Antoine Dufour

Antoine Dufour
Background information
Born	1979 L'Épiphanie, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Folk, fingerstyle acoustic, instrumental
Occupation(s)	Guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2004–now
Labels	CandyRat Records
Website	www.myspace.com/antoinedufour

Antoine Dufour is a French-Canadian guitarist. Dufour is famous for his fingerstyle guitar playing. Until now Dufour has made 3 studio albums, Naissance, Development and Existence. He has a strong fanbase because of his YouTube videos.

Biography

Dufour started playing guitar at the age of fifteen. Later he studied at the CEGEP, where he first listened to fingerstyle music. 2005 he became second and 2006 first place in the Canadian Guitar Festival's Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. Also he became third in the International Finger Style Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas.

Dufour also works as a guitar tutor, giving lessons through Skype.

Discography

Studio albums

• Naissance (2004)
• Development (2006)
• Existence (2008)

DVDs

• Antoine Dufour / Andy McKee Split DVD (2007)

Other websites

• Antoine Dufour at MySpace
• Antoine Dufour at Candyrat Records
• Interview with Antoine Dufour at www.instrumentalcase.com