Biography
Residing in his
native french hometown of Briançon by choice and because of the
beauty of the mountainous landscape, Alain DABONCOURT leads an
active concert life, performing a widely eclectic repertoire,
from Bach to Penderecki and Takemitsu, including recital
programs, chamber music, as well as more than eighty
concertos.
As a soloist he plays in many countries :
USA, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, France, Italy, Switzerland,
Russia, the Ukraine, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, India, Vietnam,
China, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Middle-East ...
He
appears in such major halls as : Taipei National Concert Hall, St
Petersburg Philharmony, Vilnius Philharmony, Torino's Teatro
Alfieri and RAI Auditorium, Paris Salle Gaveau...
Until
now, he has recorded 12 CDs.
Among his partners
:
Orchestre de Chambre d'Auvergne, Russian
Chamber Philharmonic, Kharkov Philharmony, Chisinau Philharmony,
Varsaw Baroque Soloists, I Virtuosi dell'Accademia, Manchester
Sinfonia, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Macau Chamber Orchestra...
François-René Duchâble, Jean-Marie Cottet,
Jean-François Ballèvre, Billy Eidi, Giuseppe Massaglia, Elena
Winther, Maria Calleja, Mary Wu.. (piano)
Isabelle
Courret, Marion Fromonteil... (harp)
Zoltan Toth,
Yuri Bashmet... (viola)
Sibelius Trio, Solistes de
Cannes, les 3B...
Alain DABONCOURT was
brought into contact with music at a very young age, playing the
piano in his childhood. At 14, he discovered the flute while
attending a flute concert in his small home town in France. He
taught himself for four years, and after enrolling for one year
in Marseille Conservatory, he studied in Paris (Michel Debost)
and Genève (Jean-Claude Hermenjat). He graduated from Ecole
Normale de Musique de Paris (Diplôme Supérieur de
Concertiste).
He improved his art listening to the
lessons of J.P. Rampal, A. Nicolet, A. Adorjan.
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