Bechara El-Khoury was inspired by a meeting he had ten years ago with Emmanuel Pahud to write a flute concerto. Pahud was recently named « Artist in Residence » with the Orchestre Philarmonique de Strasbourg, and he will now premiere El-Khoury’s flute concerto with the ensemble. In this video, the composer introduces the work and talks about the influence that the oriental music of his childhood has on his work.