Meisterklasse Schlagwerk mit Nicolas Martynciow

The percussionist, drummer and composer Nicolas Martynciow is one of the internationally renowned French drummers. He first studied percussion with Claude Giot and Philippe Boisson at the Conservatoire de Saint-Etienne, his hometown, and then with Francis Brana at the Conservatoire de Créteil. In 1990, he graduated in the 1^st Prize of both Percussion and Chamber Music of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in the class of Jacques Delécluse.

Being a soloist in the Orchestre de Paris since 1995 (directed by Daniel Harding), he has played under the direction of prestigious conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Paavo Järvi, Carlo Maria Giulini, Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel, Georges Priest or Sir Georg Solti. After the Salle Pleyel, it is at the prestigious Philharmonie de Paris that the Orchestre de Paris performs during concerts as the first resident orchestra. On tour, he performs in Europe, the United States, Japan, China, Korea, etc.

As a chamber musician, Nicolas  Martynciow has regularly performed with the Ensemble Carpe Diem (directed by Jean-Pierre Arnaud), adONF (collective of percussionists of the Orchestre National de France), Sirbaoctet (directed by Richard Schmoucler), and his fellow musicians Eric Picard (cello), Stéphane Labeyrie (tuba), Eric Sammut (percussion), Vincent Lucas, Vicens Prats (flute), Eiichi Chijiwa, Roland Daugareil (violin), Philippe Berrod (clarinet), Alexandre Gattet (oboe) and Marc Trénel (bassoon).

As a composer, he directs a collection at Editions Gérard Billaudot. His compositions are played around the world. Many are engraved on CD. His compositions for percussion ensembles Sweat Swaff, La Festa per Due and Zoo were performed in Paris at the Opéra Garnier, Opéra Comique, Salle Pleyel, Théâtre de l'Athénée and at the Maison de Radio France. His pieces for snare drum Impressions and Tchik are played in the biggest international competitions worldwide. Over 1500 copies of his method on to begin with percussion called Tac Tic (2 volumes) are sold each year.
From 2012 to 2018, he was professor of orchestral percussion in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.

Nicolas Martynciow regularly gives masterclasses and has been Zildjian Artist since 2013 and Resta-Jay Percussion Artist since 1995.