Florent Charpentier (born 1982) is a French clarinetist.

Charpentier began playing clarinet at age 8 under Philippe Moinet.^[1] He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under Michel Arrignon and Pascal Moraguès, graduating in 2000.^[1] He then received a diploma in chamber music in 2002.^[1] He then enrolled in the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Lyon, graduating in 2006.^[1] Vandoren invited him to perform at Clarfest in 2007.^[1] He has performed with the World Youth Orchestra (soloing on the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in Tel Aviv^[1]), the National Orchestra of Lyon,^[1] and l'Orchestre de L'Opéra de Lyon (soloing on Gerald Finzi's Concerto).^[2] He also participated in a tour of Spain with the Orchestre de Paris. He was appointed head of the wind department at the Asnières-sur-Seine Conservatory in 2007.

Charpentier was the winner of the 2008 Prague Spring International Music Festival.^[3] He was the first Frenchman to receive this honor in 28 years.^[1] As the laureate, he premiered a new composition, "Sylinx" by Czech composer Kryštof Mařatka, at the 2009 festival.^[4] He also was a laureate of the 2009 Pablo Casals Festival of Prades.^[5] He is an artist of the World Clarinet Alliance.^[6] He performed in Concert Déclic for Radio France, and was broadcast nationally.^[7]

Charpentier plays a Buffet Crampon clarinet and a Selmer bass clarinet, with Vandoren mouthpieces.^[1]

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