Virtuosic Brass

The City of Perth Brass Band is thrilled to be taking the stage at Wesley Uniting Church, bringing you an afternoon of music featuring guest international Euphonium soloist Bastien Baumet. With music for everyone, the tickets for this concert will sell quickly. Bastien will take to the stage multiple times to dazzle the audience with both beautiful melodic and virtuosic fast pieces. The concert will also feature talented musicians from within the City of Perth Brass Band.

You do not want to miss this concert! Grab your tickets now!

This concert is proudly supported by the City of Perth and Besson.

Born in 1988, Bastien Baumet began his musical learning at six years old in the South of France, and got all his diplomas at Nîmes Conservatory in 2003 at the age of 14 and at Villeurbanne Conservatory in 2005 at 16 years old.

In 2006, when he was 17, he was admitted into the famous National Superior Conservatory of Music (CNSM) of Paris, where he won first prize with unanimity in 2009.

In 2006, he won the European Competition for Young Soloists of Luxembourg.

As one of the founding members of Paris Brass Band, Bastien was the principal euphonium player until 2022 (Winner of French National Championship 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, Vice European Champion 2019).

Since 2006, he has often been involved in orchestras such as l’Orchestre National de Lyon, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, l’Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, l’Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, and l'Orchestre National de France.

In 2007, Bastien won the competition to be the solo euphonium of the National French Police Orchestra since 2008, after being received in the Brest Marine Band and Paris Air Force Bands.

In 2008, he won the first prize during the international Competition in Jeju (South Korea), one of the most famous euphonium-based events.

In June 2012, he won the soloist prize at Amboise's Open Brass Band.

Bastien was appointed Professor in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse (CNSMD) in Lyon in 2017. He has also been teaching at Paris’ 13th District Conservatory since 2011.

Since 2008, Bastien has performed regularly as a soloist in France and abroad, where he also delivers recitals, soloist concerts with brass band, wind band or orchestras, combined with exciting master-classes.

In 2012, he released his first CD, "Art of the Euphonium", to the record company Indesens.

In 2014, he produced his second CD, "Portraits" in duet with Alexis Demailly (solo cornet of the Paris Opera).

His third album, titled “Romance”, was recorded with piano playing by Mathilde Nguyen in 2016.

“Radiance”, recorded with the Lisbon Air Force Band, was released in 2019.

In 2020, he recorded a new CD, “Ascension”, with Alexis Demailly and Brass Band Fribourg.

Bastien Baumet is a Besson artist (he plays on a Sovereign euphonium), a Courtois artist (he plays on a Legend 366 saxhorn) and a Denis Wick artist (mouthpiece and mutes).