Christian Mathaly

At the age of 12, his music teacher made him listen to Béla Bartók, Pierre Boulez, [a32180], André Jolivet, [a216140], etc ... with orchestral scores. He makes his way backwards, begins with contemporaries, which will allow him to listen to the works without a priori to go back in time. At 18, he left Toulouse, his hometown to join Paris. Among other things, he will be the 1st clarinet in the "Amadeus" orchestra conducted by Richard Boudarham, He will also play in the Paris Pro-Arte orchestra conducted by René-Pierre Chouteau. Then he will study alto and soprano saxophones and the doors of jazz will be open to him. He will be clarinet and saxophone teacher at Melun, Sucy en Brie and Servon. He mastered the harmonica from a young age (classical, jazz, blues, etc.). He is emulated by Toots Thielemans. He is also a guitarist. All his life will be above all his passion for composition. He is self-taught in this field and has perfected his mastery of composition by studying the scores of the great classical and contemporary composers. He has written a concerto for guitar and orchestra, many pieces for wind instruments, pieces for chamber music, pieces for harmony, jazz themes and many varieties of music. At the request of his friend, Philippe Chebrou, soloist of the [a1870615], he wrote 4 pieces for wind ensembles and is currently composing requests for creations. Father of Johanne Mathaly.