Kohler Valse Caprice Op 14 for Piccolo and Piano

Beaumadier, a renowned flautist and piccolo player, began his musical journey with Joseph Rampal at the Marseille Conservatoire. He further refined his skills at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique De Paris with Jean-Pierre Rampal. Achieving international recognition through competition victories in Geneva and Paris, Beaumadier solidified his status as a leading piccolo player. His accomplishments include a twelve-year tenure as a piccolo soloist with the Orchestre National de France, an esteemed discography honored with the Grand Prix of the Académie Charles Cros, and the publication of his renowned piccolo scores by Billaudot editions.

Beaumadier’s profound passion for the piccolo and wooden instruments originated in his youth when he received a splendid French ebony “Bonneville” piccolo from his family. Devoting years to studying the art of the piccolo, he dedicated himself to promoting and sharing his love for the instrument. Throughout his career, he collaborated with esteemed conductors like Sergiù Celibidache, Leonard Bernstein, and Claudio Abbado, performing as a piccolo soloist with orchestras worldwide, including the Saïto Kinen Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa. With an extensive discography on labels like Skarbo, Calliope-Harmonia-Mundi, and Naïve, Beaumadier’s thirty critically acclaimed CDs feature his notable work, “The Golden Age of Piccolo,” which earned him the International Grand Prize from the Charles Cros Academy.