Patrick Gallois

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Patrick Gallois (born 1956) is a French flutist and conductor.

He was born in Linselles, near Lille. At the age of 17 he began studies at the conservatory in Paris with Jean-Pierre Rampal and Maxence Larrieu. Afterwards, he was solo flutist with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Lille and soon after, with the Orchestre National de France. However in 1984 he quit this job.

Gallois has had an exclusive contract since 1991 with Deutsche Grammophon.

Gallois has played under many famous conductors, including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, Karl Böhm, Eugen Jochum, and Sergiu Celibidache. He also regularly performs and records with leading conductors and collaborates chamber music with Yuri Bashmet, Natalia Gutman, Peter Schreier, Jörg Demus, the Lindsay Quartet and formerly with Jean-Pierre Rampal and Lily Laskine.

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