EmmanuelPahud

Press

• Dalbavie Flute Concerto - Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal

  Maison Symphonique de Montréal

  Jan 2023

  • In much of the Dalbavie concerto, passages in the solo flute part fly by at warp speed, so much so that only a Pierre Boulez could discern if the soloist is in fact hitting all the notes. Not only was Pahud up to the challenge, but even when his fingers were moving at lightning speed, he still sculpted melodic lines and clearly delineated phrasal arrival points.

    • Ian Cochrane, bachtrack
    • 29 January 2023

• Concert with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal

  Maison Symphonique de Montréal

  Oct 2023

  • There could be little argument that Pahud is currently the planet’s number one flutist. He continues the line of French masters that began with Claude-Paul Taffanel and Marcel Moyse and progressed through Jean-Pierre Rampal and Aurèle Nicolet (Pahud’s teacher). Pahud manifests stunning control in all registers and at all dynamic levels; he can weave long seamless phrases by taking a catch breath while the sound of the previous note is still resonating. His musical imagination is sagacious.

    • bachtrack
    • 16 October 2022

• Mozart and Flute in Paris

  Album Review

  Oct 2021

  • Those aforementioned first few seconds, courtesy of Philippe Hersant’s Dreamtime for solo flute and orchestra, are in fact also some of the most instantly beguiling and exciting bars of music I’ve heard open a disc in some time.

    • Charlotte Gardner, Gramophone
    • 01 October 2021

• Solo

  Album Review

  Jul 2018

  • The eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces. It's like eating a bag of pick 'n' mix where every sweet is deliciously interesting, and the aleatory element merely enhances the enjoyment... The flautist's customary rounded sound is pristinely captured throughout this quirky collection.

    • BBC Music Magazine
    • 01 July 2018