Christophe Pratiffi

Christophe Pratiffi is a classical guitar player born in France. He has played since the age of 5. Passionate about the guitar, he began his musical studies under the supervision of James Szura at the Conservatoire National of the Metz Region (France). He finished his studies in 1998 and was unanimously awarded the Gold Medal and congratulations by the jury, the first prize of excellence and the Superior Inter-regional Prize awarded by Gerard Abiton and Olivier Bensa from Montbéliard France.

He made his first appearance on the National scene when he was just 17 years old. He has performed as a soloist at the prestigious Montebéliard Theater, the Arsenal of Metz, and the Poirel auditorium of Nancy. He has also performed internationally at the Auditorium (Eutherpe) of Leon (Spain), the Palais of Trèves (Germany), the Prévost Auditorium (Montreal, Canada) and Université Laval (Québec, Canada).

Christophe has always been interested in chamber music. He has collaborated with artists of international renown such as Gaspar Hoyos (flutist, Colombia) at the Guitar Festival of Nancy, Jaime Cordoba (Colombia) and Claude Gagnon (Québec). He has also interpreted the Concerto of Heitor Villa-Lobos and the Concerto of Aranjuez de Joaquin Rodrigo under the direction of famous conductors such as Fernand Quattrocchi (France) and Jacques Lacombe (Québec).

With the aim of bringing out the best of his art, his personal motto is “the search for beauty”. This search led to his first memorable encounter with the Argentinian guitarist Roberto Aussel, and then with the Uruguayan Guitarist, Alvaro Pierri, whom he describes as authentic, dedicated, and inspirational musicians.

Loving the diversity and the musical richness of all the musical compositions that have contributed to the evolution of the classical guitar, his repertoire includes, always with emphasis on style, a wide variety of music from the Golden age to the popular music of today, passing by Baroque, the classic and romantic styles.

Presently established in Quebec City, he currently performs as a soloist and in duo with the Quebec guitar player David Jacques.

As he feels very concerned with teaching, he is also guitar professor at Cegep de Ste-Foy (Québec) and at the summer season of the Musical Academy of the Vallée de la Vologne (Vosges, France) since 2003. He has also been a guitar instructor in various French institutions from 1997-2005.

Elegance, sophistication and sensibility finely grace the playing of this musician in an incomparable manner.