Although Jean-Claude Séférian has been singing since childhood, he first studied classical music in Nice, majoring in piano, and completed his studies in Münster / Westphalia. Only the death of his idol Georges Brassens in 1981 prompted the professional pianist to expand his professional field to include his hobby of singing French songs. Initially as a soloist and in various formations, he found his favorite accompanists in his wife, pianist Christiane Rieger-Séférian, jazz saxophonist Jan Klare and accordion virtuoso Peter Rangno.
As a translator of Jacques Brel, Jean-Claude Séférian has been a guest at the largest Brel festival in St. Pierre-de-Chartreuse and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. In addition to interpreting classical chansons on his own, Jean-Claude Séférian is a composer and interpreter of his own chansons, particularly acclaimed in France, together with lyricist Solamens, who regularly bring their collaborative works to the stage in France. Jean Ferrat, the specialist newspaper “Chorus” and the Saarland chanson festival “Perspectives”, where he won the “Prix du Public”, praise the interpretation of his songs.
Jean-Claude Séférian is one of the few authentic chanson heroes and is in demand throughout Germany at French cultural institutes and German-French associations, and a regular presence on radio and television documents his artistic importance.
