After holding the position of principal flute of the prestigious Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel, Julien Beaudiment is today principal flute of the Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon and professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon. He has also held the same position with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Great Britain. It is currently the only french musician to have held this position in a British Orchestra and one of the too few to do the same in an American Orchestra.        Originally from La Rochelle and Bordeaux, he crossed the English channel at the age of 18 to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Paul Edmund-Davies. He subsequently entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de music de Paris, where he won the first prize of flute in the class of Sophie Cherrier. His years in London and Los Angeles will have permanently marked and influenced his life both personally and musically.