Thierry André
Artiste
luthier / Instrument maker
-Perhaps I have been able to distinguish myself so far by an interest as much for the origins of the stringed instrument, the tradition, as for a form of avant-garde and interpretation of instrument-making that we do not yet know.
I am an inveterate fan of music, painting, and visual arts. My first studio was also in an industrial building populated by artists; all this has rubbed off on me. The courage with which these artists presented their ideas and ideals, pushed me to clear a path similar to theirs-
Thierry André is an artist and luthier based in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC Canada.
A specialist in the steel-string acoustic guitar, his body of works also reflects his love for electric, -archtop-, and historical instruments. Recently nominated to the Archtop Collection -The Blue guitars-, his works display a distinctive and timeless character - His instruments expressing both tradition, creativity, and pure sonic performance.
Trained first at the Institute of Crafts of Quebec by André Brunet ('92-97), then apprenticed to Fred Carlson in California (2004), Thierry André is a many time artistic grant & prize recipient, notably with the CMAQ Jean-Marie Gauvreau Prize in 2020, and the CFCMA Fine Crafts Distinction Award in 2022.
André's work has evolved since his Montreal debut in 1998, from small experimental lute-like instruments made for local guitarists, exploring different materials (calabash, skin, carbon fiber, Japanese paper) as sound-boxes, to recent projects that embrace the evolution of the guitar itself (Sun-Moon-and Vibrations, Echoes of Time, -78-) in a form-oriented guitar-making approach that is now recognized internationally.
His work has been presented primarily in Germany, the United States, and Canada. His body of work currently comprises 125 instruments, part of both individual and private collections.
Strongly influenced by the work of his luthier-peers (Parker, Somogyi, Coppiardi, Lamarre), he devotes himself to guitar-making now under the watchful eye of his six-year-old daughter, Clara.
View from behind Thierry André's workshop, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC Canada
Text by
A. Brunet, Director,
École de lutherie Guitare Bruand:
Through his work, André takes full ownership of the making of the guitar instrument: Under his hand, the guitar retains all of its function and historical quality, while is composition is constantly renewed.
Displaying formal, aesthetic, and distinct acoustic research, his expressive language addresses the entire object rather than its degree of ornamentation. André shares the making of the stringed instrument in a skillful act of creation, transcending the boundaries between fine crafts, art, and acoustic engineering.-
- Sun Moon and Vibrations は、もう 1 つの傑作です。
ゴージャスな楽器。コレクションに追加できてとても嬉しいです。素晴らしい仕事ティエリー！美しいフライトケースも！ -
一番、
ジョン
- Tradition is born from creativity, and creativity is born from tradition. These two are sides of the same coin. The challenge for me is to highlight them as much as possible within the work ; The guitar then acquires its full capacity to project a voice of its own, one that transcends past/present and appeals to our senses, perhaps to our most vivid and immediate type of memory. -
Thierry André
ティエリー・アンドレは、ケベック工芸学校でアンドレ・ブルネットに師事し（1992～1997年）、その後カリフォルニアでフレッド・カールソンに弟子入りしました（2004年）。CMAQジャン＝マリー・ゴーヴロー賞（2020年）、CFCMAファインクラフト優秀賞（2022年）をはじめ、数々の芸術助成金や賞を受賞しています。また、最近では象徴的なアーチトップ財団の2025年ブルーギターコレクションにノミネートされました。