André-Gilles Duchemin, flute
Canadian flutist André-Gilles Duchemin's prodigious talent became evident when he was a young boy, and by the
time he was 18, he was already teaching at the Montréal Conservatory of
Music. At the age of 19, Duchemin won First Prize in the 1972 Canada Music
Competition, and was chosen as principal flute with Canada's National Youth Orchestra.
Duchemin's teachers included Jean-Paul Major at the Montréal Conservatory
and private study with Robert Aitken in Toronto. In 1974 and 1975, two grants
from the Canada Council enabled him to study with musical VIP James Galway, first
in Berlin, Germany, then in Rochester, New York. While Duchemin was in Europe,
he also worked with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Auréle Nicolet, André Jaunet, and Andras Adorjan.
André-Gilles Duchemin launched his solo career with a U.S. tour.
In his subsequent European tour, critics in the capitals and major cities of Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands,
England, and France hailed Duchemin as a "great master-flutist, a virtuoso instrumentalist."
Mr. Duchemin has devoted his career exclusively to concertizing, publishing and
recording, presenting workshops and masterclasses. His editions
are published by Schirmer Music in New York, and Leduc in Paris. Duchemin's
recordings of pieces for flute and piano, concertos, and chamber music, are
available on the Pavane, CBC-Musica Viva, Pro-Culture, Kebec Disque, and ECLECTRA
labels. In addition, he is regularly heard on Canadian radio and television
(CBC, Radio-Québec, and Télé-Métropole). André-Gilles Duchemin's
vast repertoire consists of works for flute and piano, flute and guitar, flute and
harpsichord, plus a variety of concertos, works for solo flute, and chamber music.