Antoine Curé (born 11 April 1951) is a French classical

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er. He is a professor at the

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Life

Curé started learning the trumpet at the music school in

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. He furthered his studies at the conservatories of

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and

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. In 1970, he entered the

in Ludovic Vaillant on TrumpetLand's class. There he won two First Prizes: trumpet and

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. He won the gold medal at the G. Viotti International Competition in Italy, as well as the 2nd prize at the Toulon International Competition. He is also a winner of the . First solo trumpet at the

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, he joined the Ensemble intercontemporain as a soloist in 1981 under the direction of

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. He held this position until December 2012. He was a professor at the Conservatory of

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In 1988, Curé was appointed a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris. He is regularly invited to the summer academies of Nice, Orford (Canada) and in Japan. He has participated in many recordings as an orchestral musician but also as a soloist, notably with the Concertos for Trumpet by

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, Bach's 2nd Brandenburg Concertos. He also made a record of the three trumpet concertos by

Jean-Michel Defaye Jean-Michel Defaye (18 September 1932 – 1 January 2025) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his collaboration with French poet and singer-songwriter Léo Ferré. Life and career Defaye was born in Saint-Mandé, V ...

. In 1994, he premiered ''Midtown'', for two trompets, by

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, as well as the French premiere of Hans Werner Henze's

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in 1996. He also premiered ''Metal Extension'' by , ''2005 in Tokyo'' by Masakazu Natsuda, and ''La couche du temps'' for trumpet solo by

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Antoine Curé
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Discography
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Hummel, 3rd movement. Curé playing the Eb trumpet
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