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French and Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud began studying music at the age of six. He graduated in 1990 with the 1er Prix from the Paris Conservatoire, and went on studying with Aurèle Nicolet. He won 1st Prize at the Duino, Kobe and Geneva Competitions, and at age 22 Emmanuel joined the Berliner Philharmoniker as Principal Flute under Claudio Abbado, a position which he still holds today. In addition, he enjoys an extensive international career as soloist and chamber musician.
Emmanuel appears regularly at leading concert series, festivals and orchestras worldwide, and has collaborated as a soloist with top conductors such as Abbado, Antonini, Barenboim, Boulez, Fischer, Gergiev, Gardiner, Harding, Järvi, Maazel, Nezet-Séguin, Orozco-Estrada, Perlman, Pinnock, Rattle, Rostropovich, Zinman.
Emmanuel is a dedicated chamber musician and regularly gives recitals with pianists Eric Le Sage, Alessio Bax, Yefim Bronfman, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, as well as jazzing with Jacky Terrasson. In 1993, Emmanuel founded the Summer Music Festival in Salon de Provence together with Eric Le Sage and Paul Meyer, which is still a unique chamber music festival today. He also continues…
French and Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud began studying music at the age of six. He graduated in 1990 with the 1er Prix from the Paris Conservatoire, and went on studying with Aurèle Nicolet. He won 1st Prize at the Duino, Kobe and Geneva Competitions, and at age 22 Emmanuel joined the Berliner Philharmoniker as Principal Flute under Claudio Abbado, a position which he still holds today. In addition, he enjoys an extensive international career as soloist and chamber musician.
Emmanuel appears regularly at leading concert series, festivals and orchestras worldwide, and has collaborated as a soloist with top conductors such as Abbado, Antonini, Barenboim, Boulez, Fischer, Gergiev, Gardiner, Harding, Järvi, Maazel, Nezet-Séguin, Orozco-Estrada, Perlman, Pinnock, Rattle, Rostropovich, Zinman.
Emmanuel is a dedicated chamber musician and regularly gives recitals with pianists Eric Le Sage, Alessio Bax, Yefim Bronfman, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, as well as jazzing with Jacky Terrasson. In 1993, Emmanuel founded the Summer Music Festival in Salon de Provence together with Eric Le Sage and Paul Meyer, which is still a unique chamber music festival today. He also continues chamber music performances and recordings with “Les Vents Français” with top wind players François Leleux, Paul Meyer, Gilbert Audin and Radovan Vlatkovic.
He is committed to expanding the flute repertoire and commissions new flute works every year to composers such as Elliott Carter, Marc-André Dalbavie, Thierry Escaich, Simon Holt, Toshio Hosokawa, Michaël Jarrell, Luca Lombardi, Philippe Manoury, Matthias Pintscher, Christian Rivet, Eric Montalbetti, Luca Francesconi and Erkki-Sven Tüür.
Since 1996, Emmanuel has recorded 40 albums exclusively for EMI / Warner Classics, which all have received unanimous critical acclaim and awards, resulting in one of the most significant contributions to recorded flute music.
Emmanuel is the recipient of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize for 2024. Emmanuel was honoured to receive the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to music, and is Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music. He also is an Ambassador for Unicef.
With an astonishing array of subtly molded sounds, superb breath control, flawless articulation and, above all, consistently eloquent phrasing, Pahud elevated the concerto from the charming to the sublime.
| Recital Programmes (Selection) | |
| Solo | |
| Mix of Jolivet Incantations and Telemann Fantasies pour Flute (6 or 7 pieces in total) | |
| Telemann | Two Fantasies |
| Widmann | Petite Suite (in Memoriam Aurèle Nicolet) |
| Bach, J.S. | Partita in a minor, BWV1013 |
| Telemann | Two Fantasies |
| Bach, C.P.E. | Sonata in a minor, Wq132 |
| Takemitsu | Voice |
| Ferroud | Bergère Captive |
| Varese | Density |
| Honegger | Danse de la chèvre |
| Berio | Sequenza |
| Ferroud | Jade |
| Pintscher | Beyond (a system of passing) |
| Ferroud | Toan Yan |
| Debussy | Syrinx |
| A mix of the programmes is also possible. | |
| Duo recital with harpist Anneleen Lenaerts | |
| Bach | Sonata in b minor |
| Mozart | Sonata in e minor |
| Schumann | Three Fantasiestücke |
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| Gaubert | Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando |
| Debussy | En Bateau, la fille cheveux de lin, Beau Soir |
| Fauré | Sicilienne, Berbeuse from Dolly, Fantaisie |
| Doppler-Zamara | Casilda Fantasie |
| Duo recital with pianist Eric Le Sage | |
| Reinecke | "Udine" Sonata for Flute and Piano, op.167 |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Sonata for Flute and Piano in F major (arr. Pahud) |
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| Mahler | Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen (arr. Kornfeil) |
| Die Kindertotenlieder: Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen! (arr. Kornfeil) | |
| Prokofieff | Fluten Sonata in D major, op.94 |
| or | |
| Mozart | Sonata in C major, KV296 |
| Schubert | Variations on "Trockene Blumen" from "Die Schöne Müllerin" |
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| Schumann | Fantasiestück, op.73 |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Sonata for Flute and Piano in F major (arr. Pahud) |
