Matthieu Donarier, born on 6 April 1976 in Nantes, France, is a jazz saxophonist. He began playing clarinet before switching to saxophone at 15 and studied classical and jazz at the Conservatoire de Rennes before spending four years at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, earning a first prize in 1998. He formed the Matthieu Donarier Trio with Manu Codjia and Joe Quitzke, winning the Concours National de la Défense in 1999, and released OpticTopic in 2004. His career progressed with the duo album Kindergarten with Poline Renou in 2007, Live Forms in 2009 with his trio, Wood with Sébastien Boisseau in 2013, Papier Jungle in 2015, and Sun Dome with Santiago Quintans in 2017. He also collaborated with Stéphane Kerecki and Tony Malaby, and performed across Europe, Canada, and the Middle East.
