Jérôme Ducharme
 | Saturday, October 16, 2010 |
Jérôme Ducharme
Canadian guitarist Jérôme Ducharme, the 2005 winner of the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition, began his musical studies at the Cultural Center of Joliette in 1990 with André Morissette. Other teachers have included Pierre Morin and Clément Canac Marquis at the Musical camp of Lanaudière as well as a year of private instruction with Mr. Marquis. In April of 2000, after having been a student of Jean Vallieres, he graduated from the Music Conservatory of Montreal and was awarded a prize of distinction. He later spent a year studying with Oscar Ghiglia and Stephan Schmidt in Switzerland.
Jérôme Ducharme has been a multiple prize winner in various competitions including the 2004 Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Competition, The Guitare-Antony in France and Montreal's Guitarre-Lachine of 2003, as well as the 2000 Festival-Concours de Lanaudiere. In 2005, M. Ducharme was awarded the first prize of the GFA’s International Competition and has toured across North America, playing in over 40 cities.
Mr. Ducharme plays on a 2009 Daryl Perry guitar.