Aurélien Gignoux, beating drum

This is a confirmatory victory for one of the orchestra's lesser-known instrument families.

Last Wednesday, Aurélien Gignoux, 23, was awarded the precious trophy honoring the instrumental soloist revelation of the 28th Victories of classical music, whose ceremony, without an audience, was broadcast live on television from the National Auditorium of Lyon.

“An intense joy.

The rise of the red carpet seemed like an eternity, because I had hundreds of memories jostling in my head ”

, confided the artist two days later.

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Memories of music, of course.

But also of family.

Because, with the Gignoux, both are inseparable.

“My parents got to know each other while playing in the Orchester national du Capitole de Toulouse,” said

this native of the Pink City.

An oboist father, a flautist mother.

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However,

"what immediately attracted me to the orchestra was the back row: that of the percussions"

.

An attraction that he defines

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