GALLOIS, PATRICK (b 1956 )

Patrick Gallois belongs to the generation of French musicians leading highly successful international careers as both soloist and conductor. From the age of seventeen he studied the flute with Jean-Pierre Rampal at the Paris Conservatoire and at the age of 21 was appointed principal flute in the Orchestre National de France, under Lorin Maazel, playing under many famous conductors, including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, Karl Böhm, Eugen Jochum, and Sergiu Celibidache. He held this post until 1984, when he decided to focus on his solo career, which has subsequently taken him throughout the world. He regularly performs and records with leading conductors and collaborates in chamber music with musicians such as Yuri Bashmet, Natalia Gutman, Peter Schreier, Jörg Demus, the Lindsay Quartet and formerly with Jean-Pierre Rampal and Lily Laskine. He has been invited to appear as a soloist with major orchestras in Europe and in Asia, and in leading international festivals, with tours to Germany, Japan and Israel, and annual master-classes at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada.

For twelve years after establishing his own orchestra in Paris, the Académie de Paris, Patrick Gallois has developed a conducting career which has taken him to Japan, Scandinavia, Italy, Portugal, the United States and Bulgaria, in addition to appearances as a conductor in France. In 2003 he was appointed Musical Director of the Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä and tours regularly with the orchestra. Both as a conductor and as a flautist he has a wide repertoire, with a strong taste for contemporary music, and many new works have been dedicated to him.

His recordings include an award-winning series for DG. For Naxos he has recorded the Complete Flute Concertos of C.P.E. Bach (8.555715–16), Haydn’s Symphonies Nos. 1–5 (8.557571) and Gounod’s Symphonies (8.557463), among other works. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death, a special 34-CD box set of The Complete Symphonies (8.503400) has been released featuring Patrick Gallois.

For more information, please visit www.patrickgallois.com.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
BACH, C.P.E.: Flute Concertos (Complete)	8.555715-16
DEBUSSY, C.: Syrinx (P. Gallois)	9.50085
DOPPLER, F. / DOPPLER, K.: Music for Flutes and Orchestra	8.570378
FLUTE MOMENTS	8.557788
GERSHWIN, G.: Clarinet and Strings Music - Porgy and Bess Suite / An American in Paris / Preludes (Lethiec, Sinfonia Finlandia, Gallois)	8.570939
GOUNOD: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2	8.557463
HAYDN, J.: Symphonies, Vol. 33 (Nos. 25, 42, 65)	8.570761
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 29 (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)	8.557571
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 32 (Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12)	8.557771
MARRINER CONDUCTS MOZART (NTSC)	2054678
MOZART - Fran underbarn till mastare	8.503181
MOZART (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552111-12
MOZART FOR MEDITATION	8.557548
MOZART: Flute Concertos	5.110055
MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp	8.557011
MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299	6.110055
MOZART: Genius of Mozart (The)	8.570116
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - FLORENCE: A Musical Tour of the City's Past and Present (NTSC)	2.110513
NIELSEN, C.: Symphonies 1-6 / Violin Concerto / Flute Concerto / Clarinet Concerto	BIS-CD-614-16
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 1 / Flute Concerto / Rhapsody Overture	BIS-CD-454
NIEMINEN, K.: Palomar / Clarinet Concerto, "Through Shadows I Can Hear Ancient Voices" / Vicoli in ombra (Gallois, Raasakka, Sinfonia Finlandia)	8.572061
POULENC: Flute Sonata / MESSIAEN: Le Merle Noir / BOULEZ: Sonatine	8.557328
RAUTAVAARA, E.: Concertos	ODE1156-2Q
RAUTAVAARA, E.: On the Last Frontier / Flute Concerto / Anadyomene (Gallois)	ODE921-2
REINECKE: Flute Concerto / Harp Concerto / Ballade	8.557404
SIBELIUS (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552135-36
SIBELIUS: Pelleas and Melisande / DESBRIERE: Sinfonia	8.557985
SPOHR, L.: Violin Concertos Nos. 6, 8, 11 (Lamsma, Sinfonia Finlandia, P. Gallois)	8.570528
STOR MUSIK FOR SMA ORON (Big Music for Little Ears) - Children's Music Compilation	8.503156
TABAKOV: Concerto for 2 Flutes / Piano Concerto	8.570073