David Guerrier was born on 02 december 1984 in Pierrelatte, south of France. He began to study trumpet with Serge Vivares in Pierrelatte when he was seven yeras old. Three years later, he met Pierre Dutot who recognized him as an already talented musician. In 1996 & 1997, he obtained four first prizes in european competitions, so as two gold medals in National Music schools in Villeurbanne and Aix en Provence. From 1997 to 2000, he studied modern trumpet at Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique (CNSM) in Lyon (France) with Pierre Dutot as main teacher, and from 1998 to 2001, baroque trumpet with Jean-François Madeuf.
In may 1998, as he was 13 years old, he won the First Prize in the famous Markneuchkirchen International Trumpet Competition ; in may 1999, he obtained the First Prize in the Mock Orchestra Competition Audition in Richmond (USA, ITG Conference) and in december of the same year the First Prize in the Porcia International Competition (Italy). In may 200, he won the First Prize in the Solo Competition Audition in New-York (USA, ITG Conference) and in October 2000 the First Prize in the City of Paris International Maurice Andre Competition. In June 2000, he was finalist in the Young Musicians European Broadcast Competition (Bergen, Norway), in September 2000, he was a laureate for Pro-Europa and in August 2001 he was an invited soloist for the project " Stars de demain ", that could be seen on ARTE on 10/03/02.
During summer 1998, he was a member of Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, and in 1999 & 2000 he took part in the summer tour of Europan Union Youth Orchestra with Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink and Vladimir Askhenazy as conductors. During summer 1999, he also took part in the third " Académie du XX° siècle " directed by Pierre Boulez and David Robertson. With the Brass Quintet Turbulences, he won the First Prize in Philips Jones International competition who held in Guebwiller (France) in September 2001.
Since 1997, he is often invited as a soloïst with orchestra and for chamber music (France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Spain, Belgium, Slovaquia, USA), and takes care of promote original repertoire for trumpet and piano, trumpet and organ and brass quintet.
source:ITG
