Christophe Voidey

Christophe VOIDEY completed his musical studies in his hometown at the Besançon conservatory in piano, chamber music, musical training, harmony and counterpoint.

Right from the end of his general studies, he became interested in pedagogy and perfected his musical training with Michelle-Odile Gillot and Aline Holstein.

His piano teacher Lucette Touzet introduced him to the Willems® movement during summer workshops in Lyon. The Willems® Congress in Antwerp in 1984 was a revelation for him; he discovered teaching very young children, music therapy and instrumental teaching. Above all, he was deeply influenced by the artistic personality and influence of Jacques Chapuis. Improvisation and practical harmony represented a new source of enrichment and personal development.

He completed the Willems® Pedagogical Diploma in Paris and Lyon, and regularly attends EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) conferences and courses.

Since 1990, he has collaborated on Willems® training courses in Irigny, Saint Genis les Ollières, Dommartin, Paris, Namur, Barcelona, Madrid…

A teacher at the Willems® Ryméa School of Music in Lyon between 1990 and 1996, he became Director of the Irigny School of Music in 1995. He divides his teaching activities into musical initiation, musical training, piano, choirs, instrumental ensembles and school settings, taking a very global approach to the transmission of music.