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Eric Aubier

France

Trumpet

About

Eric Aubier entered Maurice Andre’s class at the CNSM of Paris at the age of 14 where he was the youngest graduate at the time earning three first prizes. He later won various prizes in international competitions in Prague, Toulon and Paris and Rolf Liebermann named Eric Aubier the solo trumpet for the Paris Opera Orchestra. He was only nineteen at the time.

From 1995 on, he devoted himself to his career as an international soloist and professor.

He performed in 25 countries worldwide and has worked with famous conductors and several orchestras in famous concert halls. His career in Japan was launched in 1989 with several concerts and CD recordings with the pianist Hiroshi Nagao. Then, Eric Aubier has been regularly invited for recitals and Master classes by different festivals and numerous universities.

He is very involved in developing the repertoire of his instrument and is the favorite trumpet player of many composers who dedicate their works to him. He has a world-wide reputation as the major interpreter in the French wind instrument tradition throughout the world, he is perceived as the one who best perpetuates the French wind instrument tradition; he is, in a sense, the “trumpet in the new light”.

Eric Aubier has become the most eminent French representative invited to sit regularly for juries at such international competitions as Munich (ARD Germany), Paris (Maurice André), Porcia (Italia), Markneukirchen (Germany), ITG (USA), Lieksa (Finland), Jeju (Korea), Budapest (Hungary, Prague (Czech).

He teaches at the CRR of Rueil-Malmaison in France, at the Royal Academy of Music of London in UK, at Shobi Conservatory in Tokyo and at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne in Switzerland. He also gives a lot of master classes in the Universities of many countries and was during many years the director of a permanent academy in Spain and the Artistic Director of The Academie Internationale de Trompette du Grand Nord de la France.

The year 2015 have seen the opening of his French Trumpet Institute in Tokyo – Japan  www.eric-aubier-institute.net and the first Eric Aubier competition Latino-Americano in Medellin (Colombia). http://www.concursotrompetala.com  In 2017 was the second Eric Aubier competition Latino-Americano in Bogota – Colombia www.concursolatinoericaubier.com  and last October the first Eric Aubier International Trumpet competition in Rouen – France. www.ericaubier-trumpetcompetition.com .

He recorded over 200 worked produced by Sony Classical, Arion / Pierre Vérany, Calliope, Mandala, Bis, Accord / Universal and won numerous prices and distinguished review. Eric Aubier is Yamaha Artist since 1998.


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