Pierre BADEL started music in the Conservatoire of Saint-Etienne city. After he went to study at the Conservatoire Européen de Musique in Paris with the master Pierre THIBAUD, he was trained to play in orchestra by the famous violonist, conductor, tutor Tibor VARGA (Tour in France, Switzerland Sion Festival).
With his qualifications from several conservatories, this musician plays regularly with various french symphony orchestras such as the: Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Orchestre Colonne, Orchestre Pasdeloup, Orchestre Les Siècles, Orchestre Symphonique Européen, Orchestre Philharmonique Europe, Opéra de Massy, Orchestre Symphonique de Tours, Ensemble Orchestral de Normandie, Nouvel Orchestre de Saint Etienne…
He has been a principal trumpet player guest in several prestigious foreign orchestras: English Chamber Orchestra Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, International Mahler orchestra,Novosibirsk Chamber Orchestra, Philarmonia Sudecka de Walbrych and like trumpet tutti with the Bayerische Staatsoper/Bayerisches Staatsorchester München, under the direction of such great conductors as: Kent NAGANO, Christoph ESCHENBACH, Placido DOMINGO, Yutaka SADO, James JUDD, Eric STERN, François-Xavier ROTH, Pavel SOROKIN, John NEIL AXELROD, Walter HAUPT, David GARFORTH, Peter CSABA, David WROE, James TUGGLE, Laurent PETITGIRARD, Antonello ALLEMANDI, Wolfgang DOERNER, Félix CARRASCO, Alain GUINGAL, Koen KESSELS, Grégory ROSE… and has accompanied famous soloists like: Maxim VENGEROV, Evgeny KISSIN, Gidon KREMER, Yuri BASHMET, Guy BRAUNSTEIN, Nemanja RADULOVIC, Nikolai LUGANSKI, Alexandru TOMESCU, Tatiana NICOLAEVA, Aldo CICCOLINI, Maurice ANDRE, Alexandre LAGOYA, Valery et Igor OISTRAKH, Hélène GRIMAUD, Gary HOFFMAN, Placido DOMINGO, Ray CHARLES…
In prestigious venues like the Berlin Philharmonie, Opéra National de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Cité de la Musique, Maison de la Radio – France, Théatre de la ville de Paris, Palais des Congrès de Paris, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Schola Cantorum de Paris, Coliseu do Porto, Pavilhao Atlantico de Lisboa, Téatro Nacional de San Carlos de Lisboa, Téatro Massimo Bellini Catania, Cairo Opéra, Xinchai concert hall de Guangzhou… All over the world (Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Argentina, Spain, Eire, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, Switzerland, Sicily, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, China, Egypt…)
He also played as principal trumpet in large-scale musicals such as Gershwin’s “PORGY and BESS” under the American conductor Eric Stern (Emmy Award 1996), then in Carl Orff’s Monumental Opera “CARMINA BURANA” conducted by Walter Haupt. He also played with the Orchestre Colonne : The RITE OF SPRING of Igor STRAVINSKY Salle Pleyel ,the ballet COPPELIA of Léo DELIBES, ONEGIN of Piotr Ilitch TCHAIKOVSKY, le jeune homme et la mort of Roland PETIT with the Ballet and the Etoiles de l’Opéra National de Paris, DON QUICHOTTE of Léon MINKUS with the Ballet of the Bolchoï Theater at the Opéra National de Paris, worked in the musicals Concha Bonita of Alfredo ARIAS (Molière 2002) music of Nicolas PIOVANI (Oscar 1999 La Vita è Bella) in the Théâtre National de Chaillot Paris and worked and arranged the music for the movie FANFAN LA TULIPE with Vincent PEREZ and Pénélope CRUZ (Europacorp BESSON).
Pierre BADEL took part in numerous television broadcasts in France and abroad on TF1, France 2, France 3, Muzzik, Mezzo, TV5, RAI and RTP with the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestre Colonnne (Coppelia of L.DELIBES at the Opéra National de Paris), l’Orchestre Symphonique d’Européen, Opéra de Massy, l’Orchestre Philharmonique d’Europe… And took part in the recording of the tune of CINESTAR for the satellite channel TPS and made a “Leonard BERNSTEIN” recording (Warner Music) with ” L’Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux ” conducted by Yutako SADO (Leonard BERNSTEIN’s assistant and Seiji Osawa’s assistant).
He conducts now many master-classes in France, in Europe, in the North America, in the South America, Indian Ocean and Asia. Master-classes like: Conservatorio Superior de Musica del Liceu in Barcelona, Conservatorio Superior de Musica Musikene de San Sebastian, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra “Academy of Lisbon National Superior Orchestra (Portugal) with Pierre THIBAUD and the University of Nanning (China), the “Taoyuan Symphonic Band” (Taiwan), the “Portuguese’s Trumpeters association” (Portugal), College of Tsyr-wen (Taiwan), College of Pyng-Jenw (Taiwan), Master Class Argentina Tour Teatro del libertador Cordoba, Orquesta Sinfonica Rio Cebelos, Orquesta Sinfonica de Salta, Orquesta Etudios Salta, Orquesta Camerata Eleutheria, Isa Verde Bronces International Brass Festival with Paul ARCHIBALD teacher at the Royal Académy of music in London, Ronald ROMM, founding member of the Canadian Brass (Argentine), Festival Brassurround, Torrent, Oliva, Alzira 2013 2014 with the SPANISH BRASS and the CANADIAN BRASS ,Luis GONZALEZ, Christian LINDBERG, Jacques MAUGER, Gilles MILLIERE, Juan. J. COLOMER, Wolfgang GAAG, GERMAN BRASS (Spain)…
The famous composer Jean-Michel DAMASE (1st grand prix de Rome 1947) dedicated the piece “Arlequin” for trumpet and piano to Pierre (article in the International Trumpet Guild, March 2005)
He was selected to occupy the position of Brass Teacher Performer at the Barenboim Said Foundation in Berlin (2007).
In 2008, he has been awarded the silver medal (Prix THORLET) by the society Arts Sciences et Lettres crowned by the Académie Française for the ensemble of his work in the musical world, and he became the ambassador of Saint-Etienne city.
Pierre BADEL gives trumpet lessons to students coming from all over the world Germany, U.S.A, Great Britain, Spain, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Argentina, Portugal, Israel, Chili, India, Czech Républic, Lituania, Brazil, Vénézuela, Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Péru, Paraguay…
His students enter the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig, the Haute Ecole Conservatoire Supérieur Genève, the Conservatorio Superior de Musica del Liceu in Barcelona, the Conservatorio Superior de Musica Musikene de San Sebastian, the Conservatoire Supérieur Paris, the Conservatoire Royal Bruxelles, the McGill Univerity Montréal… and has presented his best students on the television program ‘l’Ecole des Fans” by Jacques Martin on France 2, Dan Shilon Live” and “Toush Toush” with Yael Bar-Zohar on the Israelian channel 2.
He is often invited in french conservatories jurys and in national (Artistic Director of Selmer Compétition Paris) and international competitions Portugal Taïwan …
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