Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin

Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1690-1768) was a French flutist and composer in the late Baroque period. Born in Provence, Buffardin was a flute soloist at the court of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden from 1715 to 1749. He was the teacher of Johann Joachim Quantz as well as of Johann Sebastian Bach's brother, Johann Jacob Bach, whom he met in Constantinople.

Buffardin's "Sonata for Flute" is the only work of which it is certain he wrote. His "Concerto à cinq" in E minor was written for his virtuosic student Quantz, who said of Buffardin : "Il ne jouait que des choses rapides: car c'est en cela qu'excellait mon maître." (Translation: "He only played fast pieces; for in that my master excelled.")

ource

* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Gabriel_Buffardin Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin] article in the French Wikipedia

elected discography

*"French Baroque Concertos," performed by Musica Antiqua Köln, directed by Reinhard Goebel.