BENEDICT
FLUTE
CHEESE
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler - Berlin
" Benoit Fromanger is not only a wonderful flautist but also an accomplished musician who does honor to the French school of flute. " (Jean-Pierre Rampal)
Born in Paris, Benoit Fromanger studied flute at the CNR of Versailles and the CNSM of Paris with eminent professors such as Roger Bourdin, Alain Marion and Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Principal flute of the Paris Opera for ten years, then principal flute of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (dir. Lorin Maazel), since April 2004 he has been a professor at the “Hans Eisler” University of Berlin.
He performs in many festivals and major concert halls, accompanied by orchestras such as: Orchester Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchester d'Auvergne, Orchester du Capitole de Toulouse, the “Baroques Solistes” of Munich, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the European Chamber Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the American Chamber Orchestra, the KBS Radio Orchestra of Seoul, etc…
Benoit varies his experiences by taking part in numerous shows, concerts and chamber music ensembles while playing with the greatest artists.
His recordings under the labels EMI, Forlane, Verany, Tudor, Sony… have received a large number of awards such as: “Grand Prix du Disque”, ”Diapason d'Or" etc.
Born in Paris, BenoÎt FROMANGER studied the flute at the Versailles conservatoire and at the conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris under eminent teachers such as Roger Bourdin, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Alain Marion. On completion of his studies, he won several international competitions. His discography, including many recordings with different labels like EMI, Phillips, Forlane, Tudor, Sony and more, received a lot of awards such as: The Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français, "Diapason d'or" etc and so we. BenoÎt FROMANGER has frequently performed in Europe, US and Asia with a number of renowned orchestras like the Bavarian Radio Symphony the Berlin Philharmonic and such eminent conductors like L.Bernstein, L.Maazel, C.Abbado,CMGiulini, C.Davis, B. Haitink, D.BarenboÏm, R.Mutti, P.Boulez, Z.Mehta,W.Sawallisch etc., He also varied his musical experiences by taking part in many shows, concerts and chamber music ensembles, playing with: Jessye Norman, Carolyn Carlson, Patrick Dupond, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Maxim Vengerov, Sting, Olivier Nivet, Misha MaÏski, Claude Bolling, Juliette Hurel, Christine Icart, Bud, Alessandro Barrico, Viktoria Mullova, Gérard Depardieu... After being the Principal flutist at the Paris Opera House and from the Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra, BenoÎt Fromanger has been a "Professor" at the famous Music Academy Hanns-Eisler in Berlin since 2004. http://hfm-berlin.de/
"Benoît FROMANGER is not only a marvelous flutist but also an accomplished musician who nobly honors the École Française de Flûte." -JP RAMPAL-
"Talented Musician, inspired and hypersensitive, Fromanger remains inscribed as the deserving representative of the French Tradition set up by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Roger Bourdin, his teachers and expresses himself like one of the greatest flautist in the world...
His beautiful vibrancy is wide and generous; but the most noticeable in Benoît Fromanger, it is this ability to adapt his phrasing and modify his tone so as to carry out at best his music and all of them." Georges Hustings. (Diapason February 2000)