Serge Delmas

After studying trumpet at the Conservatoire in Bordeaux and in Paris in the class of Marcel Lagorce, he pursued a career with La Musique des gardiens de la Paix de Paris. Then, he resumed his early music studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, in the cornet à bouquin class. On graduating, he completed a full course at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Bruce Dickey.

He was then offered a teaching position at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris in the early music department.

 

He has performed with various ensembles, including Musique de joye, Les Cornets Noirs, La Fenice, Musica Antiqua Köln, Huelgas Ensemble, Anima Aeterna, Cantus Cölln, Concerto Italiano, Les Folies Françoises, Altro Montano, and many other ensembles with numerous recordings.

 

His library research on the 16th and 17th centuries led him to take an interest in instrument making from this period, particularly the cornet à bouquin.

 

Now retired, he continues his research and teaching.