Coming at you from the world capital of the flute, Paris, my guest this week is soloist, chamber musician and personal mate; Thomaz Tavares. I sat down with Thomaz in the Galway Irish Pub at Saint Michel to talk about everything from our shared studies at The École Normale de Musique de Paris, to his new solo ventures, Ensemble IMAGO, world premieres and musician drinking games. If you'd like to support the podcast, you can buy me a beer or a Dr Pepper with my PayPal link below (also in my Instagram bio!) Inline G will ALWAYS be free of charge, but small donations of a few euro/pounds/dollars help keep the lights on round here, if you can afford it x www.paypal.me/garethhouston92 Or if you'd rather not spend money, subscribing to my YouTube channel and following me on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok is a HUGE way to support the podcast. It'll cost you nothing, and it really makes a difference to the algorithm gods. So please interact however you can; like, comment, or subscribe, and help keep this podcast lit. Smooches x Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 3:32 - Thomaz Tavares and Straubinger Flutes 6:22 - The Goldenrod Flute Sonata 8:12 - Ensemble I M A G O 13:14 - Studying in Paris and The French Flute School 17:00 - Fluting in Brazil 21:06 - The Rocky Horror Galway Show 25:02 - Studying with Thomas Robertello 29:50 - Meeting Jean Ferrandis 32:06 - French Flute Teaching System 37:17 - Redeveloping Sound and importance of singing 42:37 - Thomaz Tavares goes solo 46:40 - Wuhan, Jan 2020 48:32 - Can you feel the love tonight? 55:45 - Quick Fire Questions 1:02:04 - Musician Drinking Games Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.