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Rencontre avec Joë Christophe, 1er prix du concours international de Munich
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Joë Christophe, prizewinner of the ARD International Competition

Clarinettist Joë Christophe won the ARD competition in September. Renowned for its extremely demanding level and known as one of the few independent competitions, this had not been won by...

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Frédéric Gastard et son saxophone basse dans nos ateliers
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Frédéric Gastard at Henri SELMER Paris factory

[Memories, memories] For Henri SELMER Paris's 130th birthday, Frédéric Gastard had improvised on bass saxophone in the boiler making workshop! It was in 2015, for the SaxOpen World Saxophone Congress...

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Rencontre avec deux clarinettistes de l’orchestre de Göteborg
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Meeting with two clarinetists of the Göteborg Orchestra

Selena Markson-Adler and Henrik Nordqvist, clarinetists of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Sweden), recently came to Paris to pick up their custom-fit clarinets. We took the opportunity to interview them about...

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Claude Delangle : 30 ans de carrière au Conservatoire de Paris
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Claude Delangle's 30-year career at the Paris Conservatoire

In November Claude Delangle celebrated 30 years of teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. On this special occasion, he organized 4 days of concerts, master classes, conferences and...

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L'Art de la Clarinette Mib par Jessica BESSAC
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The Art of Eb Clarinet by Jessica Bessac

Jessica Bessac, clarinet soloist of the Orchestre National de France, plays on an Eb “Recital” clarinet, Henri SELMER Paris.

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L'invention du saxophone par le génial Adolphe Sax
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The invention of the saxophone by the great Adolphe Sax

Perceived as the missing link between string, brass and woodwind instruments, the saxophone was born in the 1840’s. Adolphe Sax patented a range of eight saxophones in 1846 and in...

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