Vincent Lucas | |
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Born | 1967 |
Alma mater | Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Clermont-Ferrand |
Occupation | transverse flute player. |
Awards | Prague International Radio Competition |
Vincent Lucas (born in 1967) is a French classical transverse flute player.
Lucas began studying the transverse flute at the age of 8 at the Clermont-Ferrand Conservatory . [1]
In 1981 joined the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) as first appointed.
In 1984 he was awarded the Prague International Radio Competition. (Concertino Praga).
From 1984, he was a flutist for 5 years with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Then, from 1989, he was second flutist and solo piccolo within the Berlin Philharmonic for 6 years.
He has been the principal flute soloist of the Orchestre de Paris since 1994. He is a member of the wind quintet of the soloists of the orchestre de Paris. [2]
In parallel he is regularly called by different orchestras for replacements.
The passage in these various orchestras allowed him to play in concert venues recognized for their prestige: Musikverein of Vienna, Royal Albert Hall of London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Hall of Tokyo, Carnegie Hall in New-York are but a few examples.
Lucas also leads a career as chamber music musician.
Lucas has been teaching at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris (CRR) as main professor since 1999. He has also been teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) since 1995 [3] as assistant professor.
Every year he teaches at the Académie internationale d'été de Nice. [4]
In addition he gives master classes in France and in the world notably in Germany, [5] England, Denmark, Serbia, Italy, [6] Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, United States.
Finally, he is emeritus professor at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo.
Lucas has made several recordings under the Indesens label: [7]
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