Pedro Eustache

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Pedro Eustache
Pedro Eustache w World Flutes1.jpg
Eustache in 2008
Background information
Born August 18, 1959 (age 58)
Origin Caracas, Venezuela
Genres Eclectic
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Woodwinds
Years active 37
Labels Gynook Productions Inc.
Website www.pedroflute.com
Pedro Eustache (born August 18, 1959) is a Venezuelan born multidirectional soloist
flautist, reed player, world woodwind player, wind synthesist, researcher,
composer, lecturer, and instrument maker with extensive academic studies and more
than 40 years of professional experience. He has more than seven years of symphonic
experience and a collection of around 600 instruments from all over the world, many
of which having been designed, built and/or modified by himself.

Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Education
1.2 Premiere
1.3 Solo concerts
1.4 Film scores
1.5 Collaborations
1.6 Game scores
1.7 Other performances
1.8 Personal collection
1.9 Teaching
1.10 Current
2 Discography
3 References
4 External links
Biography[edit]
Education[edit]
Venezuelan-born[1] Eustache studied first in Venezuela under maestros Michel
Eustache (his brother), Ernesto Santini, Antonio Jose Naranjo and Glenn Egner while
a member of Jos� Antonio Abreu's "Venezuelan Youth National Orchestra" (now known
as El Sistema). Upon graduation, he received a scholarship from the Venezuelan
government to study in Europe, at the Hector Berlioz Conservatoire and L'�cole de
Musique D'Asni�res in Paris, France with Raymond Guiot & Pierre-Yves Artaud,
respectively, with advanced studies with Aur�le Nicolet in Basel, Switzerland. He
also has a M.F.A. in jazz from the California Institute of the Arts, U.S., where he
studied with James Newton Jr. and Amiya Dasgupta, among other masters, and
extensive studies in other music cultures of the world. These include Hindustani
classical music and bansuri (North Indian bamboo flute) with Ravi Shankar,
PanditsHariprasad Chaurasia and Rajeev Taranath (Pedro is their only Latin-American
disciple); Armenian duduk with maestro Djivan Gasparyan, Persian Ney with professor
Houman Pourmehdi; classical Arabic music with maestro Riadh El Fehri and Arabic Ney
with Nabil Abdmouleh; Australian didgeridoo with David Hudson; Japanese Shakuhachi
with the late sensei Mazakazu Yoshizawa; Tunisian Mezoued with the late maestro
Mustapha Ben Romdhane; & more recently in Jordan, Kawala [Middle Eastern oblique
folk shepherds' flute] with master Nour Dhin and Arabic Nay with maestro Hamsa El
Faqir, respectively, among many others.

Mr. Eustache's performances are full of tremendous uplifting synergy, which seem to
contrast with the tragedy he & his wife Sara suffered years ago, when losing their
three-year-old daughter�Ginette Esther�to brain cancer.

He is a devout, deeply convicted follower of Christ,[2] and dedicates his art to

�The Father of Lights�, source of all true inspiration and creativity[3]

Premiere[edit]
In Feb 2009 Eustache premiered his composition "Suite Concertante for World
Woodwinds & Symphony Orchestra". Eustache performed on 21 solo woodwind
instruments, under the baton of his fellow-countryman Gustavo Dudamel, with his
"Orquesta Sinf�nica Sim�n Bol�var", Caracas, Venezuela.

Solo concerts[edit]
Mr. Eustache performed a "Multidirectional Flute" solo concert (using more than 20
custom world flutes/woodwind instruments, including an electric flute, plus
computer DAW accompaniment) at the prestigious Conservatoire National Sup�rieure de
Musique et Danse de Paris-France [CNSM]. Eustache had been invited by flute
soloist, Prof. Sophie Cherrier, in Dec 10th. 2015.

He was the opening soloist of the 3rd. International Spanish Flute Convention "Gala
concert", before renowned soloists Davide Formisano, Emmanuel Pahud, and flamenco
soloist Jorge Pardo in Seville 2014.

Mr Eustache was a featured soloist with the wind ensemble of the Samford
University, under the baton of soloist and conductor Demondrae Thurman, Birmingham
Alabama, Oct. 2014.

In 2008 and 2015 gave a solo concerts at the biggest concert-hall in Beirut,
Lebanon, the "Palais de L'UNESCO", under the aegis of the Mid. Eastern Bible
Society [Lebanon], directed by Dr. Michel Bassous, and was one of the guests
soloists invited by the Armenian government and Mr. Garik Israelian for the 6-hour
long '80 years Anniversary Tribute-Concert' in honor of his duduk master, maestro
Djivan Gasparyan, in Yerevan-Armenia. Both events were widely broadcast[citation
needed] in both countries-regions, respectively. In this same year he had his
'comeback' solo concert in his native Caracas, as a soloist and guest teacher for
the '2nd. Caracas International Flute Festival'. Eustache performed the C. Nielsen
'Concerto For Flute & Orchestra', conducted by the young dynamo Christian Vasquez
and the "Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra".

He has also performed and/or recorded as a featured soloist with the Orchestra
dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, L'Orchestre Symphonique Du Bal de
Vienne, Orquesta Sinf�nica Sim�n Bol�var [principal solo flute �chair� for three
years], London Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela Symphony
Orchestra [first flute chair for two years], and the Caracas Symphonietta [founder
& principal solo flute �chair� for two years], among many others.

Film scores[edit]
As a studio musician, Mr. Eustache has often provided solo woodwind for recording
sessions in Los Angeles. He has done many studio sessions for movies as a
flute/woodwinds instrumentalist --- including being the main world woodwinds
soloist for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ soundtrack, written by John
Debney.
He won the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Instrumental Performance by a
Soloist in a Film or Television Score category for his work in Hans Zimmer's
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

He played Middle-Eastern flutes, reeds and Armenian duduk featured in Steven

Spielberg's Munich (nominated for both the 2006 Oscars and the 49th Grammy Awards
for 'Best Soundtrack'), composed and conducted by John Williams, as well as King
Kenacho & Bs. Persian Ney in �Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull�.
He also soloed extensively in Middle-Eastern woodwinds & duduk with the London
Symphony Orchestra for the film, The Body. Other film soundtrack work includes
"Kung Fu Panda", "American Gangster", "Rendition", "David & Fatima", "Body Of
Lies", "Don't Mess with The Zohan", "Syriana", "The Village", "Blood Diamond",
"King Kong", "Tropic Thunder", "The Tale Of Despereaux", "The Stoning Of Soraya
M.", "The Mummy 3", "Beverly Hills Chihuahua", among many other.

Collaborations[edit]
His world flutes and woodwinds solos are also featured with several artists,
including Sir Paul McCartney on his song "Jenny Wren", and "Growing Up Falling
Down" which appears on the single Fine Line. For ten years he was the principal
flute of Yanni Orchestra. He was a featured soloist in the 2005 Grammy-award winner
�Concert For George�, playing for possibly the first time ever the Armenian duduk
in a traditional Indian classical music setting, alongside his teacher, the late
Pandit Ravi Shankar.

He collaborated on 2014 Persian traditional music album Beyond Any Form.[4]

Game scores[edit]
Pedro is also featured prominently in computer games' soundtracks World Of
Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, a multiplayer title with over 9 million subscribers
worldwide (with composers Matt Uelmen, Russell Brower, and Derek Duke), and Sony's
"Lair" (by composer John Debney).

Other performances[edit]
Mr Eustache was the featured winds soloist on Ramin Djawadi's/HBO's "Game of
Thrones - Live Music Experience" international tour of 2017. Featured in 15
different acoustic & electronic wind instruments--including several exclusively
designed/built for this event, like the flexible didgeridoo, or the 14-foot long
"WildLing horn", or the 5+foot tall giant pan-pipes, and sound design for the
Sylphyo MIDI wind controller.

In 2017 he is also the featured solo wind soloist in "Hans Zimmer Live" world tour
[USA, Australia, Europe]--with the world acclaimed, iconic oscar-winning notable
film music composer, performing in 16 instruments--including--besides his concert
flute, Bs flute & sop. sax--three Lyricons (analog vintage wind synthesizers), as
well as specially designed computer-based soft-synth sounds for the Sylphyo--MIDI
wind synth controller, Armenian duduk, Venezuelan cuatro, Indian King bansuri and
RaKIba, among others.

Mr. Eustache was a featured performer [South-American woodwinds, Afro-Venezuelan

percussion] on Gustavo Dudamel's "Libertador" orchestral suite, with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in the "Noche de Cine" concert special,
July 30, 2014. L.A.Times review of this concert

He has been the woodwinds featured soloist with Yanni's orchestra since 1995, most
recently during the 2003-2004 Ethnicity and 2005 Yanni Live! tours, and appears on
several of his live music videos including Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall,
Tribute, and Yanni Live! The Concert Event.

He is the featured flute, sax & world winds soloist with Persian-pop diva Googoosh
since 2000 to present.

Other recordings, tours and/or performances include jazz flautist/composer

extraordinaire Dr. James Newton, Armenian composer/keyboardist Ara Gevorgian,
Indian young luminary Anoushka Shankar, as well as in several international
Christian crusades with evangelist Luis Palau, Pastor Benny Hinn and in various
events with his spiritual father, Pastor Jack Hayford.

Eustache was brass section leader (tenor saxophone), for the Inside Job U.S. West-
Coast tour for multiple Grammy-winner singer-songwriter Don Henley. He was also
house band member for Edward James Olmos' Americanos Concert with Latin Superstars
Cachao Lopez, Gloria Estefan, Paquito D'Rivera, Jos� Feliciano, Juan Luis Guerra,
Sheila E., among others, held at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., for the PBS
Presents series.

Personal collection[edit]
Eustache has a collection of around 600 instruments from all over the world,
including unique/custom woodwinds, and traditional world flute-based 3D printed
Boehm flute headjoints prototypes--designed, modified &/or built by himself--as
well as other strings, percussion and electronic (analogue Eurorack-modular vintage
wind synth & digital) & DAW/computer-based.

Teaching[edit]
As an educator, and lecturer, Eustache was invited by flute soloist professor
Sophie Cherrier, to give a masterclass-conference ("The Multidirectional Flute")
and a solo concert (with DAW assistance) at the prestigious Conservatoire National
Sup�rieure de Musique et Danse de Paris-France [CNSM] in Dec 10th. 2014.

Invited by soloist Vicens Pratts-solo chair at the Paris Symphony, president of the
National Association of Flautists of Spain, and a former co-disciple of Aur�le
Nicolet - he gave lectures and masterclasses in improvisation and world music
flutes at the 3rd. International Spanish Flute Convention, in Seville 2014.

In October 2014 he was an artist-in-residence at the prestigious Samford

University, teaching master-classes in music fundamentals, musical aesthetics,
western classical performance, jazz improvisation, and world music winds, by Dr. K.
Fousse, Birmingham Alabama.

Mr Eustache has also taught Classical western flute in the Venezuelan National
Youth Symphony's Conservatory, the Children's Orchestra Conservatory; Jazz flute in
1993-95 at the California Institute of the Arts, & more recently [in 2008], in a
renewed connection with his native country, 'Introduction to Music Technology',
'Improvisation for Non-Improvisers' Parts I & II & 'World Music I: Introduction to
The Classical Music of North India' [extension courses] at the Instituto
Universitario de Estudios Musicales IUDEM, as well as flute master classes at the
FESNOJIV headquarter building in Caracas, Venezuela.

Current[edit]
He is involved in researching, designing/modifying and building one-of-a-kind
custom wind instruments, as well as heavy involvement in applying computer-based
audio digital technologies (the last two solo CD projects have been produced,
recorded, arranged, engineered, and mixed by him in DAW-based systems).

Discography[edit]
As a Soloist:

Hymns Of Yesterday & Today (2007)

Global Mvission (2004)
The Giant Sleeps (1995)
Strive for Higher Realities (1993)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Estampas/El Universal"
Jump up ^ Williams, Chris. "36: Pedro Eustache � You've heard his woodwinds. Now
hear his hope". I Share Hope. I Share Hope. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
Jump up ^ Harrup, Scott. "Instruments of Grace". Pentecostal Evangel. Pentecostal
Evangel. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
Jump up ^ ""Neither Angel Nor Devil Am I" Released". Cultural Heritage News Agency.
August 12, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Pedro Eustache at AllMusic
Bio at Lian Records
Profile at Reflections an Unofficial Yanni fan page
As a featured guest-soloist for Jivan Gasparyan's 80th birthday Concert Julilee
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pedro Eustache.
Official site
Pedro Eustache at the CNSM-Paris, France
Pedro Eustache at Samford University-Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Authority control
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