Fabrice Millischer

Upon winning first prize in the ARD International Music Competition, Fabrice Millischer is recognised as one of the most gifted contemporary trombone players in Europe. The 28-year old is to date the first and only winner of this challenging competition in the category of trombone. He was awarded with many other high caliber notations and participated on many masterclasses.
Millischer started his musical education at the Conservatoire of Toulouse. Exposed to music since childhood, his love for music started with the piano, turned to the cello and ultimately to the trombone.
He studied both instruments at the Conservatory of Toulouse and obtained highest marks on his graduation exams. He entered the CNSMD of Lyon where he took master classes on the trombone with Michel Becquet and Alain Manfrin and on the sackbut with Daniel Lassalle. At the same time, he continued his education on the cello at the CNSMD of Paris, taught by Philippe Muller, Roland Pidoux and Xavier Philips.
In 2006 Millischer formed the quartet called Quartbone with Aurélien Honoré, Jean-Philippe Navrez and Fabien Dornic.
A soloist in frequent demand, he has been invited by orchestras in Vienna, Stuttgart, St. Petersburg, Toulouse, Washington, Beijing, Tokio, Seoul, Munich, Geneva, Paris among others. Since 2008 Fabrice Millischer has been solo trombonist with the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken/ Kaiserslautern. Many contemporary musical pieces have been composed and dedicated to him.
Despite his young age, Fabrice Millischer is a highly sought Professor for Trombone. In 2008 he taught at the Conservatoire Paul Dukas in Paris; 2009 he became Professor for Trombone at the Hochschule für Music Saar (Saarland College of Music). In 2013 he was appointed Professor of Trombone at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg (Freiburg Conservatory of Music). Fabrice Millischer is presently working with Antoine Courtois Paris and plays the Legend 420 NSBHST.