Christophe Pratiffi was born in the Lorraine Region of France. He discovered his passion for playing the guitar when he was just 5 years old.
Passionate about the guitar, he began his musical studies under the supervision of James Szura at the Conservatoire National of the Metz Region (France). He finished his studies in 1998 and was unanimously awarded the Gold Medal and congratulations by the jury, the first prize of excellence and the Superior Inter-regional Prize awarded by Gerard Abiton and Olivier Bensa from Montbéliard France.
He made his first appearance on the National scene when he was just 17 years old. He has performed as a soloist at the prestigious Montebéliard Theater, the Arsenal of Metz, and the Poirel auditorium of Nancy. He has also performed internationally at the Auditorium (Eutherpe) of Leon (Spain), the Palais of Trèves (Germany), the Prévost Auditorium (Montreal, Canada) and Université Laval (Québec, Canada).
Christophe has always been interested in chamber music. He has collaborated with artists of international renown such as Gaspar Hoyos (flutist, Columbia) at the Guitar Festival of Nancy, Jaime Cordoba (colombia) and Claude Gagnon (Québec). He has also interpreted the Concerto of Heitor Villa-Lobos and the Concerto of Aranjuez de Joaquin Rodrigo under the direction of famous conductors such as Fernand Quattrocchi (France) and Jacques Lacombe (Québec).
With the aim of bringing out the best of his art, his personal motto is “the search for beauty”. This search led to his first memorable encounter with the Argentinian guitarist Roberto Aussel, and then with the Uruguayan Guitarist, Alvaro Pierri, with whom he perfects in Canada, in Montreal. He got under his supervision, his Master Degree in interpretation from "Université Laval". He sees in these two masters authentic musicians, devoted and inspiring.
Loving the diversity and the musical richness of all the musical compositions that have contributed to the evolution of the classical guitar, his repertoire includes, always with emphasis on style, a wide variety of music from the Golden age to the popular music of today, passing by Baroque, the classic and romantic styles.
Presently established in Quebec City, he currently performs as a soloist and in duo with the Quebec guitar player David Jacques.
Feeling very concerned by the pedagogy, he is a classical guitar teacher at the Sainte-Foy College (pre-university school) in Quebec, Canada, since winter 2008. He was also guitar teacher to the Musical Academy of the Valley of Vologne (Vosges, France) during summer from 2003-2007.
Elegance, sophistication and sensibility finely grace the playing of this musician in an incomparable manner.