Éric Aubier (born 1960) is a French classical concert

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Life

Having entered

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's class at the age of 14 at the

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, of which he is still the youngest graduate, Aubier is also a winner of international competitions in Prague, Toulon and Paris. At the age of 19, he was appointed soloist at the

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orchestra by

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. Since 1995, he has devoted himself exclusively to a career as an international concert performer and teacher. With

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, he forms a very original trumpet and organ duo. Today, Aubier embodies the modern French trumpet and the French wind school, which he helps to promote internationally. He has created more than 25 works of which he is the dedicatee, by composers Bacri, Escaich, Jolas,

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, Harmony and string orchestra, he began a collaboration of several records. An album dedicated to

Henri Tomasi Henri Frédien Tomasi (; 17 August 1901 – 13 January 1971) was a French classical composer and conductor. He was noted for compositions such as ''In Praise of Folly'', ''Nuclear Era'' and ''The Silence of the Sea''. Early years Henri Tomasi ...

was released at the end of 2012, and a third dedicated to Beffa, Copland, and Planel, in spring 2014. His discography is rich with more than a hundred works for the firms Sony Classical, Universal, Calliope, Bis record companies… Since 2006, Éric Aubier has recorded exclusively for Indésens records. He performs in prestigious venues: Teatro Colon,

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... in a repertoire ranging from Haydn and Hummel to Tomasi, Jolivet, Escaich, Bacri or Beffa.

Discography

* ''

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'' with the

, dir. François Boulanger (2013) - Gershwin - Arutiunian -

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(Indésens INDE058) * Henri Tomasi with

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and the French Republican Guard Band, dir. François Boulanger (2012): concertos for trumpet, and for trombone - ''les Noces de Cendres'' - (nouveauté 2012 - world premiere with harmony orchestra - INDE050) * ''Unlimited'' with Thierry Escaich, organ: 2 CDs: Bacri - Escaich - Tomasi - Jevtic - Improvisations - Bach - Mozart - Gounod - Franck - Christmas Medley - Spirituals - Bizet (INDE025) * ''5 grands Concertos français'' - Tomasi - Jolivet - Chaynes - Desenclos (world premiere) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris -

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conductor. (INDE001) * ''Balade impressionniste'' with Pascal Gallet, piano: Enesco - Ibert - Ravel - Debussy - Fauré - Gaubert - Tailleferre - Scriabine (INDE014) * ''Classic trumpet concertos'': Haydn - Hummel - Bach - Mozart - Telemann (INDE018) * Rossini: Famous Opera arias - '' The Barber of Sevilla'', '' La scala di seta'', ''

L'italiana in Algeri ''L'italiana in Algeri'' (; ''The Italian Girl in Algiers'') is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San ...

'', ''

Tancredi ''Tancredi'' is a ''melodramma eroico'' (''opera seria'' or heroic opera) in two acts by composer Gioachino Rossini and librettist Gaetano Rossi (who was also to write ''Semiramide'' ten years later), based on Voltaire's play ''Tancrède (traged ...

''… Orchestre Radio Télévision Roumaine - Conductor: Amaury du Closel (indésens INDE007) * ''La trompette française'' - Bacri - Escaich - Enesco - Tomasi - Schmitt - Honegger - Delerue - Charlier (eight world premieres) Orchestre National de Bretagne - F.X Bilger conductor *

André Jolivet André Jolivet (; 8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical influ ...

: the trumpet work - Complete trumpet work (world premiere); Thierry Escaich: organ - Didier Vérité: percussion Orchestre de Région Avignon Provence, conductor: François-Xavier Bilger -

orchestra, conductor: M. Constant (indésens INDE019 - available iTunes only) * ''Musique française pour trompette et percussion'' - Betsy Jolas (EA) - Level (''Les Gémeaux'') - Jolivet (''Heptade'') - Naulais (''Obsessions'')- Didier Vérité: percussion, marimba, vibraphone * ''La trompette romantique'' - Mahler - Rachmaninov - Tchaikovski - Brandt - Boehme - Gounod - Bellini - organ: Thierry Escaich - * ''Concerti italiani'' - Vivaldi ''La Notte'' - Marcello - Albinoni - Cimarosa - Bellini (Orchestre National de Chambre de Toulouse) - conductor Alain Moglia * ''Six concertos baroques pour trompette'' - Live CD - Albinoni - Hertel - Telemann - Torelli - Purcell - Tartini - Paul Kuentz's chamber orchestra * ''Eric Aubier and friends'' - Baroc concerti for 1 to 6 trumpets Fasch - Vivaldi - Molter - Telemann - Perti - Vejvanovský - Stoelzel, Paul Kuentz's chamber orchestra - Éric Aubier - Nicolas André - Marc Geujon - David Rouault... trumpets * ''Toot Suite'' by

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- Suite for trumpet and jazz trio premiered by

. Éric Aubier: trumpet,

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, trumpet piccolo - Piano: Hervé Sellin - Drums: André Ceccarelli - Bass: Ricardo Del Fra (indésens) * ''Les maîtres de la trompette/trumpet masters (Maurice André & Éric Aubier)'' - G. Ph. Telemann's Trumpet Concerto in D major - Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Trumpet Concerto.

References

External links

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Site du label Indésens

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Éric Aubier & Doremi Takahashi play Henri Tomasi's Concerto 1st mvt - Japan Nov 2013
(YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Aubier, Eric 1960 births Living people Conservatoire de Paris alumni French classical trumpeters French male trumpeters 20th-century French musicians 21st-century French trumpeters 20th-century French male musicians 21st-century French male musicians