Flûtiste un peu, flûtophile beaucoup, mais avant tout et passionnément : flûtière.

I discovered and started playing the recorder as a child. My parents chose it for its small size, practicality for small hands, and its lovely sound… I’ve always loved this instrument, but it’s mainly thanks to my teacher that I persevered: throughout her career, she knew how to support and guide her students with enthusiasm, inspiring several vocations along the way.

I stuck to it throughout my school years. As a normal high-achieving student, I followed a classical path.

At the age of 20, I brocke from the norm for the first time.

I turn towards a professional curriculum specializing in music and recorder. I also start teaching the recorder. But once I complete my studies, playtime is over, the pressure to find a “real” job (and a “real” instrument ?) brings me back to reality…

In my family and social circle, I’m surrounded by professional teachers: I take and pass the primary school teacher exam, and here I am, a teacher for the National Education system. For the next 8 years, I teach several hundred students aged 4 to 12, neglecting my recorders… and quite a few other things.

I commit 110% to my work and my students, but I realize that I get little satisfaction from it. I struggle, but I have to face the fact: this profession is not for me.

But then, what should I do ? With my qualifications and experiences, few doors are open to me.

I feel the need to practice a profession that is both artistic and manual, that is part of a tradition while remaining alive, that is useful and that “creates beauty”… yes, but what?

One morning, I wake up and I know: I’m going to make recorders! I had absolutely never thought about it before, but I know that’s what I’m going to do!

But where to start? From musician and teacher, I have to become an artisan and to be self-employed. No one I know is either… and there’s no training for this profession!

I’m starting from scratch.

I start with a 6-month training in wood turning, pretext to learn about materials, tools, and manual work.

I then have the chance to meet Bruno Reinhard, a craftsman recorder maker for 30 years, during a summer workshop. He wants to pass on his knowledge, I want to learn, we get along well and he offers to continue teaching me the craft of instrument making. Apart from a few stays at his place, he mostly guides me remotely, as we are 700 km apart.

In 2015, I’m 30 years old: it’s time to start a new professional life! I create my business and gain the trust of my first clients by repairing their recorders.

In 2017, I take a break from teaching to fully dedicate myself to my new business. I make and sell my first recorders.

In 2019, my business can fully support me, I resign from teaching and attended a part time course in artisanal business management.

From a hobby and fun activity as a child, the recorder has become my true passion. Instrument making has become my daily life.

And even more unexpected: I love evolving my own business!

From my literary background and teaching experience, I retain a taste for words and transmission:

In 2025, I celebrate the 10th anniversary of my workshop.