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Was born in Brive, France in 1959. After a successful
career as a flautist, he took up conducting in 1990. He is Music Director
of the Paris-based Ensemble Court-Circuit, which he co-founded in 1991
with the composer Philippe Hurel.
He is especially known for his performances of the repertoire from the
20th and 21st centuries, having been inspired by Pierre Boulez with whom
he has been in close contact for many years. He receives regular
invitations from major festivals and orchestras in many European countries,
the United States, Canada and Australia.
His recording of Grisey1s Les Espaces Acoustiques won both the Diapason
d1or de l1année 1999 oraz the Grand Prix de l1Académie Charles Cros.
In the past few years he has conducted many different orchestras including
the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the London Sinfonietta, the
Ensemble the Ensemble InterContemporain, Ensemble Modern, Northern
Sinfonia, and the orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in
Rome. He conducted members of the Berlin Philharmonic at the Salzburg
Easter Festival. He made his bbc Proms debut the same year, conducting the
Nash Ensemble. He also conducted London1s Philharmonia at the 50th
anniversary concert of the Royal Festival Hall.
In 2002 Pierre-Andre Valade appeared with the bbc Symphony Orchestra, the
bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, and
Philharmonie de Lorraine. He also gave concerts at the Strasbourg, Lucerne,
Dublin, Aldeburgh and Huddersfield Festivals, and at OUltima1 Festival in
Oslo.
His 2003 engagements include
a premiere of the new opera by Giovanni Verrando Alex Brücke Langer with
Bolzano Opera and the world premiere of Diphona by
Sir Harrison Birtwistle with Ensemble Modern.
His honours include the Chevalier dans l1Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
from the French Minister of Culture (2001).
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