Christopher Brellochs

 The spirit of cultural exchange brings French saxophonists Nicolas Prost and Anne Lecapelain to the United States in February 2015 for a series of concerts and masterclasses, including collaborations with American saxophonist Christopher Brellochs; this French-American musical exchange continues in the summer as Christopher travels to France to partner with Nicolas and Anne. The program in the United States will feature French composers including Debussy, Ibert and Milhaud. Here is a video of Nicolas and Anne performing “Disco-Toccata”:  GUEST ARTIST BIOS  French saxophonist, Nicolas Prost has been a soloist with the famous Concerts Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris, chamber musician member with the Variance Ensemble and the Saxiana Trio, and appeared as a solo performer with the Philarmonic orchestras of Mexico, Thailand, Suisse-Romande, OP de Strasbourg, Capitole de Toulouse, E.C.Montreal and European Camerata of London. Being very interested in the development of saxophone literature, Nicolas has written numerous works on pedagogy published by Billaudot, Lemoine, Fuzeau etc., contributed to the book "saxophone à la francaise", made numerous recordings receiving positive international reviews, and presented world première performances of more than 80 new pieces dedicated to him from composers such as Hersant, Escaich, Pecou, Bacri, Zavaro, Lauba, Naon and Beytelman. Nicolas Prost won first prizes in 1994 in performance and chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris and several chamber music international competitions. He was named Lauréate of the Yahama Foundation and teaches at Saint-Maur Conservatoire close to Paris and gives conferences and masterclasses in elite French conservatories such as CNSM Paris and international universities in Seoul, Tokyo, Mexico, Amsterdam, Prague, Cologne, Barcelona, Fribourg, Riga and Bloomington.   French saxophonist Anne Lecapelain won the 1st Prize of the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique of Paris in 2000 and earned the  Complete Diplôme with higher distinction in 2001. Prize-winner of the international competition in Limoges in 2001 and the City of Paris in 1995, she dedicates herself to chamber music, and has performed in famous venues throughout France including the Auditorium St Germain, Arsenal de Metz, Cigale de Paris and in Strasbourg. She gives numerous chamber music recitals in Ile-de-France but also in Turkey, Spain, Netherlands, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Bangkok and Anglo-Normande Islands.  She is very interested in the music of 20th century, impressionism, neo-classic and popular styles, she regularly engages in the transcription of romantic or baroque works. She is invited for solos with the Orchestra of Concerts Lamoureux in Paris, National orchestra of Pays de la Loire and to the Suisse-Romande Orchestra and accompanies Pop artists at the Olympia of Paris. She also collaborates in numerous small venues with poets and comedians. A graduate of CNSM of Lyon for the Certificat d’aptitude, she teaches saxophone at the Conservatoire of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and is a co-author of an educational exercise book published by Lemoine edition. Her discography  " Music à la carte (Atout sax)", "Bolero (Erato)", "Nachtgesang (Trio Saxiana)" has received positive musical critiques. Her last CD with the Trio Saxiana (Creations 2011) is dedicated to new works of French composers of international fame: Thierry Escaich, Thierry Pécou, Christian Lauba, Nicolas Bacri.