Emmanuel Pahud
Emmanuel Pahud is one of the most prolific and distinguished flutists active in contemporary France. His repertory is broad, stretching from the Baroque to contemporary music, including jazz.
Pahud was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 27, 1970. When he was four, he first heard the flute and immediately demanded to be taught how to play it. His family, which was not musical, traveled frequently for his father's work responsibilities, and he lived as a child in Baghdad, Paris, Madrid, and Rome. In the latter city, the family of flutist François Binet lived in the same apartment building as Pahud, and he began studies with 15-year-old Philippe Binet. Soon he graduated to studies with François Binet. At the family's next stop, in Brussels, he studied with Michel Moinil and Carlos Bruneel, playing a Mozart concerto with the National Orchestra of Belgium at 13. Pahud enrolled at the Paris Conservatory, winning several major prizes while he was a student, and after graduating, he soon landed principal flutist slots with the Basel Radio Symphony in Switzerland and the Munich Philharmonic. He continued his studies with Aurèle Nicolet, who had formerly been principal flutist with the Berlin Philharmonic and coached him on how to approach his audition for that ensemble. The stratagem worked, and in 1992, Pahud was invited by conductor Claudio Abbado to join the orchestra as the principal flutist. The following year, he released his debut album, Flötenmusik, on the Musikszene Schweiz label.
Pahud continued to play with the Philharmonic, sometimes taking a sabbatical or reducing his status to co-principal flutist as his solo responsibilities grew. He has played concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, among other top international groups. Pahud has been a longtime collaborator in chamber music with pianist Eric Le Sage, but he has also performed with Hélène Grimaud, Yefim Bronfman, and many other players. A notable feature of his career is that he has also succeeded as a jazz player, working with pianist Jacky Terrasson and performing in big bands.
Pahud has a large discography comprising more than 50 releases. He has recorded for EMI Classics, Naïve, and since 2013, Warner Classics, as well as a variety of smaller labels. With Terrasson, he released the 2003 jazz album Into the Blue, and his classical recorded selections have ranged from little-known Baroque and Classical-era concertos to contemporary works. In 2020, Pahud appeared on the chamber music album Vienne 1900 on Alpha. He returned to Warner Classics in 2021 for the concerto album Mozart & Flute in Paris and for 2023's Romances, a recital album on which he was accompanied by Le Sage. In 2009, the French Ministry of Arts and Culture named Pahud a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Nielsen: Flute Concerto, Clarinet Concerto, Wind Quintet
Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 10, 2007
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Revolution. Flute Concertos : Devienne, Gluck, Pleyel... (HD)
Chamber Music - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 2, 2015
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Emmanuel Pahud
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Oct 7, 2013
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Brahms: Sonatas Op. 120, No. 1 & No. 2 and Reinecke Sonata Op. 167
Emmanuel Pahud, Yefim Bronfman
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Dec 29, 2006
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C.P.E. Bach, Ferroud, Fauré, Ferneyhough & Prokofiev: Flötenmusik
Classical - Released by Musiques Suisses on Jan 1, 2014
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Fauré & Franck: Sonates
Chamber Music - Released by Skarbo on Aug 1, 1996
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Around The World
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Oct 7, 2013
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C.P.E. Bach : Flute Concertos
Chamber Music - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 4, 2016
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The Flute King: Music from the Court of Frederick the Great
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 7, 2011
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Doppler Discoveries
Emmanuel Pahud, András Adorján, Jan Philip Schulze, Arcis Hornquartett
Chamber Music - Released by Farao Classics on Feb 1, 2019
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Mozart & Flute in Paris - Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino
Emmanuel Pahud, Anneleen Lenaerts
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jun 25, 2021
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Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1 - 4
Emmanuel Pahud, Christoph Poppen, Hariolf Schlichtig, Jean-Guihen Queyras
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Aug 1, 1999
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Khachaturian & Ibert: Flute Concertos
Chamber Music - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 13, 2020
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Beethoven, Schubert, Weber: Works for Flute and Piano
Classical - Released by naïve classique on Mar 24, 2014
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Gubaidulina - The Canticle of the Sun/Music for Flute, Strings & Percussion
Mstislav Rostropovich, Emmanuel Pahud
Concertos - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 23, 2001
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Mozart Stories
Chamber Music - Released by Warner Classics on May 3, 2024
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Mozart & Flute in Paris - Fauré: Fantaisie, Op. 79 (Arr. Auber)
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jun 11, 2021
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Concertos pour flûte
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 3, 2008
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Chamber Works
Emmanuel Pahud, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 7, 2005
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Wie ein Traum am Rande der Unendlichkeit
Emmanuel Pahud, Margarita Hohenrieder
Chamber Music - Released by Solo Musica on Nov 25, 2016
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Sonatas For Flute
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 4, 2004
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