They will both be walking along Avenue Foch (16th arrondissement) in step to celebrate the National Day, this Sunday in Paris. A “miracle” for Johann, 25, in his first year at the National Police Academy (ENSP) and for his junior by three years Mathias, in his first year at the École Polytechnique. “Seeing a parade is crazy, experiencing it is crazy, and with a member of your family, together, it’s mind-blowing,” rejoices the eldest, met this Friday at the Satory military camp in the Yvelines.
Nothing predestined the siblings to such a professional future. Raised by a lawyer father and a concert pianist mother, these brothers in arms were lulled by music from a very young age. “I remember my mother playing the piano all the time, I would fall asleep with her music and wake up with it,” recalls the student commissioner, himself a cellist.
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