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William Dongois
Performer (cornetto)
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Following studies in trumpet at the Regional Conservatoire at Reims and the Paris
Conservatoire, he taught this instrument at the Reims Conservatoire while working in
that city’s “Grand Théâtre” orchestra. During this time, he also perfected his notions
of music writing skills.
His experience on the trumpet along with his affinity for the older repertoire
naturally led him to explore the cornetto, which he studied during workshops with
Jean-Pierre Canihac. He continued his tuition on the instrument with Bruce Dickey at
the Basle Schola Cantorum. He has played and recorded with Hesperion XX, Concerto
Palatino, Ton Koopman, Andrew Parrott, and René Jacobs.
From its founding until 1993, he performed with La Fenice, with which he won first
prizes at the Bruges (1991) and Malmö (1992) competitions. A guest of many ensembles,
he now directs the Concert Brisé.
He teaches improvisation at master classes in music institutes of higher education,
in such cities as Bremen, Vienna, Lyons, Munster, Brussels, and Barcelona. In addition
to the inclusion of improvisation in several concert programs of the Concert Brisé, he
has explored this path in many new ways with the likes of Night Watch and Capella de la
Torre (Renaissance wind ensembles), as well as with Broken Quartet (two jazzmen and a
pair of HIP musicians) and more freely with musicians such as Louis Sclavis and Michel
Godard.
He now teaches cornetto at the Haute École de Musique in Geneva and at the Lyons
Conservatoire.
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