Samuel Tessier was born in 1986 in Les Sables d’Olonne (France). Tessier started studying saxophone at the age of thirteen.
When he was eighteen, he moved to Angers to study Classical Saxophone and Musicology. He graduated with a bachelor in History of Music and a “Diplôme d’Etudes Musicales à l’unanimité avec les félicitations du jury” in 2008.
In 2004, Tessier received the second prize in the “Concours International de Saxophone de Nantes”, and won in 2007 the first prize in the “Concours Artistique d’Epinal”. He created in 2009 a concerto for saxophone and band, written by the French composer Sébastien Rabiller.
Tessier furthered his studies in Besançon (graduated in 2010 with a “Diplôme de Concert à l’unanimité”), and then in Paris where he decided to switch to Jazz. He was under the tutelage of famous jazz players in Paris such as Sylvain Beuf, Sébastien Jarousse, David Prez, and studied composition and arrangement with Eric Schultz and Laurent Coq.
Tessier graduated in Jazz in 2013 with the “Diplôme d’Etudes Musicales mention très bien”. He set up the Samuel Tessier quartet and was involved in big bands. He played in numerous prestigious Jazz places in Paris (Sunset/Sunside, Espace B, L’Entrepôt, L’Âge d’Or).
In 2013, Samuel Tessier moved to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland which is based in Glasgow (United Kingdom). He is now a student in the Jazz Department under the tutelage of the international saxophonist Tommy Smith
“Samuel Tessier is an educator and musician with great integrity. He possesses the knowledge and communication skills necessary to convey and express any idea in any musical context.” Professor Tommy Smith