At the moment, the French clarinettist Michel Lethiec is considered to be one of the most eminent figures on the world-wide classical musical scene. Besides his numerous concert and festival performances, he is also devoted to teaching and participates actively in the research and the distribution of the repertoire. 

Born in France, he studied at the prestigious Paris Conservatory where he earned first prizes in clarinet and in chamber music. The next year he won the interpretation prize in the international competition in Belgrade.
Since his debut at the Carnegie Hall in 1980, Mr Lethiec has toured extensively throughout Europe, United States, Middle and Far East.

He has played as a soloist and chamber musician with the most eminent performers such as A. Noras, L. Kovakos, G. Hoffmann, F. Helmerson, G. Sharon, R. and B. Pasquier, H. Shaham, Y. Bashmet, G. Caussé, P. Gallois, J. Menuhin, R. Gothoni, J.F. Heisser, J.-C. Pennetier, M. Rudy, V. Mendelssohn, P. Amoyal, J.J. Kantorow, P. Csaba, M. Martin, Y. Gandelsmann, I. Golan and the Talich, Enesco, Artis, Amati, Prazak, Lindsay, Chilingirian Quartets. 
Michel LETHIEC is a member of the “Paris wind trio”, together with Vincent Lucas and Philippe Hanon. 
He has played with the Barcelona Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic, the Stockholm and the Malmoe Orchestras, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre National du Capitole, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Milano Pomeriggio Musicale, the Prague Radio Orchestra, the Philharmonique de Radio France. 
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Mr Lethiec masters the whole clarinet repertory. He is also an enthusiastic player of contemporary music, and has premiered concertos and pieces by Ballif, Boucourechliev, Corrigliano, Risset. Penderecki, Corigliano, Denisow, Maratka, Ballif, Landowski, Decoust, Fourchotte, Scolari, Narita, Brotons, Giraud. 
He is regulary invited to give master classes abroad, and he is the first west european clarinettist invited to teach in China. 
Michel Lethiec’s extensive discography includes numerous recordings of the solo and chamber music clarinet repertory, with Scottish Ensemble, Moscou virtuoses, Concentus Hungaricus, Lindsay Quartett… for different labels (Lyrinx -- R.C.A. -- Bis -- Sonophyl).His recordings include about twenty compact discs, among which are two “Grand prix du Disque” (“Ascèses” by Jolivet and “Contrasts” by Bartók, with G. Poulet and N. Lee), for Lyrinx, Arion, RCA, Bis, Talent, Actes Sud. 

He has recorded the three Concertos by Penderecki (with the Saint-Petersburg Camerata conducted by K. Penderecki and E. Leducq) as well as a CD devoted to the chamber music works of the same composer (Naxos), the Concerto by Vanhall (Talent) and the “Préludes et Danses” by Lutoslawski (Arion), “Luminarium” by Maratka (Arion, with the Talich Orchestra Prague) the Duos by S. Giraud (with A. Noras), the Sonatas by Auric, Honegger and Poulenc (with C. Ivaldi) the Concertos by Baermann and Mendelssohn (Talent) and the “Porgy and Bess” Suite for clarinet and strings (Naxos). 
He teaches at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and at the Nice Conservatoire and he also participates regularly in international competitions (Geneva, Leipzig, Prague…) as a jury member. 
He is the Artistic Director of the Festival Pablo Casals in Prades. 

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