François-Xavier Bourin started his studies at 5 years old at Champigny sur Marne and at Créteil.

He entered at the Lyon CNSMD - Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique.

He is already accepted first solo oboe at the Toulouse National Orchestra when he obtains his First Prize in J. Chambon's class at Lyon CNSMD. He is invited in many festivals in Saint Jean de Luz, Vaison la Romaine, Montreux...

Prize winner of Paris and Tokyo International Competitions, he enters in Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra in 1985. At that time he goes on tour in the Alsace region, playing Mozart, Albinoni, Vivaldi concertos with the chamber ensemble « Les Cordes de Strasbourg ».

Since 1992, he is regularly invited in different french orchestras such as Paris Orchestra or Paris Opera Orchestras.

François-Xavier Bourin dedicates a part of his time to pedagogy by teaching for the « Orchestre Français des Jeunes » and since 1999, at the music school of Bry sur Marne. He tries to impact to his student musical tradition and the pleasure of playing inspired by his own teachers.

He is also the inventor of a quick engaging mecanism for wind instrument mounting (Rigoutat) and is currently playing on this prototype.