
Born
in Lyon in 1983, Yann DUBOST chose playing the double bass at the age
of 12 after playing the violin since he was 5 years old. He studied
with Philippe Guaingoin and Bernard Cazauran. He passed with honours
and unanimous agreement the « 1er prix » in the Lyon CNSM
(Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique) in 2002, and joined the Orchestre de Paris one month later. He was awarded 1st prize at the 8th International
Competition of Wattrelos (France) in 1999, 1st prize in the Haverhill Soloist Competition (England) in 2004, and 1st prize of the “International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition” (USA) in 2005.
Yann regularly takes part in several festivals such as
Deauville, Cordes-sur-ciel, Belaye, Les Arcs... He plays with Bertrand
Chamayou, Antoine Tamestit, Roland Pidoux, Jerome Pernoo, Svetlin
Roussev, Romain Guyot, Augustin Dumay...
Yann is very much
interested in all kinds of music. He had been part of the gypsy trio
NOMAD lib' with Mathieu Névéol (violin) and Yorrick Troman (guitar) for
two years. Since 2002, he has been member of the Ensemble Itinéraire,
with which he often plays solo pieces by Berio, Scelsi, Jolas... He
recorded recently “Digital” by Frank Bedrossian (Sismal Records) and “Gravitas” by
Richard Wilson, especially written for him (Albany Records).
During 2006, he has been Principal Double bass in
the London Symphony Orchestra, and participated also at the
International Music Academy – Switzerland, where he worked with Seiji
Ozawa. He has given the opening recital of the last ISB Convention in
Oklahoma City in June 2007, and made his New-York recital debut last January with Noreen Polera.
Yann Dubost is Prize-winner of the Cziffra Foundation for 2007 and part of the Culture France’s Déclic scheme 2008, sponsored by Radio France-Société Générale, supporting the very best young French classical musicians.
Press :
"The gifted first prize winner of the 2005 ISB solo competition gave a polished, musically mature and elegant recital debut."
Bass World, issue n°31, fall 2007.
"Contrairement
à ce que Pierre Boulez a pu dire à propos de la réalisation
systématiquement mauvaise des micro-intervalles [...], ceux de Yann
Dubost se révélèrent d'une précision irréprochable"
Bertrand Bolognesi, Anaclase.com, january 2005.
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