Nicolas Drouet 蘇毅

Nicolas Drouet (蘇毅) is a light tenor and chanson singer who received his musical training under the tutelage of Jean-Philippe Courtis (École Normale de Musique, Paris), Robert Dumé (CNSMDP, Paris), and Françoise Tillard. In 2014, he was awarded the first prize at the Marseille International Operetta Competition and graduated from the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional d’Amiens in 2016. Between 2010 and 2016, Drouet developed a multi-faceted career in France as both an actor and singer, spanning genres such as art song, musical theater, chanson, oratorio, and opera. In 2017, he performed the lead role in Igor Stravinsky’s "L'Histoire du soldat" for the opening of the Taiwan International Festival of Arts (TIFA). Currently, his artistic focus lies in French repertoire, specifically art songs and chanson. He has performed works by composers such as Chabrier, Poulenc, Satie, and Ravel, and was invited to the Opéra de Dijon to perform Schumann’s "Spanischer Liebeslieder" (op. 65) and Brahms’ "Neue Liebeslieder" (op. 65). Drouet has collaborated with a wide range of musicians, including guitarist Roberto Zayas, accordionist Wei-Ching Tsai, bandoneonist Cheng-Tsung Li, pianists Kuo-Yuan Li, Hsin-Jung Hsieh, Hui-Pin Hsu, and Yen-Chih Lin, as well as soprano Li-Chin Huang. He also conducts French vocal masterclasses at various institutions, including National Taipei University (NTPU).