Viva Piccolo

ITALIAN CONCERT 19th-century flautist-composers, variations on opera melodies Vincenzo de Michelis, Giuseppe Rabboni, Cesare Ciardi, Giulio Briccialdi... Scottish, pensieri di Rigoletto, Hungarian Carnival, Maria Padilla Véronique POLTZ "thirty eight in the cloud" Jean-Louis Beaumadier, piccolo; Véronique Poltz, piano Riccardo Ghiani, flute; Francesca Carta, piano Jean-Louis BEAUMADIER began studying the flute with Joseph RAMPAL at the Conservatoire de Marseille and continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique with Jean-Pierre RAMPAL. A prizewinner at the Geneva International Competitions and the Guilde Française des Artistes solistes, he was a soloist with the Orchestre National de France for twelve years. Thanks to his extensive discography (Grand Prix from the Académie Charles Cros), concerts in Europe, the United States and the Far East, and his piccolo collection published by Billaudot, he has since become one of the world’s foremost piccolo performers. His keen interest in the piccolo and wooden instruments dates back to his youth, when his family bought him a magnificent antique ebony piccolo, “Bonneville”. For several years, he has been working in depth to raise awareness of the piccolo and share his joy in playing it. First a piccolo player with the Concerts Colonne and then, for twelve years, principal piccolo with the Orchestre National de France, he has performed under distinguished conductors including Sergiù Celibidache, Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Wolfgang Sawalich and Pierre Boulez… He has also worked with other orchestras around the world, including Seiji Ozawa’s “Saïto Kinen orchestra”. His extensive discography: Calliope-Harmonia-Mundi, Classic-Talents, Lyrinx, Rodolphe, Skarbo, Nouveaux horizons, Saphir, Naîve, Indésens… Together with an International Grand Prix du disque from the Académie Charles Cros for the CD “La belle époque du piccolo” and his educational collection published by Billaudot, this work has earned him the recognition and friendship of flautists who invite him around the world to major flute conventions and festivals (Japan, USA, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Brazil, Costa Rica, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Venezuela…). He also performs at numerous concerts in France (Paris, Salle Cortot, Radio France) and around the world (Israel, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Senegal, Croatia, USA (Carnegie Hall, New York), Austria, Slovenia, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, China…). He has been invited as a soloist by many orchestras: Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Simon Bolivar de Caracas (sistema), Wiener concert verein, New-York soloists, Brussel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National Du Costa Rica, Orchestre National de l'Equateur, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Orchestre d'Auvergne, Orchestre de Bohème, Orchestre de chambre de Quito, Orchestre de chambre de San Jose de Californie, “I musici di Vivaldi”, Orchestre de Cannes, Orchestre de l’Université Claude Champagne de Montréal, Orchestre Jean Francois Paillard, Orchestre de chambre d'Alsace, “Les musiciens de France”, Orchestre symphonique de Caire, Orchestra camera musicae de Catalogne, Orchestre de chambre de Genève, Orchestre philharmonique de Taïpei (Taïwan), Twin Cities Orchestra Minneapolis, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Chamber Soloists… Jean-Louis Beaumadier gives masterclasses at leading music institutions around the world.