Here is a little ad to help you take the plunge and learn the "piano with straps", "lung-shaker", "pushpin box", "shiver box" or sometimes even the "sorrow box" (but not with me, smiles guaranteed!), in short the accordion. My teaching method consists of offering the student several paths that will allow them to explore the instrument. I offer several approaches, including work on the quality of sound, touch, bellows, ease of playing and music. Also, I take a benevolent look at the health of the student since the instrument, by its size and weight, can hinder the musician. Learning this instrument requires assiduity and rigor, which is why I am committed to helping the student organize his work with the help, for example, of a schedule. Dialogue and listening between student and teacher are essential to progress in learning this superb instrument. ABOUT A second-year student at the Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance, Selma is an accordionist. In 2018, she won first prize in the National Accordion Trophy in the under-16 category, and in 2021, first prize in the National Union of Accordionists of France competition in the Espoir category. For the 2024 season of the National Jazz Orchestra, she was selected to join the accordion section of the Youth Orchestra. His polyphonic instrument gives him access to a vast artistic universe, ranging from world music to classical music, including theater and singing. If his approaches to the stage are varied (opera, cabaret, concert, street show, chamber music, performance, film music, filming, etc.) they have allowed him to perform on stages such as the Arab World Institute, the Loire Festival, in several schools and theaters in Europe, or even on the sets of the Luc Besson film studios (for Daryl Dixon, spin-off of the series The Walking Dead).