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Nathalie Lefèvre

At the age of 21, Nathalie Lefèvre graduated with highest distinction and jury congratulations from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Mons. She continued her training with renowned clarinetists such as Walter Boeykens, Guy Deplus, Antony Pay, and Alain Damiens. In 1990, she won First Prize at the Concours international du Lycéum de Suisse in Bern.

She has given numerous recitals and performed as a soloist with the Neuchâtel Orchestra (Switzerland), as well as in Belgium with the RTBF Orchestra, the Beethoven Academy, Casco Phil, and the Belgian Air Force Orchestra. From 1991 to 1996, she was principal clarinetist with the New Belgian Chamber Orchestra. Since then, she has been regularly invited by Belgium’s leading orchestras (Belgian National Orchestra, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Opéra de Liège) as well as by the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra.

She is a founding member of the ensemble Oxalys, with which she has performed since 1993 in the most prestigious concert halls worldwide: Bozar in Brussels, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires… Nathalie Lefèvre is professor of clarinet, chamber music and methodology at the conservatories of Brussels and Mons (Arts2). She also regularly gives masterclasses in Manchester, Changsha (China), Kumamoto (Japan), Madrid, Seville, Wroclaw, Oostduinkerke (Guido Six stage), and Roisin.

Since 2018, she has been performing on RZ clarinets at various events such as the International Clarinet Festival in Ostend, Clarimania in Wroclaw, ICA in Fort Worth (Texas), Clarinettes en Picardie, Clariphonies…