François TASHDJIAN

Flautist François Tashdjian, born in Gap (05) in 1974 to parents of Norman, Provençal and Armenian origins, lived from an early age in Africa, and more precisely in Lubumbashi (in then Zaïre) where he stayed for 5 years.
 François TASHDJIAN

BIOGRAPHY

A self-taught composer, his taste for writing first became apparent at the age of 7 (composing his own musical exercises) and took shape at the age of 14 (his first work for solo flute: "Le Chat et la souris", composed at that age, was published in 2000. His "compositional" approach began in earnest under Philippe Capdenat during the year 1994-1995 at the ENMD in Montreuil (93).

A self-taught composer, his taste for writing first became apparent at the age of 7 (composing his own musical exercises) and took shape at the age of 14 (his first work for solo flute: "Le Chat et la souris", composed at that age, was published in 2000. His "compositional" approach began in earnest under Philippe Capdenat during the year 1994-1995 at the ENMD in Montreuil (93).

His renowned dedicatees and performers include the Paris Brass Quintet, the Quintette Moragues, the Ultim'Asonata and Multilatéral ensembles, the Antara trio, the Sr9 trio, Lise Baudouin and Mélanie Brégant, Hélène Escriva, Hélène Colombotti, Bastien Baumet, Mikaël Avenel, Thierry Gervais, Célestin Guérin, Michel Rousseau, Renaud Guy Rousseau, Cécile Hardouin, Samuel Favre, Gilles Ranciletti, Emmanuelle Ophèle and the Orchestre Régional de Normandie.

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