Guillaume Jehl

About the Artist

Guillaume Jehl began playing the trumpet at the age of eight. He completed his studies at the Conservatory in Mulhouse and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris with distinction. Furthermore, he studied Baroque trumpet at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he is also active as a pedagogue at its Music Academy, and perfected his trumpet playing with Johann Gansch at the University "Mozarteum" in Salzburg. In 1998, at the age of 20, he received his first engagement as 2nd trumpeter in the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, and two years later, he played in the same position in the Orchestre National de France. In 2001, Guillaume Jehl became the principal trumpeter in the Basel Symphony Orchestra. In 2006, he returned as principal trumpeter to the Orchestre National de France, before joining the Berlin Philharmonic in 2009. Since the 2018/2019 season, he has been the principal trumpeter of the orchestra. Besides his orchestral work, Guillaume Jehl performs as a soloist and chamber musician and is involved in the brass ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic.