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Dufour frequently gives master classes and is currently on the faculty at DePaul University.
Mathieu Dufour has been principal flute of the Chicago..
Mathieu Dufour
French flutist
Musical artist
Mathieu Dufour (born 28 December 1973 in Paris) is a French classical flutist.
He is a former principal flutist of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Early life
Dufour began playing the flute at the age of 8. He studied under Madeleine Chassang and Maxence Larrieu at the Lyon Conservatory.[1]
Career
Dufour was appointed principal flute of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in 1993, and then held the same position with the Paris Opera in 1996.[2] He plays on a Yamaha YFL-997 flute.[3]
Dufour was appointed principal flute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1999 by Daniel Barenboim.[4] He briefly left in September 2009 to play principal flute with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, though later stated he had joined them on a one-year trial basis and was able to hold positions with both orchestras.[5] He returned to Chicago in January 2010.[6] He joined the Berlin Phi