Pedro Eustache Podcast; Having the right mindset to master over 600 instruments, Ep 188

This episode is Part 2 of a 2-part series with the world-class woodwind specialist, Pedro Eustache.

In this episode, we talked about:

• How he came to the sax from the flute

• The effect of Joe Allard & Dave Liebman on his playing

• Why Pedro plays all those instruments & how he finds the time to practice all of them

• Pedro’s background with jazz improvisation & 1 tip

• How Pedro got the opportunity to perform with Hans Zimmer 

• Challenges of playing to MIDI tracks

• And much more!

Pedro, widely known as Pedro Flute, was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and has been a US citizen for decades.

Pedro’s beginnings were marked by a rich musical culture inspired by his family, and in particular his brother, who exposed him to all types of music at a very young age.

Since that time, Pedro has become  an award winning world-class flute/winds/wind synthesist/electronics soloist; composer, lecturer, educator, and researcher.

Pedro has more than seven years of Orchestral Symphonic experience (founder member of El Sistema's “Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra” (Venezuela). 

Wind instruments acoustic research has led him to a collection of around 600 musical instruments [both acoustic,& electronic], which includes many uniquely designed/built by himself.

Pedro is the winds featured soloist with "Hans Zimmer Live", "Game of Thrones-Live Concert Experience" & "The World of Hans Zimmer" since 2017. He held the same position with New-Age super star Yanni from 1995-2006.

He has also performed with Sir Paul McCartney, Sir John Williams, Herb Albert, Alex Acuna and countless others.

The link to his full biography is on our Saxophone Podcast site.

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