Born in 1978, he studied in London and Paris, at the Guildhall School of Music with Paul Edmund Davies, and with Sophie Cherrier and Vincent Lucas at the Conservatoire National Supe´rieur de Musique de Paris where he won the "Premier Prix de flu^te".
While he was still a student in Paris, Ivan Fischer appointed him principal flute of the "Orchestre de l'Ope'ra National de Lyon", where he became at 22 the youngest musician of this orchestra.
He played in Europe, North America, Middle and Far East, as a soloist, or with orchestras like the "Opera de Paris", "Orchestre de Paris", "Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg", the "Halle' Orchestra", the "Bournemouth Symphony", the "BBC National Orchestra of Wales", with conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Sir Andrew Davies, E. Krivine, C. Eschenbach, W. Christie, P. Berglund, L. Langre'e, M. Minkovski, Y. Temirkanov, M. Elder, S. Mintz, E. Pido...
He also played Bach with the famous french choreographer Re'gine Chopinot, creating "Colonne" in Japan and in other countries. In 2004, he is laureate with his pianist Laetitia Bougnol of the Barcelona International Competition for chamber music. He is also teaching at the Nice Academy with Philippe Bernold, and the French-Korean Academy in Fontenay le Comte. He recorded the world premiere flute solos of the french version of "Lucia Di Lammermoor" with the famous french soprano N. Dessay. (Virgin Classics).
