The Bouclier Brothers
: From Buenos Aires to Paris

He began studying the violin at the Centre de Pratique Musicale d’Annecy (CPMA) with Josiane Brachet, and from 1997 onward, he studied under Veda Reynolds (Curtis Institute) for five years. 

In 2000, he began studying under Marie-Annick Nicolas. 

After winning prizes in national competitions (Nérini, National Young Performers Competition), he enrolled in Priscille Reynaud’s DEM class at the Conservatoire de Bourg-en-Bresse, earning his DEM (Diplôme d’Etude Musicale) the following year. 

He also studied under Dominique Lonca (Lyon National Conservatory of Music, Debussy Quartet) and attended masterclasses with Gyula Stuller; in 2006, he became a student of Jean Ter Merguerian. 

In June 2007, he was unanimously admitted by the jury to the Geneva University of Music, where he earned a Master of Arts in Music Performance (with honors) in the class of M-A. Nicolas, as well as a Certificate in Advanced Composition (Counterpoint and Fugue) with highest honors. He participated in academies organized by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, and Contrechamps, and was accepted as an intern with the Biel Symphony Orchestra for the 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 seasons. 

He has been invited to perform as a soloist at the centennial celebrations marking the births of French composers André Ameller and Olivier Messiaen in Geneva. 

A prize winner at international chamber music competitions in Roubaix, Castelfidardo, and Glasgow, he has devoted most of his concert career to duo recitals with Dimitri Bouclier, with whom he has been invited to perform at numerous festivals in France, Switzerland, Scotland, Italy, and Serbia (Festival Radio France Montpellier, Arcachon International Festival, Young Performers Festival sponsored by J.C. Casadesus, Cully Classique, Kragujevac International Festival, Musique d’Un Siècle, Cziffra Foundation, etc.) and on France Musique programs (A. Merlin, J.P. Derrien), including G. Le Gallic’s “Le concert de midi et demi,” dedicated to the Bouclier Brothers following a concert at Radio France. 

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Passionate about education, he also holds a master’s degree in education from the HEM in Geneva and teaches violin at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental in Bourg-en-Bresse. 

Source: dimitribouclier.com 

Dimitri Bouclier's career has been exceptional, and he has achieved remarkable success from a very young age.

Thanks to the perfection of his playing and his extraordinary charisma, he has performed in solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and as a soloist with orchestras in France, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Italy, Bosnia, and Serbia. He is invited to major classical music festivals and has performed in prestigious venues such as the Radio France Montpellier Festival, the Lille Piano Festival, the Flâneries Musicales de Reims, Cully Classique, Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Théâtre Impériale in Compiègne, the Corum in Montpellier, the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, and the Young Virtuosos of New York. He is a regular guest on French and Swiss classical music radio programs (RSR Espace 2, France Musique, etc.).

Born in France in 1989, Dimitri Bouclier began playing the accordion at the age of 7, made his debut as a soloist in recitals, and has been invited to open for renowned concert artists (M-A. Nicolas, F-R. Duchable, P. Soave, A. Skliarov, C. Thomain) as early as age 10.

He studied the accordion with his father, Thierry Bouclier, director of the Annemasse and Genevois Accordion School, and with Jacques Mornet at the CNIMA in Saint-Sauves, Auvergne. He also attended masterclasses with Y. Shishkin, A. Skliarov, F. Lips, V. Semionov, E. Moser, and J. Crabb, and graduated from the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne in the class of S. Chapuis.

Between the ages of 10 and 19, he became one of the youngest and most prestigious winners of major international competitions: Klingenthal, the World Cup, the World Trophy, and Castelfidardo.

In 2000, he won the "Azzola-Zolotarev" International Competition in Aubagne in the under-12 soloist category.

In 2003, he won first prize at the Klingenthal International Competition (Germany) in the soloist category for musicians under 15.

In 2004, he won first prize at the “Jeunes Talents” competition in Montrond-les-Bains, the Max Francy Prize, and the André Thépaz Prize.

In 2005, he won the Alexander Skliarov Prize at the FAIV International Competition, as well as the two most prestigious international accordion competitions: the Trophée Mondial in La Bourboule and the Coupe Mondiale in Portugal in the Junior Classical category (under 18).

In March 2008, he won the Montrond-les-Bains International Prize in the senior soloist category.

In October 2008, at just 19 years old, he won top prizes at the world’s leading international concert accordion competitions in the senior division, including Klingenthal, the Premio di Castelfidardo, the World Cup in Glasgow, and the unanimous first prize at the World Trophy in Sarajevo.

He thus joins the very select group of accordionists who have won the World Trophy in both the Junior and Senior Classical categories (the second Frenchman to do so after Richard Galliano).

While Rostropovich established the accordion in the upper echelons of jazz, Dimitri Bouclier aims to establish his instrument on the international classical music scene. The experts are clearly in agreement, as he has been signed in the U.S. by the former agent of M. Rostropovich, Yo-Yo Ma, and G. Sokolov.

He was unanimously selected as a recipient of the Georges Cziffra Foundation award in 2010 and received the Banque Populaire Corporate Foundation award in 2013.

In addition to his career as a concert performer, he teaches at the University of Geneva.

Source: www.dimitribouclier.com

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