Born in 1981, Hélène Dusserre began playing the flute at the age of 7 at the Conservatoire de Toulon, her hometown. In 2003, she joined the class of Sophie Cherrier and Vincent Lucas at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she obtained a first prize with honors unanimously in 2007. She continued her studies from 2007 to 2009 in the same establishment, completing an Advanced Musician Orchestral Training with Jacques Tys and André Cazalet.
Hélène Dusserre participates in festivals as a chamber musician and soloist such as the Festival des Monts de la Madeleine, the Moments Musicaux du Tarn, the Festival Lachrymae, as well as the Printemps Musical des Alizés in Morocco, and performs with prestigious ensembles such as the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, and the Orchestre National des Pays de La Loire under the direction of Pierre Boulez, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philippe Jordan, Daniele Gatti, François-Xavier Roth, Suzanna Mälkki…
She has been the principal flutist of the Paris Mozart Orchestra under the direction of Claire Gibault since 2013 and holds the position of second flute playing the piccolo with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux.
In addition to her career as a performer, Hélène holds a State Diploma and has taught at the Conservatoire du 12e arrondissement de Paris and at the CRD de Mantes en Yvelines.
