Accordéon Mélancolique is a Dutch

Dutch people

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 accordion

Accordion

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 duo consisting of Cherie de Boer (Jakarta

Jakarta

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, 10 June 1950) and Jean-Pierre Guiran (Vlissingen, 27 January 1957).

The duo is founded in 1984. In 1997 they were asked to play during the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall-plan in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for, among others, Bill en Hillary Clinton, Dutch crown prince Willem Alexander and former Dutch prime minister Wim Kok. Their first CD L'Imparfait du Cœur was released in 1998, and was proclaimed by the Swedish accordion magazine Dragspels Nytt as the best accordion CD of 1999. As a result, they played at various festivals in Iceland

Iceland

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 and Denmark

Denmark

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 during the summer of 2000 and 2003. In total, five CDs have been released. The music is also published as sheet music.

Style

The duo plays increasingly more original compositions. Their inspiration comes from French accordion music, French musette waltzes, Italian folk music

Italian folk music

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, Antillean waltzes

Music of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles

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, Indonesian kronchong melodies

Kroncong

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, Argentinean tangos, Jewish

Klezmer

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 and Greek folk music

Greek folk music

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, swing standards, Gypsy romantics, classical music

Classical music

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, merengues

Merengue music

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 and tex-mex

Tejano music

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. A central theme is the role of silence in music.

CDs

Date	Album
2008	Les Invités
2006	Le Nid Aimé
2003	Petits Fours Frais
2002	Parade des Poules
1998	L'Imparfait du Cœur

Sheet music

Date	Album
2008	Les Invités
2006	Le Nid Aimé
2002	Parade des Poules
1998	L'Imparfait du Cœur

Compositions J.P. Guiran

The compositions of Jean-Pierre Guiran are distinguished by the central role of the melody. The expressiveness is strengthened by timing in various rhythms and by the harmony which receives the role of a second voice.

2008

• L'Arrivée des Invités
• Bougainville
• Clandestin
• The Dancing Tortoise
• Ma Chérie
• Padiki Dikitika
• Por el Camino Real (co-author)
• Requiem pour une Rose
• Tonton Charles
• Tanah Tumpah Darah

2006

• Appelboom
• L'Esprit du Sud
• L'Heure Bleue
• Juif Errant
• Kripi Kripi
• Le Lac Minor
• Le Nid Aimé
• Maria Clara
• Merel
• Mon Chéri
• Solitude Heureuse
• Te Lang Alleen
• Within Five Minutes!

2002

• Café Vert
• Helena
• Mango
• Parade des Poules
• Tres Corazones (co-author)
• Une Valse Anglaise S.V.P.

Documentaries

• Appie Baantjer als Diender. Profiel. KRO, the Netherlands, 2008.
• Boren in de Zeebodem. Schooltv, the Netherlands, 2005.
• De Koperen Ploeg. Kristie Stevens, the Netherlands, 2005.
• Oud en der Dagen Zat. IKON, the Netherlands, 2003.
• Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies. Martin Scorsese
  Martin Scorsese
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  . United States, 2008.

Films

• De Laatste Dag. Director Saskia Diesing, scenario Helena van der Meulen. Lemming Film, the Netherlands, 2008.
• If God Wants. Diennet Productions, United States, 2009.

Theatre

• Because There Isn't Any. Johannes Wieland. Performed by the Juilliard School of Arts
  Juilliard School
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  , New York, United States, 2008.
• Petites Histoires.com. Kader Atou. Compagnie Accrorap, France, 2008. Performed, among others, in France, the Netherlands, the United States and China.
• Resemblance. Dancers: Melanie Aceto en Claire Jacob-Zysman. Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance, New York, United States, 2006.
• EWES. Amaury Lebrun. Performed by Compañía Nacional de Danza II, Madrid, Spain, 2010.