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BIOGRAPHY

Internationally celebrated flautist Michel Bellavance is in high demand around the globe as a performer and teacher.

CONCERTS & MASTERCLASSES

With engagements on nearly every continent, he enjoys a very full travel schedule with invitations to headline as guest artist at festivals, to perform with orchestra, and to give recitals and masterclasses at well-known conservatoires, universities and summer academies worldwide.

MIYAZAWA & DISCS

A Miyazawa artist, Michel embraces a full range of repertoire, and his discography attests to his keen interest for both new and less familiar works.

TEACHING POSTS

Michel is a university-level Professor of Flute and Chamber Music at the renowned Geneva Conservatoire (Haute École de Musique) in Switzerland, Guest Professor at the Chinese National Conservatory in Beijing (China), and was a Substitute Professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Dance in Lyon (France) during the 2019-2020 academic year.

TRAINING

He studied in Montréal, Paris, Geneva, Zürich and San Francisco, honing his performing skills with artists such as Aurèle Nicolet, Patrick Gallois, Maxence Larrieu and Paul Renzi. Michel resides in London and holds Swiss and Canadian citizenships.

Miyazawa Flutes

Haute École de Musique, Geneva

image of Michel Bellavance in concert
photo: Lauren Maganate

ORCHESTRAS

  • Orchestre de Chambre de Genève (Switzerland)
  • Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra (Portugal)
  • National Symphony Orchestra of Peru
  • Guiyang Symphony Orchestra (China)
  • State Orchestra of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)
  • Philharmonic Orchestra of Mendoza (Argentina)
  • Symphony Orchestra of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
  • State Orchestra of San Juan (Argentina)
  • State Symphony Orchestra of Bahia (Brazil)
  • Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra (Venezuela)
  • Symphony Orchestra of Caxias do Sul University (Brazil)
  • Youth Orchestra of Bahia NEOJIBA (Brazil)

FESTIVALS

  • National Flute Association (USA)
  • Australian Flute Festival
  • Festival Archipel (Switzerland)
  • Porto Flute Festival (Portugal)
  • The Wind Festival, Melbourne (Australia)
  • International Flute Festival of Costa Rica
  • Lima International Flute Festival (Peru)
  • Campus Internazionale de Musica, Sermoneta (Italy)
  • International Flute Festival “Del Sur Del Mundo” (Chile)
  • Maracaibo “Festival del Nuevo Mundo” (Venezuela)
  • Salvadore de Bahia Festival (Brazil)
  • Flute Festival “Perla Del Pacífico” (Ecuador)

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