MARCEAU LEFÈVRE bassoon

French bassoonist Marceau Lefèvre was born 1993 in Avignon. He has studied with Laurent Lefèvre Fany Maselli at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and with Stefan Schweigert in Berlin.  Marceau was a member of the reknowned Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic and has performed and toured with the orchestra. 

Marceau has been awarded prizes in several international competitions such Hülsta Woodwinds Münster, Wiener Klassik Baden, Aeolus Düsseldorf and Fmaji Paris.

As a soloist he has performed with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, the Staatsorchester Reinische Philharmonie, the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, the North Czech Orchestra and the Pasdeloup Orchestra in renowned halls such as the Cologne Philharmonie, the Berlin Philharmonie and Castle Esterhazy. 

His first CD ‘Arundo’ for the label GWK Record with pianist Kimiko Iamni en his brother Emilien Lefèvre (oboe) was released in 2015 and received much acclaim. 

Marceau is a passionate chamber musician and has been invited by several international festivals. He is a member of the Akébia Quintet, of the La Fresque Woodwind Ensemble and the Ensemble Carousel. He performs regularly with the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Camerata.

Marceau Lefèvre is invited regularely by renowned orchestras worldwide to perform with them as guest principal bassoonist. He has worked with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the French National Orchestra, the Corean Broadcast Orchestra Seoul, the Staatsoper Hamburg, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Royal Concertgebouworchestra Amsterdam and Rotterdam Philharmonic.

In 2017 werd Marceau Lefèvre solofagottist van het Brussels Philharmonic en treed ook op met het Verbier Chamber Orchestra.