Named "Instrumentalist of the Year 1997" at the prestigious Victoires de la Musique award ceremony in Paris, the Swiss-French flutist Emmanuel Pahud is one of today's most exciting and adventurous musicians.  Born in Geneva in January 1970, he started to study music at the age of six.  He graduated in 1990 with the Premier Prix from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, after which he continued his studies with Aurele Nicolet.

Emmanuel has won first prize in many major International Music Competitions, such as Kobe in 1989, Duino in 1988. He then went on to win eight out of the twelve special prizes at the Concours de Genève in 1992.  He took the Soloists Prize in the World-wide French-speaking Community Radio Awards, and the European Council's Juventus Prize.  He is also a laureate of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and of the International Tribune for Musicians of UNESCO ... read full bio