Pedro Eustache
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| Pedro Eustache | ||
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| Born | 1959 | |
| Origin | Caracas, Venezuela | |
| Instrument(s) | 600+ woodwind instruments | |
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Pedro Eustache (born 1959), is a Venezuelan flautist - "World Music" woodwinds-reeds-wind synthesizers composer who has studied classical music, jazz, Indian classical music, and Armenian music. He plays 600 woodwind instruments and has toured and/or recorded with numerous artists.
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[edit] History
Pedro Eustache has performed as a soloist with the California Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra, among many others. He has also done a large number of 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. His musical language is the direct result of years of both solid studies and professional experience in the classical-European, African-American Jazz, World Music, Popular, Folklore and Computer/Electronic music art forms. He performed the featured flute, duduk, King bansuris & piccolo soloist in the 2005 Grammy-Award winning Concert For George memorial concert. He played Middle-Eastern flutes, reeds and Armenian duduk featured with the London Symphony Orchestra, in the film The Body. His world flutes and woodwinds solos are also featured with the Prague Symphony Orchestra. 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, Jose Feliciano, Juan Luis Guerra, Sheila E., among others, held at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. for the PBS Presents series. He is also featured on the live music videos by Yanni, Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall, Tribute, and most recently Yanni Live, The Concert Event.
[edit] Associated acts
Additional examples of artists with whom Pedro Eustache has toured with and/or recorded woodwind instruments: [1]
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[edit] Discography
- The Giant Sleeps (1995)
- Strive for Higher Realities (1997)
- Global Mvission (2004)
[edit] References
- Pedro Eustache at All Music Guide
- Pedro Eustache at the Internet Movie Database
- Bio at Lian Records
- Bio at Yanni.com
- Pedro Eustache at Reflections (Unofficial Yanni fan page)
- Bio at BBC News, TheWorld.org
