Juliette Hurel
CLOSING RECITAL
Sunday 17th August 15:00
Juliette Hurel is known in both the French and the international music world as a famous flautist. She was unanimously awarded the first prize for flute and the first prize for chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris and obtained prizes in different competitions such as those in Darmstadt, Kobé, Boekarest and the Jean-Pierre Rampal concours.
Since 1998 Juliette has been solo flautist with Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, first conducted by Valery Gergiev and since 2008 conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Juliette Hurel has made various recordings with pianist Hélène Couvert. The recordings which won prizes and were warmly received by the critics include : Martinu/Prokoviev (Lyrinx) ; French repertoire XXth century for (Naïve-Valois); Haydn Flute Sonatas (Zig-Zag Territoires). Further, she recorded the concertos for flute and orchestra by C.P.E. Bach with l’Orchestre d’Auvergne under the baton of Arie van Beek, “Impressions françaises” -works with piano by Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc-, both for Zig-Zag Territoires, Her album “Dawn of
Romanticism » has been released in 2014 for Naïve. Her last CD is dedicated to the Mozart
complete « Flute Quartets » with members of Quatuor Voce. This recording which appeared last June for AlphaClassics was also highly acclaimed and welcomed by the French and international
press.
Because of her warm and sincere charisma she is regularly invited for television broadcasts on France 2, France 3… Her participation in the concert “Best of Bach” at the “Folle Journée de Nantes” was broadcast on Arte and recently a documentary about her appeared on Mezzo.
Juliette is a Pearl Flutes Artist, playing on a Maesta 18k Handmade flute.
Juliette’s appearance at the Just Flutes Festival 2025 is generously supported by Pearl Flutes.
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