Florent Charpentier

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Florent Charpentier (born 1982) is a French clarinetist.

Charpentier began playing clarinet at age 8 under Philippe Moinet. [1] He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under Michel Arrignon and Pascal Moraguès, graduating in 2000. [1] He then received a diploma in chamber music in 2002. [1] He then enrolled in the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Lyon, graduating in 2006. [1] Vandoren invited him to perform at Clarfest in 2007. [1] He has performed with the World Youth Orchestra (soloing on the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in Tel Aviv [1] ), the National Orchestra of Lyon, [1] and l'Orchestre de L'Opéra de Lyon (soloing on Gerald Finzi's Concerto). [2] He also participated in a tour of Spain with the Orchestre de Paris. He was appointed head of the wind department at the Asnières-sur-Seine Conservatory in 2007.

Charpentier was the winner of the 2008 Prague Spring International Music Festival. [3] He was the first Frenchman to receive this honor in 28 years. [1] As the laureate, he premiered a new composition, "Sylinx" by Czech composer Kryštof Mařatka, at the 2009 festival. [4] He also was a laureate of the 2009 Pablo Casals Festival of Prades. [5] He is an artist of the World Clarinet Alliance. [6] He performed in Concert Déclic for Radio France, and was broadcast nationally. [7]

Charpentier plays a Buffet Crampon clarinet and a Selmer bass clarinet, with Vandoren mouthpieces. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Boniface, Dominique (25 May 2009). "Florent CHARPENTIER, clarinettiste" (in French). Live Music Company. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "à noter dans vos agendas" (in French). Radio France. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Florent Charpentier". Prague Spring. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Concert of the laureate". Prague Spring. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Révélations classiques" (in French). Adami. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Artist Roster". WKA. June 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Florent Charpentier" (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2009.


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