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This year’s The Game Awards had a few surprises that could only have come from a live event—Chris Judge did absolutely nothing wrong (opens in a new tab) and gave it gut, and a teenager snuck up on stage and took the mic (opens in a new tab) at the end of the night to say something inscrutable from Discord. A third figure emerged from the melting pot on December 8, 2022: Pedro Eustache, a world-class flautist who left it all behind during The Game Awards musical medley celebrating Game of the Year nominees.
As The Game Awards Orchestra did its job, cameramen taking a live feed of the event couldn’t help but linger on Eustace, who was extremely lively and animated as he performed. Eustache also displayed remarkable virtuosity in his performance, changing instruments several times during the medley.
At the 44th second in IGN’s video (opens in a new tab) of the sequence, Eustache sings on a smaller black woodwind. Only 10 seconds later, in a larger crowd, you can watch him switch to a large curved flute, and by God, at 1:11 he is already playing a different instrument!
Comments on YouTube are full of praise for Eustace, and Twitter has been flooded with praise for the “Flute Guy.” Indeed, people have already done fan art (opens in a new tab) and video tributes (opens in a new tab) for Eustace. The artist himself responded to the attention with a short video (opens in a new tab). “Hi, this is Pedro Eustache, you know me as ‘Flute Guy'”, he begins.
“Just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your absolutely amazing response on all social media after The Game Awards last night. God bless you.”
– #FluteGuy here: Thanks for your amazing response after @GameAwards. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!.- Gracias por su bellísima respuesta GAME AWARDS. Bendiciones!- Thank you for your great response to the GAME AWARDS. Be blessed.#GameAwards #FluteGuy #PositiveLiving #GodBlessYou pic.twitter.com/La7WdSlcCkDecember 9, 2022
Eustache’s performance at The Game Awards was just the latest step in a long and storied career. The Venezuelan-born artist has collaborated with Paul McCartney, John Williams and Hans Zimmer. Noclip documentary filmmaker Danny O’Dwyer (opens in a new tab) pointed out that Eustache appeared in a series of interviews (opens in a new tab) with Zimmer on the creation of 2021’s Dune soundtrack. If you fancy more Flute Guy, you can find out more about Pedro Eustache and his work on the artist’s website (opens in a new tab).
