PROFILE

A Modern and imaginative saxophonist, Nicolas Prost combines classical and contemporary music with improvisation, voice, gesture and electronics.

Nicolas has dedicated his career to expanding the concert repertoire for saxophone. He has premiered works by composers such as Thierry Pécou, Nicolas Bacri, Philippe Hersant, Thierry Escaich, Karol Beffa, Gustavo Beytelman, Luis Naon, Christian Lauba, Jun Nagao, Guillaume Connesson. Through his crossover project Border Jazz, his duo is dedicated to performing compositions by jazz legends such as Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, Bob Mintzer, Paquito D’Rivera, Ibrahim Maalouf, Chris Potter, James Carter, Michel Portal, Bojan Z, Laurent de Wilde, Branford Marsalis.

In addition to performing, Nicolas Prost tirelessly researches forgotten works of literature for classical saxophone. The results of his work are published by Lemoine in the series a heritage now published by Lemoine in the series Adolphe Sax Album. He has also published the books Saxophone à la française, Saxophone et pédagogie, à vous de jouer and New Essential Repertoire for Saxophonists. Nicolas recently published Marcel Mule, étude biographique.

Nicolas is Professor of saxophone at the prestigious Ecole Normale de Paris and at the CRR of Saint-Maur. He has presented Master-classes and Lectures at famous international institutions, from The Juilliard School to Paris Conservatoire. He is also the director of the Saxiana collection for Billaudot editions and has composed a series of educational works including 18 advanced etudes and the Saxophone Go method.

A first-prize winner at the Paris Conservatoire, Nicolas has gone on to win seven international chamber music competitions. He is a member of Ensemble Variances and Saxiana quartet. As a soloist, he has performed worldwide with orchestras such as the Philarmonie de Mexico, European Camerata de Londres, OS de Bangkok, Orchestre de la Suisse-Romande, Ausburg camerata, Banda de Musica da Força Aerea Portuguesa. In France, he has appeared with the Orchestre philarmonique de Strasbourg, Capitole de Toulouse, Concerts Lamoureux , Musiciens de la Prée, Orchestre Régional du Limousin, Orchestre de la Police Nationale. His extensive discography has received numerous distinctions, including the Diapason d’or for Tremendum, **** Classica for The Art of the Saxophone, Créations and A kind of wind, award-winning CD of the Grand Frisson from Audiophile and the Grand Prix from Japanese magazine Geijutsu.