Julien Beaudiment
Born in 1978, he studies in London and Paris, at
London Guildhall School of Music with Paul Edmund-Davies and at Paris CNSMD -
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique where he obtains a First flute
Prize in Sophie Cherrier and Vincent Lucas class. He was still studying in Paris when he became
first solo flute of the Lyon National Opera Orchestra succeeding at the age of
22 from Philippe Bernold. In 2005, he is nominated first solo flute of the
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, where he will stay until 2006, before coming
back to the Lyon Opera. He is actually the only french flutist having obtained
this position in a British orchestra. Julien Beaudiment performed in Europe, North
America, Middle and Far East, as a soloist or within many orchestras such as
London Symphony Orchestra, Paris Orchestra, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra,
Bournemouth Symphony Ochestra, « Hallé Orchestra », Lausanne Chamber
Orchestra... under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, Ivan Fischer, Colin
Davis, Andrew Davies, E. Krivine, E. Pido, Y. Temirkanov, C. Eschenbach, W.
Christie, R. Hickocs, M. Elder, P. Berglund, L. Langrée, S. Mintz... In 2004, he is awarded, with his pianist, for the
50th International Barcelona Sonatas Competition. He also plays Bach as a
soloist for two years with the famous dancer-choreographer Régine Chopinot,
creating the play « Colonne » in Japan and in many countries. Julien Beaudiment's taste for pedagogy leads him
to teach at the Lyon CNSM. He is also Philippe Bernold's assistant during the
Nice International summer academy and teacher at the French-Corean Academy
(Fontenay le Comte and Séoul). He recorded contemporary works of C. Menesson, and
in the flute solos of « Lucie de Lammermoor » with Natalie Dessay (Virgin
Classics). |