"A polished performer, Tavares offered an expressive performance that embraced the work's lyrical and virtuoso demands, his pure, direct sound never wavering from the mission at hand" ( The Virginia Gazette)

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"Thomaz has an innate sense of musical aesthetics in all styles. The clarity of his playing, his precision, his elegance as an interpreter... show an astonishing maturity for his youth." (  VociHarmonie )

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"Thomaz Tavares's rich, expressive playing and intelligent programming are matched by his remarkable stage presence. His brief, warm introductions create immediate intimacy with the audience, transforming each performance into a true moment of connection."​ ( Les Harmonies du Perche))

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"I have always admired his attitude, his virtuosity, his powerful expressiveness but most of all his sincere love for music." ( Jean Ferrandis )

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"[Thomaz Tavares and Rieko Tsuchida] delivered a concert with a program that was not only original, but magnificently well interpreted." ( Salle Cortot) ​​​​

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Praised for his "innate sense of musical aesthetics in all styles" (Vociharmonie) and "polished, lyrical, and virtuoso" playing (Virginia Gazette), Thomaz Tavares leads a vibrant international career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer.

 

A recipient of the Harriet Hale Woolley Fellowship and the prestigious Diplôme de Concertiste, Tavares is co-founder of Ensemble IMAGO, a multidisciplinary chamber ensemble in artistic residence at the Fondation des États-Unis. He has been flutist of the Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle Europe since 2019 and performs regularly with Orchestre Hélios and the Paris Open Chamber Orchestra.

 

As a passionate educator, Tavares served as flute professor at the Conservatoire de Provins and interim professor at the Conservatoire Jean-Baptiste Lully. He is co-founder of the summer masterclass academy Flute Rêverie and has given recitals and masterclasses across France, the United States, and Brazil. In the 2024–25 season, he serves as guest adjunct professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce (fall 2024) and guest professor at California State University, Fullerton (spring 2025).

 

For three consecutive years, Tavares was invited as guest artist to the Festival de Fontainebleau, where he performed concerts, created musical guided tours of the château, and appeared in an educational web series detailing the castle's musical history. He has also performed at festivals including the Festival d'Auvers-sur-Oise, Journées de Ravel, Harmonies du Perche, Melodieuse in Luberon, Dartington Summer Festival, Musicales de Mortagne et Perche, and Talis Sarajevo, and in venues such as Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Petit Palais, DiMenna Center, and Château de Fontainebleau.

 

As part of his Harriet Hale Woolley Fellowship, Tavares conducted performance research on the musical repertoire of the French Belle Époque and the flute works of composer Yuko Uebayashi, under whose mentorship he worked. This collaboration led to multiple invitations from the composer to perform and record Uebayashi's music in the south of France.

Recent highlights include a Vivaldi concerto tour in France, a recital at New York's DiMenna Center, performances as guest artist for the Los Angeles Flute Association and Louisiana Flute Society festivals, recitals at Petit Palais in Paris and Galeries Lafayette in Annecy, and U.S. masterclass tours across the Midwest, Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, and California.

 

Tavares holds a Bachelor's degree from the Jacobs School of Music, where he received the Premier Young Artist Scholarship. He moved to Paris for graduate studies under renowned soloist Jean Ferrandis at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where he obtained his Diplôme Supérieur d'Exécution with unanimous distinction from the jury and, in 2020, his terminal degree, the Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste.

 

Tavares performs on a Straubinger 14k flute and a Faulisi headjoint.

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