Pascal Gallois

French bassoon player and musical pedagogue.He was born in 1958 in Linselles near Lille.He studied with Maurice Allard at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris.Since 1981 he's a member of the Ensemble intercontemporain. Since 2002 he teaches at the International Music Institute Darmstadt .He has issued first performances composed for contemporary bassoon music in particular. Composers such as György Kurtág, Olga Neuwirth, Philippe Fénelon, Brice Pauset, Toshio Hosokawa und Mark Andre have written pieces exclusively for him which he released on CD.