Mathieu dufour flute biography of michael
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Mathieu dufour flute biography of michael
Dufour, Mathieu (1972-Present)
He is a flautist born in Paris, France who started to play the flute when he was 8 years old. He took his studied at the Lyon Conservatory in France.
In 1993 he became Principal Flute for the Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse and three years later in 1996 was given the same position at the Paris National Opera.
In 1999 he was appointed Principal Flute for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra by Daniel Barenboim and he performed the premiere of Guillaume Connesson’s Flute Concerto commissioned by the CSO in 2009.
After 10 years he left the orchestra on a one-year trial basis to play with the Los Angeles Philharmonic but returned after a few months to the CSO in 2010.
In August 2015 he became Principal Flute with the Berlin Phiharmonic where he shares the role with the flautist Emmanuel Pahud.
He left the orchestra in 2021 for personal reasons.
He has been a soloist for conductors that include Christoph Eisenbach, Daniel Barenboim, Fab