Emmanuel Pahud began his flute studies at the age of eight in Rome, and later continued in Uccle, Basel, Paris. In 1985 he won the National Competition of Belgium and debuted as a soloist with the National Orchestra of Belgium.

He graduated at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1990, obtaining the First Prize. He won many competitions, in Duino in 1988, in Kobe in 1989 and the Geneva International Music Competition in 1992.

He was appointed principal flute of the Berliner Philharmoniker by the conductor Claudio Abbado. In 1993, with the pianist Éric Le Sage e the clarinettist Paul Meyer, close friends and collaborators, he founded the Festival de l’Emperi, dedicated to chamber music, at Salon-de-Provence, in France. 

Pahud’s interest in contemporary music and flute repertoire is reflected in the many compositions dedicated to him or commissioned by him, such as the concertos for flute and orchestra by Matthias Pintscher (Transir, 2006), Marc-André Dalbavie (2006), Michel Jarrell (…Un temps de silence…, 2007), Elliott Carter (2008), Luca Lombardi (2010).The musical approach of Emmanuel Pahud is characterized by a unique versatility and adaptability. Thanks to his great control over the instrument and his physical attitude, technique is always reconsidered in accordance with the characteristics of the composition and its specific historical context. Through a diversified use of resonances, sound and vibrato techniques, fingers’ articulation, the various styles – from baroque repertoire philologically performed to contemporary, with occasional excursions into jazz – are expressed in a great variety of timbres, phrasings and intonations.

Beatrice Rana performs at the world’s most esteemed concert halls and festivals including the Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, Barbican Centre, Royal Albert Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, KKL Lucerne, Cologne Philharmonie, Munich’s Isarphilharmonie, Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Tonhalle Zurich, Philharmonie de Luxembourg, Teatro alla Scala, BBC Proms.

She collaborates with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Antonio Pappano, Klaus Mäkelä, Lahav Shani, Manfred Honeck, Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Jaap van Zweden, Jakub Hrusa, Paavo Järvi, Elim Chan, Gustavo Gimeno, Fabio Luisi, Vladimir Jurowski, Dima Slobodeniouk, James Gaffigan, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Susanna Mälkki and Zubin Mehta.

Beatrice is the guest of such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bayerische Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestre de Paris, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Filarmonica della Scala, Seoul Philharmonic among many other top orchestras.

In the 2024/25 season, Beatrice is artist in residence at Paris’ Radio-France. The residency will involve a recital at the Auditorium de Radio France and several concerts and tours with both in-house orchestras, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Orchestre National de France and their music directors Mikko Frank and Cristian Macelaru. She will also return to the New York Philharmonic with Marek Janowski, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Gianandrea Noseda, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck and debut with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

Beatrice Rana records exclusively for Warner Classics. She released 6 albums receiving critical acclaim and several prizes including “Young Artist of the Year” at the Gramophone Awards and “Discovery of the year” at the Edison Awards in 2017. In June 2018, she was chosen as Female Artist of the Year at the Classic BRIT Awards at the Royal Albert Hall.

Beatrice Rana won Silver (2nd Prize) and the Audience Award at the prestigious Van Cliburn competition in 2013. She had attracted international attention at 18, winning 1st Prize and all special prizes at the Montreal International Competition in 2011. Born into a family of musicians Beatrice began her musical studies at four and achieved her Piano Degree under the guidance of Benedetto Lupo at the Nino Rota Conservatory of Music in Monopoli, where she also studied composition with Marco della Sciucca. She then studied with Arie Vardi in Hannover and again with Benedetto Lupo at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia.

In 2017, Beatrice started her own chamber music festival « Classiche Forme » in her native town of Lecce, Puglia. The festival has become one of Italy’s major summer events.

Tim Crawford, violin
Tim Ridout, viola
Tim Posner, cello

Formed by three gifted young instrumentalists (and all Tims!), the trio that takes its name from the great 18th century Austrian organist, Kapellmeister and prolific composer, Anton Teyber.