Pierre Gillet (born 6 August 1960) is a French classical

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

er.

Life

Born in

Terville Terville (; ; Lorraine Franconian ''Tierwen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The trumpeter Pierre Gillet was born in Terville (6 August 1960). Population See also * Communes of the Moselle depart ...

, Gillet followed the teaching of

Pierre Thibaud Pierre Thibaud (22 June 1929 – 29 October 2004) was a French classical trumpeter. Life Born in Proissans (Dordogne), Thibaud studied violon and trumpet at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, then at the Conservatoire de Paris in Eugène Foveau's c ...

in the trumpet class at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

where he obtained a first prize. He is in his turn an assistant trumpet teacher at the same school and a professor at the

20th arrondissement of Paris The 20th arrondissement of Paris (known in French as the ''XXe arrondissement de Paris'' or simply as "''le vingtième''") is the last of the consecutively numbered Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. Also kno ...

conservatory. He has been solo trumpeter of the Concerts Colonne and he is also soloist of the orchestra of the Opéra Bastille in Paris since 1984. Since 1982, Pierre Gillet has been a member of the "Ensemble de trompettes de Paris"Ensemble de Trompettes de Paris
on BnF (Eutepé). With other musicians he founded the "Orchestre de Cuivres de Paris" and is its director. He is a member of the Ars Nova and Septentrion ensembles (brass quintet with piano and percussion).

References

External links

Website of the EuTePe. Ensemble de Trompettes de Paris

Website of the Orchestre de Cuivres de Paris

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