Michel Bellavance is a Swiss

flautist The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

of Canadian origin.

Career

Miyazawa Artist Bellavance has performed concertos by Ibert, Reinecke, Nielsen,

Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet C ...

, Bernstein, Liebermann, Mozart,

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...

and

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widesprea ...

with orchestras both in Europe and Latin America, including the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, the Bahia Symphony Orchestra, the Mendoza Philharmonic Orchestra, the Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru. He has appeared at festivals in Switzerland, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica, on radio broadcasts for the Radio Suisse Romande, the CBC, and

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...

(USA), and has given recitals in cities such as Geneva, Zürich, Basel, Paris, London, Prague, Barcelona, Madrid, Montréal, Ottawa, Washington DC, Sydney, Auckland, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, São Paulo, Brasília, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Bogotá and Lima. His discs for Meridian Records,

Atma Classique ATMA Classique is a Canadian record label based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1994 by Johanne Goyette, the company has close to 600 titles in its catalogue and distributes in over 25 countries and on the internet. Several recordings released ...

, Brioso Recordings and SNE have received international critical praise and attest to his keen interest for both new and less familiar repertoire. In addition to his activities as a performer, Michel Bellavance is Professor of flute at the

Geneva Conservatoire , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; ...

(HEM) (Switzerland), and regularly gives masterclasses in Europe, the Far East and Latin America,Bogota
concursouniversitariodeflauta.com, 2010, (in Spanish) including the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performanc ...

, the Royal Academy of Music, the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...

, Sydney Conservatorium,

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

, the

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) (Chinese: 香港演藝學院) is a provider of tertiary education in Hong Kong. Located near the north coast of Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, the main campus also functions as a venue for pe ...

, the

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

and

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

Conservatories, and the San Jose and Lima International Flute Festivals.

References

External links

* https://miyazawa.com/artist/michel-bellavance/ * https://www.hesge.ch/hem/annuaire/michel-bellavance {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellavance, Michel Living people Canadian flautists Year of birth missing (living people)