Carlos Ferreira

Born in Paredes, Portugal, Carlos Ferreira is one of the most proclaimed clarinetists of our time. Winner of the 2nd prize at the ARD International Competition in Munich, the 3rd prize and audience prize at the Geneva International Competition and the WEMAG Soloist Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Carlos Ferreira is currently Principal Clarinet in one of the world's leading orchestras, the Orchestre National de France.

Invited to perform in the main festivals and in the main venues around the world, he played as a soloist with several ensembles and formations, among which the Orquestra Filarmónica Portuguesa, the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, the Münchener Kammerorchester, the Münchener Rundfunkorchester, Romanian Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France. Member of the Academy of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2016, Carlos Ferreira pursued his orchestral career at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo as Principal E-flat Clarinet and later held the position of Principal Clarinet at Orchestre National de Lille and also at the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. In chamber music, he has worked with world-renowned musicians such as Emmanuel Pahud, Eric le Sage, Paul Meyer, Lise Berthaud, Pierre Fouchenneret, Sarah Nemtanu, Quatuor Hermès, Timothy Ridout, Frank Duprée, Nika Goric, among many others.

He received a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation while studying at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, in the class of professors Michel Arrignon and Enrique Pérez Piquer. He later joined the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the class of Arno Piters, and the HEMU of Lausanne in the class of Florent Héau. In Portugal, he was a student of José Ricardo Freitas at the José Atalaya Music Academy and ARTAVE, having completed his degree with Nuno Pinto at the Porto Superior School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE). His first album titled “XX-XXI” was just released in November 2022 in sonata with the pianist and composer Pedro Emanuel Pereira. Carlos Ferreira is a D'Addario Woodwinds Artist and Buffet Crampon Artist.

Nicolas Baldeyrou is one of the most prominent clarinettists of his generation, invited to perform as soloist with such prestigious orchestras as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, the Tokyo, Prague and Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestras, the Sofia Symphony Orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, the Orchestre d’Auvergne and the Orchestre de Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur. He is regularly invited to recitals at Carnegie Hall, New York, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Cité de la Musique à Paris, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo, the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory , as well as performing in China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Mexico.

He remains active in chamber music, performing regularly with artists such as Bertrand Chamayou, Svetlin Roussev, Antoine Tamestit, Marc Coppey, François Salque, Henri Demarquette, Alexis Descharmes, Nora Cismondi, Alexeï Ogrintchouk, David Walter, David Guerrier, Julien Hardy, the Moraguès Quintette, the Ébène, Modigliani, Psophos, Ysaÿe, Aviv, Carmina, Minguet, Talich, and Vogler quartets.

Nicolas Baldeyrou is actively involved in contemporary music; the music of his time. In 2003, Éric Tanguy dedicated a solo clarinet piece to him, Capriccio, as did Jacques Lenot with the piece Tormentoso. He has also worked with several contemporary music ensembles such as 2E2M, Court-Circuit, TM+, Alternance, Ars Nova, and Sillage.

His passion for exploring new repertoires and his commitment to authenticity in his performances led him naturally towards an interest in period instruments. He is regularly invited to perform by Marc Minkowski (Les Musiciens du Louvre), by Emmanuelle Haïm (Le Concert d’Astrée ensemble) and Emmanuel Krivine (La Chambre Philharmonique).

Nicholas is an endorser for Buffet Crampon, and thus contributes to the development of the clarinet and to the influence of the école française throughout the world.