica" festival in Strasbourg. His compositions with a unique and modern style testify to the creative genius of the composer. Most of them are today imposed in the great international competitions and require technical virtuosity, great expressiveness and sensitivity of the interpreter. He has also composed magnificent pedagogical pieces accessible to all levels, which are unanimously praised by teachers and students. These compositions are a real source of happiness for all accordion lovers: beautiful melodies, rhythmic games, jazz phrasing, humor...

Ludovic Beier See a video on YouTube

Accordion

Ludovic Beier est accordéoniste.

He specializes in gypsy jazz where he has made a name for himself worldwide alongside guitarist Angelo Debarre. During his tours, he met James Carter, Joe Lovano and Tom Scott and became famous, in the biggest American jazz clubs, alongside Toots Thielemans, Herbie Hancock, Eliane Elias, the Django All Stars... In France, he accompanies Melody Gardot, Thomas Dutronc and Guy Marchand for whom he composes and arranges his latest album "Né à Belleville". Ludovic Beier also lends his talents as a composer and arranger to the world of cinema and television. His latest solo accordion album "Made in black" has just been released. Ludovic Beier is the holder of the Gus Viseur Prize and the Francis Baxter Prize and has a University Master's degree in Gypsy Jazz.

Anaïs Bessières See a video on Y ouTube

Accordion

Anaïs Bessières followed Christian Llorens' courses for eight years and participated in many European competitions which she won with success.

After obtaining her baccalaureate, she joined the CNIMA, the famous international accordion school co-founded by Jacques Mornet and Nathalie Boucheix. In 2017, she obtained her Dem (diploma of musical studies of conservatories) with honors and congratulations of the jury. She then continued to improve her skills. In 2018 she obtained the fourth place at the Grand International Competition of Klinghental in Germany and won the Audience Prize in 2019.

Anaïs Bessières has also started to take her first steps in teaching this magnificent instrument and loves to transmit with passion. In the last two years, she has performed in China, California as well as on various French TV shows.

Myriam Lafargue See a video on YouTube
Accordion

Accordionist from the southwest of France, Myriam Lafargue discovered and perfected the chromatic accordion at the age of 8 at the famous Jacques Mornet school.

She quickly obtained trophies, national and international awards which made her travel through Europe, the United States,... and allowed her to meet great musicians such as Gilles APAP, Paul MAURIAT, Michel LEGRAND,... with whom she will cooperate professionally during recordings, tours, concerts...

She is also a professor at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Bordeaux and is also part of the pedagogical staff of the CNIMA (Centre National et International de Musique et d'Accordéon). She regularly gives master classes in France and abroad.

Mylène Mornet

Voice

Mylène Mornet is a soprano singer.

She interprets numerous roles in the operatic repertoire while leading a career as a recitalist in the field of melody and in the oratorio repertoire.

She is also fond of French songs and regularly performs the great composers of this repertoire.

A student at the CNSM in Paris, she was unanimously awarded a first prize in singing.

She has won numerous national (Alès, Béziers) and international (Voix d'Or, Marmande, Rennes) competitions. Her discography includes "La Périchole" and "Les Diamants de la Couronne" for Harmonia Mundi.

Alexia Mornet

Chant

Sublime singer nominated in the show "The Voice", Alexia Mornet helps you to strengthen your voice and your stage presence, through a technical work and the study of a repertoire in international variety and French song

Administrative team