Nicolas Duchamp is an internationally acclaimed performer and respected teacher, in the tradition of the Paris Conservatory French school of flute playing, of which Philippe Gaubert was among the most famous. Born in Bordeaux France, he received directly the tradition of the French flute playing from his teachers in his native city.
Mr. Duchamp has served for many years as principal flutist for the National Opera Comique in Paris and toured extensively in his native France as well as Europe, Japan, China, Vietnam and North America.
With his ‘’warm tone, distinctive charm and creative poetic eloquence”, Mr. Duchamp has performed as soloist with many of France’s leading chamber music ensembles and orchestras, including Paris Opera Bastille, Nice Opera, Strasbourg National Opera, Lamoureux Orchestra, Metz Orchestra and the Bordeaux National Opera, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Georges Prêtre, Myung-Whun Chung, Philip Walsh, Brian Schembri, Yutaka Sado, Laurent Petit Girard, and Philipp Morehead.
Nicolas has performed internationally in solo recitals, chamber music ensembles and as orchestra soloist in prestigious concert halls including Salle Pleyel, Cité des Arts, Salle Gaveau and Salle Cortot in Paris, Claude Champagne Hall in Montreal, the Zitadelle Spandau in Berlin, Olympia Hall in Munich, Spivey Hall in Atlanta and Weill Recital Hall in New York.
Duchamp’s active international career takes him regularly throughout Europe, North America and to Japan. He has been featured in numerous international festivals, including the Belle Ile Festival, Radio France Broadcast Festival, Sarlat Festival, Saint-Yriex , Festival in France, Switzerland’s Crans-Montana Festival, the American Music Festival,Corsica` s Festival du Vent and the Montreal Chamber Music Festival.
Mr Duchamp taught with Jean Ferrandis as his assistant at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and regularly presents master classes in the US, Canada, Japan, China, Vietnam, France and at the Music Academy International in Italy during the summer. He has conducted master classes in a number American universities, including: Mannes School of Music in New York,, UNC School of the Art, East Carolina University, NC, Governor`s Schools of the Arts, SC, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Wilmington NC, Richmond University VA, Georgia States University at Atlanta GA, Baldwin-Wallace School of music at Cleveland OH, Fine Arts Center at Greenville SC, University of South Carolina at Columbia, and Furman University SC, Queens college NY, Fullerton University, CA, Hanano Masterclass, Tokyo Japan, Montreal Conservatory, Canada
For more than 20 years, Nicolas Duchamp has been Professor of flute in France at the Creteil National School, the Music Center in Neuilly, Gustav Charpentier Music Conservatory, Nanterre Music School and Maison de culture du Vesinet.
In 2009, The family of Philippe Gaubert (1874-1941) formally commissioned Mr. Duchamp to celebrate Gaubert’s contribution to the French Art of Flute playing in a worldwide tour. Duchamp created the concert and film homage, GAUBERT VIVANT! which he presented in a US tour including Carnegie Hall in New York, and Spivey Hall in Atlanta where he recorded an historic performance on the famous Gaubert flute Louis Lot N° 1986 for American public Radio's “Performance Today" for over 5 million listeners.
This personal connection makes Duchamp a unique representative of the French flute school in the flute word. Several international flute magazines favorably reviewed Mr. Duchamp and his performances: Flute talk (USA), Traversiere Magazine (France), Flute (UK), NY Flute Club News Letter ,(USA), France- Amerique (USA), The flute view (USA).
Mr Duchamp performs on the Louis LOT Gaubert flute (1886) , and a 14K gold Muramatsu .
Duchamp documentary on Philippe GAUBERT :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5rQVTJYaVk
Mr. Duchamp has served for many years as principal flutist for the National Opera Comique in Paris and toured extensively in his native France as well as Europe, Japan, China, Vietnam and North America.
With his ‘’warm tone, distinctive charm and creative poetic eloquence”, Mr. Duchamp has performed as soloist with many of France’s leading chamber music ensembles and orchestras, including Paris Opera Bastille, Nice Opera, Strasbourg National Opera, Lamoureux Orchestra, Metz Orchestra and the Bordeaux National Opera, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Georges Prêtre, Myung-Whun Chung, Philip Walsh, Brian Schembri, Yutaka Sado, Laurent Petit Girard, and Philipp Morehead.
Nicolas has performed internationally in solo recitals, chamber music ensembles and as orchestra soloist in prestigious concert halls including Salle Pleyel, Cité des Arts, Salle Gaveau and Salle Cortot in Paris, Claude Champagne Hall in Montreal, the Zitadelle Spandau in Berlin, Olympia Hall in Munich, Spivey Hall in Atlanta and Weill Recital Hall in New York.
Duchamp’s active international career takes him regularly throughout Europe, North America and to Japan. He has been featured in numerous international festivals, including the Belle Ile Festival, Radio France Broadcast Festival, Sarlat Festival, Saint-Yriex , Festival in France, Switzerland’s Crans-Montana Festival, the American Music Festival,Corsica` s Festival du Vent and the Montreal Chamber Music Festival.
Mr Duchamp taught with Jean Ferrandis as his assistant at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and regularly presents master classes in the US, Canada, Japan, China, Vietnam, France and at the Music Academy International in Italy during the summer. He has conducted master classes in a number American universities, including: Mannes School of Music in New York,, UNC School of the Art, East Carolina University, NC, Governor`s Schools of the Arts, SC, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Wilmington NC, Richmond University VA, Georgia States University at Atlanta GA, Baldwin-Wallace School of music at Cleveland OH, Fine Arts Center at Greenville SC, University of South Carolina at Columbia, and Furman University SC, Queens college NY, Fullerton University, CA, Hanano Masterclass, Tokyo Japan, Montreal Conservatory, Canada
For more than 20 years, Nicolas Duchamp has been Professor of flute in France at the Creteil National School, the Music Center in Neuilly, Gustav Charpentier Music Conservatory, Nanterre Music School and Maison de culture du Vesinet.
In 2009, The family of Philippe Gaubert (1874-1941) formally commissioned Mr. Duchamp to celebrate Gaubert’s contribution to the French Art of Flute playing in a worldwide tour. Duchamp created the concert and film homage, GAUBERT VIVANT! which he presented in a US tour including Carnegie Hall in New York, and Spivey Hall in Atlanta where he recorded an historic performance on the famous Gaubert flute Louis Lot N° 1986 for American public Radio's “Performance Today" for over 5 million listeners.
This personal connection makes Duchamp a unique representative of the French flute school in the flute word. Several international flute magazines favorably reviewed Mr. Duchamp and his performances: Flute talk (USA), Traversiere Magazine (France), Flute (UK), NY Flute Club News Letter ,(USA), France- Amerique (USA), The flute view (USA).
Mr Duchamp performs on the Louis LOT Gaubert flute (1886) , and a 14K gold Muramatsu .
Duchamp documentary on Philippe GAUBERT :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5rQVTJYaVk