Born in Lens, Bucher began playing the organ in Arras and then at the Conservatoire de Lille, in Jean Boyer's and Aude Heurtematte's classes.
[2] Working as an organist in Lens, Marcq-en-Barœul, and Lyon (Saint-Jean Cathedral), Bucher succeeded Michel Chapuis in 2002 at the prestigious tribune of Église Saint-Séverin in Paris, a position he held until April 2013.
From September 2007 to November 2011, he was Director of Music Studies at the Conservatoire de Lyon.
Since 2011, Bucher has lived and worked in Vézelay, where he directs the Cité de la Voix, a unique place dedicated to vocal art in the form of artistic residencies, a professional vocal ensemble (Arsys Bourgogne), and a public season.
From 2011 to 2018, Nicolas Bucher lived and worked in Vézelay, where he directed the Cité de la voix, a unique venue devoted to the vocal arts in the form of artistic residencies, a professional vocal ensemble (Arsys Bourgogne) and a public season.