Pedro Eustache
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| Background information | |
| Born | August 18, 1959 |
| Origin | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Genres | Eclectic |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Woodwinds |
| Years active | 37 |
| Labels | Gynook Productions Inc. |
| Website | www.pedroflute.com |
Pedro Eustache (Caracas born August 18, 1959), is a flautist, reeds, world woodwinds, wind synthesist, composer and lecturer with extensive academic studies and more than 40 years of professional experience. He has more than seven years of symphonic experience and a collection of around 600 instruments from all over the world, many of which having been designed, built and,or modified by himself.
Venezuelan-born Eustache studied first in Venezuela under maestros Michel Eustache (his brother), Ernesto Santini, Antonio Jose Naranjo and Glenn Egner while a member of Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu's "Venezuelan Youth National Orchestra" (now known as El Sistema). Upon graduation, he received a scholarship from the Venezuelan government to study in Europe, at the Hector Berlioz Conservatoire and L'Ècole de Musique D'Asnières in Paris, France with Raymond Guiot & Pierre-Yves Artaud, respectively, with advanced studies with Aurèle Nicolet in Basel, Switzerland. He also has a M.F.A. in jazz from the California Institute of the Arts, U.S., where he studied with Dr. James Newton Jr. and Amiya Dasgupta, among other masters, and extensive studies in other music cultures of the world. These include Hindustani classical music and bansuri (North Indian bamboo flute) with Pdt. Ravi Shankar, PanditsHariprasad Chaurasia and Dr. Rajeev Taranath (Pedro is their only Latin-American disciple); Armenian duduk with maestro Djivan Gasparyan, Persian Ney with professor Houman Pourmehdi; classical Arabic music w/maestro Riadh El Fehri and Arabic Ney with Dr. Nabil Abdmouleh; Australian didgeridoo with David Hudson; Japanese Shakuhachi with the late sensei Mazakazu Yoshizawa; Tunisian Mezoued with the late maestro Mustapha Ben Romdhane; & more recently in Jordan, Kawala [Middle Eastern oblique folk shepherds' flute] with master Nour Dhin and Arabic Nay with maestro Hamsa El Faqir, respectively, among many others.
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