FLORIAN WIELGOSIK

Florian Wielgosik, French tuba player, became the new principal tuba of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo in March 2015 at the age of 19.

Florian can already look back on several prestigious competition, including first prizes at International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen, International Competition "Città di Porcia" "Jeju International Brass & Percussion Competition" in South Korea and at "Concours Tuba Tours" (now Concours Tuba Paris).

Florian release a Solo CD : HOME under the label Klarthe In 2018.

After studies of Saxhorn and Tuba with François Thuillier at the Conservatoire Régional of Amiens where he graduated in 2013, Florian continues his studies at the CNSMPD in the class of Gérard Buquet and André Gilbert. He was a summer intern at the “Académies de cuivres et percussions " of Surgères and Dieppe with Jérémie Dufort, David Maillot, Bastien Baumet et Bastien Stil. From October 2014 to July 2015 he was at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe with Dirk Hirthe as part of the Erasmus programme.

Until 2013, he was member of the Orchestre de cuivres d’Amiens (BrassBand) under the direction of Eric Brisse. During the 2014/2015 season he often played with the Ensemble Intercontemporain led by Matthias Pintscher, Orchestre de Picardie headed by Arie Van Beek and the Paris Brass Band headed by Florent Didier. In 2014 he was member of the junge deutsch-französische philharmonie headed by Nicolas Richter in Bayreuth, and the Orchestre Français des Jeunes headed by Dennis Russell Davies.

Florian performs on a Miraphone F-tuba Elektra, BBb-tuba Hagen 496 and Jérôme Wiss Mouthpieces