Swiss-French flutist Emmanuel Pahud received his education at the Conservatoire in Paris and at age 22 was invited by Claudio Abbado to join the Berliner Philharmoniker as principal flutist, a position he still holds today. As a soloist he has appeared around the world with many leading orchestras and collaborated with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Yannick Nezet-Séguin, Trevor Pinnock, Sir Simon Rattle, and Pierre Boulez. In addition to Yefim Bronfman, his regular chamber music partners include Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Éric Le Sage. Together with Le Sage and Paul Meyer, he founded the International Chamber Music Festival in Salon de Provence in 1993. He is also a member of the wind ensemble Les Vents Français. Committed to expanding the flute repertoire, he has regularly commissioned new works from composers such as Elliott Carter, Toshio Hosokawa, Philippe Manoury, Luca Francesconi, and Matthias Pintscher. Emmanuel Pahud is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, and an ambassador for UNICEF. He teaches at the Barenboim-Said Akademie as a Distinguished Visiting Professor and was awarded Denmark’s Léonie Sonnings Music Prize in 2024.