Since he was appointed 1st Solo Clarinet of the Paris Orchestra in 1981, a position he has held to this day, Pascal Moraguès has come to be regarded as one of the most important clarinetists in the world. In addition to his intense concert activity, he is Professor of Clarinet at leading institutions such as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, the Ecole Supérieure de Musique de Lausanne and the Ecole Supérieure de Musique Reina Sofía in Madrid. Throughout his career as a soloist, he has collaborated with renowned conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Semyon Bychkov, Carlo-Maria Giulini, Zubin Mehta, Emmanuel Krivine, Franz Brüggen, Louis Langrée and Stephan Sanderling. He is a member of the Moraguès Quintet, the Mullova Ensemble, the Katia and Marielle Labèque Ensemble and is regularly invited as clarinet soloist by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. In the field of chamber music, he has played with Sviatoslav Richter, Christian Zacharias, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Shlomo Mintz, Joshua Bell, Yuri Bashmet, Gary Hoffman, Nathalia Gutmann and Felicity Lott; with the Guarneri Trio, with the string quartets Borodine, Pražák, Lindsay, Jerusalem, Ysaÿe and with the DSCH - Schostakovich Ensemble. His recording of Brahms' Quintet with the Talich string quartet is now recognized as a reference. He regularly performs in the most prestigious international concert halls, such as London's Wigmore Hall, Vienna's Musikverein, Berlin's Konzerthaus, New York's Carnegie Hall, Washington's Lincoln Center, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées and the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. He also performs regularly in concerts in the United States, Australia and the Far East. He has made many recordings with great musicians such as Sviatoslav Richter and Viktoria Mullova and with the Moraguès Quintet, and has received several international awards.