First Prize for flute and First Prize for chamber music at the Paris Conservatoire, Pierre-Yves Artaud has played all over the world as a soloist or with ensembles as the Trio à Cordes de Paris of Arditti Quartet. He has also performed with vamous orchestras under the direction of P. Boulez, P. Eotvos, J.C. Casadesus, A. Tamayo, A. Louvier, and L. Foster.
He has been part of Ensemble 2e2m for many years both as a soloist and as Associate Artistic Director.
Professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, he is also director of several collections and has compiled several teaching methods and treatises. He has organized numerous masterclasses: Taiwan, Japan (Èlisabeth University of Music in Hiroshima, Akiyoshidai festival), Korea, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Germany, and has worked on important researches about flute, particularly at the Ircam in Paris where he was put in charge of the Instrumental Research Workshop un P. Boulez from 1981-1985.
As a performer, teacher, or in the field of research, Artaud has been playing an important part in the development of the art of the flute, as much for the interpretation of classical music as for the creation of modern music, with many composers writing specifically for him.
Artaud was awarded the Grand Prix for interpretation of French contemporary music by the Sacem (1982), the Prix Charles Cros for the Artaud/Ferneyhough record (1983), and Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque franç (1984), and the Prix Charles Crox (1985) for the Artaud/Taïra record, and the Japanese Grand Prix for the Hosokawa record. He shares with Takemitsu the chairmanship of the Tokyo Franco-Japanese Festival of Contemporary Music.
Pierre Yves-Artaud's recordings are with Adda, Fontec, Decca, Erato, Stil, Col Legno, Neuma and 2e2m Company (email 2e2m)