Clément Saunier (born 1979) 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 standar ...

er.

Life

Born in

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. Wit ...

, Saunier began learning the trumpet at the School of Municipal Music in

Surgères Surgères () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France. It is the home of the Surgères 48 Hour Race. History Middle ages The site of Surgères was occupied in Neolithic times, but the earliest recorded history co ...

with Christian Méchin. From the age of 13 to 16, he was a student of Pierre Gillet, Gérard Boulanger and Pierre Thibaud. At the age of 16, he entered 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 his First Prizes for trumpet (Clément Garrec and Pierre Gillet's classes) and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ...

(Jens MacManama's class) unanimously with the jury's congratulations. He also pursued a further training cycle at the CNSMDP. Saunier has been the principal trumpet of

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Mon ...

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since 2013 and collaborates with the great composers and conductors of our time such as

Matthias Pintscher Matthias Pintscher (born 29 January 1971) is a German composer and conductor. As a youth, he studied the violin and conducting. Life and career Pintscher was born in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia. He began his music studies with Giselher Klebe in ...

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... He has performed as a soloist at the

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in Yan Maresz' ''Metallics'' and ''Metal Extensions'' and

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's ''Requiem'' at the

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, Hamburg, the

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of Paris and the Cologne Philharmonic in Matthias Pintscher's ''Sonic Eclipse'' cycle and also the

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in ''Chute d'étoiles'' with the

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. His performances at international interpretation competitions have been awarded prestigious prizes in Porcia (Italy 2002), Prague Spring (2003), Jeju (South Korea 2004),

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International Trumpet Solo Competition (Brussels 2005), Maurice André (Paris 2003 and 2006) and Tchaikovsky (Moscow 2011). He was also honoured at the All England Masters International Brass Band Championships in Cambridge (England 2008) where he received the prize for best soloist for his performance with the Aeolus Brass Band. He also distinguished himself with the Trombamania Quintet at the international chamber music competitions in Guebwiller (2003), Passau (Germany 2004), and Illzach (2005) An international concert performer, Saunier gives numerous concerts and recitals on the French and international stages (in Italy, Japan, South Korea, Slovakia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Colombia, Russia, the USA, Belgium, Germany...). In 1998, he founded the Academy of Brass and Percussions of Surgères, which he coordinates and which now welcomes 150 participants each summer under the supervision of an international teaching team. His discography includes several recordings, including a version of

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's second Trumpet Concerto (2005) recorded with

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of Paris conducted by Philippe Ferro as well as a recording of

Ida Gotkovsky Ida Rose Esther Gotkovsky (born 26 August 1933) is a French composer and pianist. She is currently a professor of music theory at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in France. Early life Gotkovsky was born on 26 August 1933 in Cala ...

's Concerto (2009). He also recorded with Trombamania and the Aeolus Brass Band. In 2008, he collaborated with the label to record a collection of educational DVD-ROMs in 3 volumes containing 250 reference works from the repertoire for trumpet and piano for trumpet players of all levels. Between 2007 and 2009, he recorded a solo album with prestigious ensembles throughout Europe, including the

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and the Amici Musicae in Leipzig. This CD includes the recording of

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's Concerto for trumpet and orchestra. The disc ''Tournoiement des rêves'' (2013) includes a premiere by Anthony Girard, and the recording of his Trumpet Concerto,

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's Concerto, a new version of

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' first Concerto for Trumpet and "reed orchestra" as well as the recording of

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's Concerto in five movements. The record ''Directions'' (2017) includes modern pieces for trumpet alone by Henze, Takemitsu,

Scelsi Giacinto Francesco Maria Scelsi (; 8 January 1905 – 9 August 1988, sometimes cited as 8 August 1988) was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French. He is best known for having composed music based around only one pitch, ...

, Fedele,

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, Pintscher. In 2015, he was appointed to the and the Pôle Supérieur Paris-Boulogne. Since 2015, he has also been teaching every summer at the Chosen Vale Institute (NH-USA) with great soloists and trumpet teachers ( Edward Caroll,

Håkan Hardenberger Ulf Håkan Hardenberger (born 27 October 1961 in Malmö) is a Swedish trumpeter. Taking up the trumpet at the age of eight under the guidance of hometown teacher Bo Nilsson, Hardenberger pursued further studies at the Paris Conservatoire, with ...

Marco Blaauw Marco Blaauw is a Dutch trumpet soloist known for his work in the field of new music and with Cologne-based contemporary music group Ensemble Musikfabrik. He plays a double bell trumpet, an invention that has allowed for numerous new compositions ...

, Gabriel Cassone, Thomas Stevens, Steven Burns,

Markus Stockhausen Markus Stockhausen (born May 2, 1957) is a German trumpeter and composer. His recordings and performances have typically alternated between jazz and chamber or opera music, the latter often in collaboration with his father, composer Karlheinz Sto ...

, Tom Hooten, Pacho Flores). From 2013 to 2017, he taught at the Lucerne Orchestra Academy in Switzerland. Saunier is a "Yamaha Artist".Clément Saunier on Yamaha
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References

External links

Personal website

Sicilienne, Fauré, Ensemble Trombamania
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