Maryline
MENWEG, eldest daughter of Vincent & Chantal MENWEG, was born in
Mulhouse (France) on May 28th 1983.
Soon she was fascinated
by the accordion and her little finger "tapped" the
instrument
of his dad, himself a Professor of Accordion, Arranger and
Composer.
With great success, she won the "Concours de
l'UNAF"
(price of the French National Union of Accordionists),
and then the World Cup in the
month of October 2000 in Kragujevac in
former Yugoslavia (category "entertainment-variety").
In November 1997 and in 2001 she won the ETOILE D'OR DE
L'ACCORDEON
(GOLDEN STAR OF ACCORDION) at the NATIONAL ACCORDION
FESTIVAL
in
Paris (1st Price of the SACEM & Audience Award)
Maryline
recorded several CDs and appeared repeatedly on TV in
France,
Germany and Switzerland.
In January 2000 she was
privileged to be part of the orchestra of James Last
during a
tour across Germany.
After studying Musicology in
Strasbourg she is now Music Professor in a College.