Les Vents Français (the French Winds) have been termed a wind supergroup, an all-star ensemble, a who's who of the international wind ensemble scene. Yet they have cohered and developed as a group, in contrast to the one-off quality shared by the performances of many such supergroups.
Les Vents Français are flutist Emmanuel Pahud, a preeminent inheritor of the classical French school of flute playing; oboist François Leleux, principal oboist at the Paris Opéra and well known as a conductor and pedagogue; clarinetist Paul Meyer, a champion of unusual and contemporary repertoi...