The Soloist
From 1984 he became Principal Clarinet ("Supersoliste") with the Opera national de Paris Orchestra (where he still plays today in 2011).
He played many times as guest principal clarinet with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra(Tour in South America and concerts in Berlin, on internet in October 2009), la Scala de Milan orchestra(2006),Sinfonia Varsovia,the Bavarian Radio Symphonic orchestra,Orchestre de Paris,French Radio(National and Philarmonic orchestras)and all the contemporary music ensembles in Paris (Ars Nova, Musique Vivante, 2E2M)... He played with all the best conductors: Ozawa, Sawallisch, Abbado, Maazel, Mehta, Boulez, Prêtre, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph von Dohnányi, Valery Gergiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Harding, Jurowski, Inbal, Jarvi, Oren, James Conlon, Chung Myung-whun, Armin Jordan, Philippe Jordan...
And as soloist with about 60 orchestras : Czech philharmonic, Bavarian Radio symphonic orchestra, Moscow symphonic, Kiev, Kharkow, Tokyo, Mexico, Guanajuato, Brisbane, Québec, Stavanger(Françaix concerto "live" for the Norvegian Radio), Brussels,Brugge,Namur(Schindelmeisser concerto for 4 clarinets with Boeykens,Vanspaendonck,Votano), Manchester, Asturias, Austin and Lubbock(Texas), Richmond Virginia, Lille, Toulouse, Picardie(Spohr second concerto "live" for Radio France), Cannes, Mulhouse, Caen(Nielsen concerto), Bretagne(concertos by Weber,Copland,Nielsen, Françaix and French Premiere of the C. V. Stanford concerto)... He was invited in many ClarinetFests (Annual Congress of the International Clarinet Association. 2011: he will play the Francaix concerto).
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