Ashley Michelle Crawford, a Memphis, TN native, was born into a musical legacy. Influenced by her father, Hubert "H-Bomb" Crawford; her late grandfather, Hubert Crawford Sr. of "The King Riders Band"; her brother, producer and bassist Anthony Crawford; and her cousin, legendary saxophonist Hank Crawford, Ashley was destined for a life in music. She began playing flute at 11 and has since built a career in performance, education, and advocacy. 

 

Ashley earned her bachelor’s from Tennessee State University, where she studied under Belinda Laupp, led the piccolo section of the "Aristocrat of Bands," and received the “Director’s Choice Award” and a full scholarship. She studied abroad in Vienna and Florence before completing her Master’s in Instrumental Pedagogy and Classical Flute Performance at Belmont University in 2014, where she studied under Dr. Carolyn Totaro, won two concerto competitions, and published two theses. 

 

A dedicated educator, Ashley has taught in the Metro Nashville Public and Memphis Shelby County School districts, instructed at the Nashville Fine Arts Academy and ELG Summer Band Camp, and now serves as flute professor and woodwind coordinator at TSU. She conducted the Nashville Philharmonic Flute Ensemble (2016–2024) and was the founding President of the Nashville African American Wind Symphony (2020–2024). Her leadership earned her recognition in Belmont’s 2022 Top 100 Entrepreneur Awards. 

 

Ashley is a frequent guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator for the National Flute Association, Umoja Flute Institute, and Midwest Clinic. Her trademarked brand, “FluteBae,” launched after her viral #MaskObChallenge video. She has performed the National Anthem at the Staples Center for the NBA and WNBA and collaborated with artists such as 2 Live Bre, Kenny Lattimore, Louis York, Old Crow Medicine Show, and The Shindellas. 

 

Her work has been featured in The Flute Examiner, Nashville Scene, Urbannite, NPR, and WPLN. She was a featured artist on the Grammy-winning The Urban Hymnal by the Aristocrat of Bands and co-produced the World Entertainment Awards-nominated album Kampan. 

 

Ashley’s TSU flute choir, Ambiance, will perform at the 2025 National Flute Association Convention, the first HBCU appearance in its history. She is a contributor to “From Our Eyes and Ears” by Dr. Lorin Green and “Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz, Vol. 3” by Richard B. Mills and the late Ronald Carter. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, Tau Beta Sigma, the Recording Academy, and Moms in Music, Inc. Recently, Ashley was awarded Belmont University’s 2025 Encore Award, becoming the coveted award’s first African-American recipient. Her debut album, Black Prelude, will be released in Summer 2025.

Meet Dr. Terry Andrews (He/Him), a musical maverick hailing from the small town of Swainsboro, GA, where his journey into the world of melodies first began under the tutelage of band directors Dr. Gene Hundley and Barry Golden. Armed with a boundless passion for music, Terry embarked on his formal education at Albany State University, an HBCU in south GA, where he honed his craft under the guidance of Dr. Michael Decuir, earning himself a Bachelor of Music Education.

 

Fueled by an insatiable thirst for knowledge and melody, Terry continued his academic odyssey at Valdosta State University, immersing himself in the wisdom of Dr. Elizabeth Goode and Dr. Daniel Alexander, securing a Master of Music Performance along the way. Not one to rest on his laurels, he sought further enlightenment at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, where the illustrious Dr. Andrée Martin sculpted his musical prowess, granting him an Artist Diploma. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, Terry passionately pursued a Doctor of Musical Arts under the mentorship of Professors Michael Gordon and Ebonee Thomas, where he's crafted his legacy as a sonic virtuoso. Dr. Andrews has also studied piccolo with Jan Gippo arranging with incomparable Chen Yi during his time at UMKC. 

 

Beyond the hallowed halls of academia, Terry's musical voyage has been spectacular. As a versatile performer, he has graced the stages of chamber groups, symphony orchestras, wind bands, jazz ensembles, and pits, leaving audiences awestruck with every note he breathes life into. Notably, he served as a flutist for Orchestra Noir, Atlanta's illustrious African American Orchestra, and has performed with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, Topeka Symphony Orchestra, State Ballet Theater of Ukraine, and the Color of Noize Orchestra with rap trailblazer Young Jeezy. 

 

Dr. Andrews is a Pearl Flute Performing Artist, a laureate of numerous prestigious accolades, including the first-place triumph in the 2022 National Association of Negro Musicians Scholarship Competition and the coveted Grand Prize in the March 2022 International Youth Music Competition Classical Hobbyist, Terry's musical prowess knows no bounds. His virtuosity has graced esteemed platforms such as the National Flute Association (NFA) and Gateways Music Festival. He's been hailed as a Diversity Fellow and semifinalist for the prestigious United States Air Force Premiere Concert Band in Washington, DC. 

 

In the realm of mentorship, Terry pays homage to his mentors by sharing his wisdom with aspiring musicians, performing recitals, conducting masterclasses, and providing a positive figure for the next generation of flutists that look like him to look up to. He had been afforded the opportunity to perform for prominent figures such as Valerie Coleman, Jennifer Gunn, Jim Walker, and Demarre McGill among others, imparting his passion for melody and technique to the next generation of musical luminaries.

Pearl Flute Ensemble Korea, founded in 2022 by flutist Kim Sung-Jin and comprised of musicians specializing in the flute, including her disciples from both domestic and international backgrounds. Supported by Pearl Flute in Japan and Cosmos Corporation in South Korea, the ensemble actively engages in vibrant musical activities. Since its foundation, Pearl Flute Ensemble Korea has been hosting biannual regular concerts, charity concerts, and invitation concerts. Embracing various genres such as classical, pop, jazz, and traditional Korean music, the ensemble captivates audiences with the unique charm of the flute, reaching out to engage and connect with diverse audiences.

 

Members
김성진    Sungjin Kim -  Music Director & Conductor
전상진    Sangjin Jeon - Assistant Director
이대로    Daero Lee - Concert Master
강인규    Inkyu Kang    
고우리    Woori Ko    
권다루    Daroo Kwon    
김수연    Sooyeon Kiim    
김영란    Youngran Kim    
김우영    Wooyoung Kim    
박예니    Yeni Park    
박효선    Hyoseon Park    
서세라    Sera Seo    
서현민    Hyunmin Seo    
송태훈    Taehoon Song    
신미란    Miran Shin    
신아진    Ajin Shin    
염미연    Miyeon Yeom    
유상희    Sanghee Yoo    
윤미리    Miri Yoon    
윤서영    Seoyoung Yoon    
윤소연    Soyeon Yun    
이미나    Mina Lee    
이서정    Seojeong Lee    
이성희    Sunghee Lee    
이슬기    Seulki Lee    
전새미    Saemi Jeon    
전은지    Eunji Jeon    
전은희    Eunhee Jeon    
정하은    Haeun Jeong    
정화용    Hwayong Jung    
조수형    Suhyoung Cho    
최희주    Heejoo Choi    
김학권    Hakkwon Kim    

Flutist and Piccoloist Chih-Chi Hsu

Chih-Chi Hsu, graduated from the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz with Master of Arts degree in music, specializing in flute. In 2018, she also obtained a Postgraduate University Course in Instrumental Studies - Advanced Studies (post-master) diploma in Flute Performance with distinction (mit Auszeichnung) from the same school.
She has studied flute under the instructions of O.Univ.Prof. Nils Thilo Krämer, Prof. János Bálint, Ya-Ju Shih, and Jen-Pin Lin. She also mastered piccolo technique from Prof. Raphael Leone, the former flutist and piccoloist of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
In 2016, Chih-Chi participated in the V. Severino Gazzelloni International Piccolo Competition in Roccasecca Italy, and won the second prize.

Next year, she was invited to the International Flute and Piccolo Festival in Italy. In the same year, she was again invited to Gorizia Italy to play in the IV. International Piccolo Festival as a soloist, and was highly praised by the audience and the masters.
In 2014 and 2015, she was invited to the Collegium Musicum - Schloß Pommersfelden International Summer Academy in Germany with top musicians in Europe that were selected after tough auditions.

Played some of the most famous pieces as the principal flutist. Such as Scheherazade by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, The Carnival of the Animals by C.C.
Saint-Saëns and Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus and Eurydice by C. W. Gluck, etc. She also played in a concerto with the Sinfonisches Blasorchester der KUG at the Minoritensaal in Graz, Austria, W. A. as a soloist.In 2013, Chih-Chi became a soloist of the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation “Live Music Now”.

She shared her musical programmes and moments with elderly or sick people and people with special needs.
Apart from her studies, Chih-Chi had won many awards in the National Student Competition of Music; as a diligent student and an excellent flutist, she had led the flute/piccolo division as principal flutist in the university orchestra many times. Chih-Chi has also attended workshops and masterclasses with world-famous flutists, such as Gary Schocker, Davide Formisano, Jean-Claude Gérard, Rachel Brown, and Derek Jones.

 

長笛家、短笛家 許芷綺
奧地利格拉茲國立音樂暨表演藝術大學長笛碩士，2018年以「特優異獎」取得長笛演奏家碩士後研究文憑。
10 歲開始學習長笛，曾師事 O.Univ.Prof. Nils Thilo Krämer、 Prof. János Bálint、石雅如老師、林仁斌老師。2014年開始學習短笛，師事前維也納交響樂團短笛家Prof. Raphael Leone。
在台期間曾多次在全國學生音樂比賽獲得名次。在奧地利就學期間，因吹奏能力出色，受到教授們和指揮的愛戴，多次擔任長笛首席參與學校管弦樂團、歌劇演出。曾受過Gary Schocker、Davide Formisano、Jean-Claude Gérard、Rachel Brown、Derek Jones等大師的個別指導。
2016年榮獲義大利羅卡塞卡Roccasecca第五屆嘉賽洛尼Severino Gazzelloni國際短笛大賽第二名，並於隔年受邀至義大利國際長笛短笛慶典演出。同年亦於義大利戈里齊亞Gorizia的第四屆國際短笛節中獨奏演出，獲得觀眾與大師們的大力讚賞。
2014至2015年間，受邀與來自歐洲各國徵選的青年音樂家至德國波默斯菲爾登Collegium musicum - Schloß Pommersfelden Internationale Sommer-Akademie學院參加音樂營盛會演出，期間擔任長笛首席演出多首名曲，如：林姆斯基-高沙可夫的天方夜譚、聖桑的動物狂歡節、葛路克的奧菲歐與尤莉蒂絲…等。也與格拉茲歌劇院合作演出聖誕歌劇《阿瑪與夜訪者》。
2013 年成為耶胡迪∙曼紐因 Yehudi Menuhin 創辦為弱勢族群演出計畫“Live Music Now”的獨奏家之一。

Born and raised in Thailand, Mr. Supachai is a leading flutist who actively performs both locally and internationally as a teacher and a player and continues to dedicate himself to the entire flute community. 
In 1982, his amazing career as a flutist started at the age of 12 when he started learning the flute with Mr. Damri at Wat Suthiwararam School and his gifted talent and skills have only evolved ever since making him one of the most prominent flutists in Thailand with many accomplishments that have followed over the past decades.
Mr. Supachai graduated from Department of Music Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts at Chulalongkorn University in 1992, where he majored in Flute under the German flautists Dr.Martin Ney and Dr.Gesiue Ruppert and also learnt music composition simultaneously.
As a student, Mr. Supachai rapidly expanded his career and found himself performing as the principal flutist at some of the most well-known orchestra bands paving a way to become the most prominent flutist in Thailand.
In 1991, Mr. Supachai joined the Rotterdam Conservatories Orchestra in the Netherlands after learning flute with Mr. Jo Hagen, who was then the principal flutist at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, for four months.
In the same year, at the age of 22, he became the principal flutist at Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and Maithai Chamber Orchestra while joining the Asian Youth Orchestra for the Asia Concert Tour. Just a year later, he was then appointed as the principal flutist by National Symphony Orchestra where he continues to perform as the principal flutist as of today. 
Not only he has played as the principal flutist with the most famous orchestra bands in Thailand, but his amazing career includes, CD recording for renown institutes and orchestra bands, multiple international tours covering Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Japan, the Netherlands and Austria as well as performing at national music events such as Ban Lang Mek, Tawipop, Bangkok 2485, Mae Nak, Fa Jarod Sai, Si Pan Din etc. in addition to teaching at Chulalongkorn University, Assumption University, NIST(International School) and even at the Navy.
Currently, he teaches flute at Burapha University, Bangkok Symphony School and Harrow International School while continuing to play with National Symphony Orchestra, Mai Thai Chamber and Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Supachai keeps pushing the boundaries with the Pearl Handmade series, Maesta 970 silver he has started playing since 2023 and Pearl Flute feels privileged and excited to be part of his remarkable journey.
 

Ewelina Zawiślak, PhD is a professor at the Academy of Music. In 2004 she graduated with honour at the Academy of Music in Łódź in the class of Professor Antoni Wierzbiński. In 2003-2004 she studied at the Franz Doppler Institute in Budapest in the class of Prof. János Bálint. Since 2002 she has worked as a flutist in the Philharmonic Orchestra of Łódź, and since 2004 in the Academy of Music in Łódź (in 2013 she received the title of Doctor of Arts). In 1995 she received the title of Musical Talent during the Talent Week in Tarnów.

She is a finalist of the G. Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in Sanguinetto, Italy, a laureate of the International Chamber Music Competition in Horn, Austria and a winner of the Cultural Award of the Voivodeship Marshal of Łódzkie in 2011. A year earlier she received the award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for artistic and pedagogical achievements.  

Since 1990 she has performed both in Poland and abroad (including Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Germany, China). She has participated in numerous recordings for radio and television. For 8 years she has participated in the juries of many competitions. She is also invited to lead methodology workshops for flute teachers at music schools and to give flute master classes. She initiated the flute workshop «Musica Legata» in Łódź, the course «Ventus Optimus» and the International Flute Solo Competition «Il Flauto Ricercato».

At the age of 6, Wang Jia began to learn flute from the flute family of Harbin, Yang Dake and Yang Dawei. When Wang Jia was a teenager, he won the first place in Heilongjiang and the national amateur competition. In 2007, Wangjia was admitted to Central Conservatory of Music, with Professor Han Guoliang, a famous flute player and educator. In 2008, Wangjia was sent to Vienna Schoenberg center to exchange study . He was admitted to the China National Symphony Orchestra in 2009. In 2013, he was admitted to Central Conservatory of Music to study for a master's degree.

In 2012 Wang Jia won the first prize of the Tenth National woodwind chamber music competition ; In 2012 Wang won the first prize of “China flute association” solo competition At the same year，Wang Jia was selected for 2013 Kobe International Flute competition.

In 2014 Wang won the third prize of China "Golden Bell Award" flute solo competition.

 Chinese 

王佳，6岁开始学习长笛，师从哈尔滨长笛世家杨大可、杨大为先生。少年时多次获得黑龙江省及全国业余比赛第一名。2007年考入中央音乐学院，师从著名长笛演奏家、教育家韩国良教授。2008年学校公派去维也纳勋伯格中心交流学习，并拿到优秀毕业证书。2009年考入中国国家交响乐团。2013年考入中央音乐学院在职攻读硕士文凭。2012年获第十届全国木管室内乐比赛第一名；第一届中国长笛联合会长笛独奏比赛，青年组第一名；入选2013年日本神户国际长笛比赛。2014荣获中国最高音乐奖项＂金钟奖＂长笛独奏铜奖；同年获得2014第二届中国长笛联合会比赛重奏A组第一名。

 多次代表中国长笛联合会赴美国、欧洲、韩国、日本、台湾等地区交流演出；

 现任中国国家交响乐团长笛兼短笛演奏员，并为中国长笛联合会（CFA）理事兼常务秘书。

Kevin Carberry holds a Masters in Music Performance form the Royal Northern College of Music. He studied with Peter Lloyd, the former student of Jean Pierre Rampal, and as such was educated in the French school of flute playing. During his time at the RNCM Kevin won a coveted position on the Halle Orchestra Professional Experience Programme, working with the flute section of the Halle Orchestra. Previous to this Kevin won his Bachelor of Music Performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music, where he studied with William Dowdall of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Kevin has also received scholarships to study with William Bennet and Denis Bouriakov and in 2021 was one of 10 international flautists accepted to attend the Penthesilea Audition Academy with Karin Bonnelli of the Vienna Philharmonic. 

Upon completing his MA Kevin held freelance positions with the Irish Film Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, The Co-Operative Orchestra, the Janicek Young Philharmonic, and has also performed with Celtic Woman, The Irish Tenors and Andrea Bocceli. 

Since 2016, Kevin has been the principal flute with the Band of the Royal Air Force, enjoying a varied performance career throughout the UK and Europe. He is a member of the Wind Ensemble of the RAF, performing regular chamber music recitals in London. He has performed the major concertos of the flute repertoire, such as Nielsen, Reinecke, Mozart and Ibert and has also performed on national radio and television in the UK. 

As an educator Kevins students have won positions at music conservatoires and have also held positions in the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland. Through his current position he works regularly on outreach programmes and side-by-side schemes with young musicians. 

Kevin is a prizewinner in the IBLA Music Competition (Italy), The National Concert Hall of Ireland Young Musician of the Future, The Feis Ceoil (Ireland) and education scholarship recipient from Arista flutes and The Royal Northern College of Music. 

Kevin plays a Pearl Maesta 18K Gold flute w/Inline keys & Soldered Tone Holes. Kevin found his Pearl Flute in 2022. In his words - “I just adore my 18K Gold Maesta. I was immediately drawn to the warm, colourful, flexible sound, coupled with a very dynamic, articulate headjoint. It is a pure pleasure to play and my flute section, colleagues and conductor have all complimented it.”

Katharina Martini first studied as a junior student, then as a Bachelor student with Thaddeus Watson at of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main, completed her studies in 2021 Award and began her Master’s degree. During this time she had master classes with Denis Bouriakov, Sir James Galway, Emmanuel Pahud, Peter-Lukas Graf and Philippe Bernold to further her musical career. 

Katharina is a multiple 1st prize winner at various national and international Competitions. At the national competition "Youth musiziert" in 2015 she won a 1st prize with the highest score in the category "Flute Solo" and the Young Talent Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festivals. In 2016 Katharina Martini won the 1st prize and the Judges Distinction Award of the competition ”American Protégé International Woodwinds and Brass Competition“, whereupon she made her debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2017. 

In 2018 she won the gold medal at the competition "Concours Européen pour Jeune Solistes" in Luxembourg. In 2019 Katherina won the gold medal of the "Vienna International Music Competition", the 1st prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso, combined with a performance at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as well as the 1st prize at the International Young Musician Competiton "Città di Barletta" in Italy. 

Katharina Martini is a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, as well as receiving a scholarship in 2021 of the Hessische Kulturstiftung. In 2018 she received a scholarship of the "German Academic Exchange Service" as well as the "Hans and Eugenia Jütting – Foundation Stendal". 

Katharina has worked as a soloist in concerts, CD recordings and television productions, and as a chamber musician and orchestral musician for, among others, hr-Fernsehen and "NDRKULTUR", with members of the opera and Museum Orchestra and the Ensemble Resonanz and the Norddeutsche Philharmonie. 

In 2018 her debut CD "Meisterwerke für Flöte" was released. In addition, she is a regular guest at renowned music festivals, such as Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival. 

Katharina plays a Maesta 14K Gold flute with Forte headjoint (MS14KRBE/F). In Katharina's words - "I am very fortunate that this wonderful instrument found me at an early age. When I held my gold flute in my hands and played the first notes on it, I was immediately captivated. The warm, soft and multi-faceted sound of the instrument immediately inspired and enchanted me. The glitter of the tones in the high octave is a gift every time. I enjoy playing my flute and I love the sparkle in my audience's eyes after a concert with this beautiful instrument. This flute is just right for me because I can use it in many ways. It harmonizes incredibly well with other instruments, sounds brilliant as a solo instrument, but also blends smoothly into the overall sound of an ensemble. The sound is changeable and flexible and supports me optimally, as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestra musician or in crossover projects for pop and jazz."

A versatile flutist with an international reputation. 

Alongside her classical studies, Ludivine found interest in jazz and improvisation at the dawn of her musical journey. In 2007, she won the first national jazz flute competition organised by Magic Malik. The same year, Wax Tailor invited her to join his band, for a five years international tour. She also played on the album 'Fantastic Planet' by La Fine Équipe, as well as on 'Crown Yard' by the English hip-hop band. A State of Mind (ASM) and toured with them throughout Europe. 

More than a musician, Ludivine Issambourg is an accomplished teacher. She was the first French flutist to graduate with a national jazz diploma in 2011. 

A year later, Ludivine founded the Antiloops project, with which she won the Sunset trophies and toured throughout France. The flutist then produced her first album 'Electroshock', followed by 'Electroshock Remixed' and 'Lucid Dreams'. In 2019, Ludivine was invited by Catherine Ringer and Angélique Kidjo to perform a cover of Jacques Dutronc’s song 'Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille'. Early 2020, Ludivine payed tribute to Hubert Laws with her 4th album 'Outlaws', featuring the greatest musicians of the current french jazz scene and exploring the 70’s musical influence. 

Pearl Flute is no stranger to Ludivine Issambourg. Indeed, the musician has come across Pearl Flute several times during her career. In fact, she owned a student flute, played on an alto flute and recently acquired an ebony head piccolo. Pearl Flute is pleased to welcome a renowned ambassador in the name of Ludivine Issambourg. She is now playing a Cantabile series flute, handmade in Japan, with head, body, footjoint and mechanism in solid .925 silver and Gold Champagne plated. A unique flute for a unique musician. 

Ludivine Issambourg : "I am delighted to be part of the Pearl Flute family and to represent this prestigious brand and its unique craftmanship. My new flute is a wonderful instrument and I really enjoy playing it, with its incredible sound consistency, technical reliability and remarkable power".

Sonat Sözer, started playing the flute in 1994 at the age of 14, at Izmir Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory where he worked with Professor Cahit Koparal and Associate Professor Çiler Akıncı. After graduation from the high school section of the Conservatory, he was admitted to Ecole Nationale de Musique Conservatoire Marcel Dupré in Paris and had the opportunity to be a student of Professor François Veilhan. He completed the “Supérior” flute class with the highest degree (medailled’or) in 1999 and continued his education with Professor Veilhan in “Perfectionnement” class. 

After graduation from the “Perfectionnement” flute class with a top degree (mentiontresbien) in 2001 he began to study with Professor Philippe Lesgourges at Conservatoire Nationale Regional de Saint Maur in Paris. The artist participated at the masterclass of Sir James Galway in 2008. He also participated in several workshops with Bülent Evcil and Rafaele Trevisani. 

Sonat Sözer has played at CRR Symphony Orchestra and Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra between 2005-2008. He also gave many chamber music and solo concerts. In addition to his continuous recitals and chamber music performances, Sonat Sözer has performed as soloist with the premier symphonic orchestras in Turkey. 

For the time being, he plays at The Izmir State Symphony Orchestra as co-principal flute and he also teaches flute at Izmir State Conservatory.

Elizabeth Walker performs regularly on baroque, 8 keyed and modern flutes, primarily in orchestras based in the UK, and has given solo recitals in festivals and conventions in Holland, Toronto, Chicago and Orlando, Switzerland and throughout the UK. She teaches at the specialist music school in Wells and runs an annual flute course in Tuscany (www.flutesintuscany.co.uk) which offers tuition, masterclasses and chamber groups to talented young flautists and adults.

She has arranged and recorded music for flute and piano, including her highly successful ‘Four Strauss songs’ published at Alry Publications; and has written two award winning study books, ‘Baroque Flute Studies’ (Winner – Best Flute Method NFA 2015) and ‘Baroque Studies for Modern Flute’ (Winner – Best Flute Method NFA 2017) available from wonderfulwinds.com.

Elizabeth has recorded the Telemann 12 Fantasias “…if you like her sound as much as I do, you will want to listen to …Elizabeth’s recent recording of Telemann Fantasias… over and over again”.BRTISH FLUTE SOCIETY Journal – PAN and the Flute Sonatas by J.S. Bach for Quartz Music https://quartzmusic.com and Schubert’s works for flute and piano for the record label Devine Music https://www.devinemusic.co.uk using her original Louis Lot flute, no 435, coupled with Chopin's Pleyel piano dating from 1848.

 

For more information and links to Elizabeth’s YouTube recordings can be found at www.lizwalker.co.uk.

Dr. Robert “Gabe" Southard joined Gordon College in the Fall 2022 as Associate Teaching Professor of Music and conductor of the Gordon Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Band.

Immediately prior to joining Gordon’s music faculty, Dr. Southard was serving as Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Hope College, MI. At Hope College, he was also the Head of the Winds and Brass area and Head of the Instrumental Music Education Area. Dr. Southard completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting at Michigan State University where he studied with Professor John Whitwell. Prior to this, Dr. Southard served as Wind Symphony conductor and Flute instructor at the University of Michigan-Flint. He also holds master and bachelor of music degrees from University of Wisconsin Madison and Ithaca College. 

Dr. Southard is an active orchestrator. His largest project to date is an arrangement for wind ensemble of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Symphony No. 2 “Antar,” which is currently published through OHM Music. He has also started a line of flexible chamber arrangements aimed to help smaller schools perform great works even if they do not have the proper instrumentation. The first piece of this line, Mozart’s Serenade in C minor, is due to be published in Fall of 2022. 

As a flute player, Dr. Southard maintains an active performing schedule as principal flute of the Holland Symphony Orchestra, MI, and as a recitalist throughout the US. He has also performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Lucca Opera Orchestra, Italy, as well as a number of community orchestras. Dr. Southard was a semi-finalist in the National Flute Association’s Piccolo Artist Competition and winner of the 2016 Convention Performers Competition where he performed two new works at the convention in San Diego. In 2020, Dr. Southard was named a Pearl Flute Artist, one of less than 70 flutists worldwide. In 2022, he released his first flute CD – Gold Mosaic: Music for Flute by Dana Wilson. It is currently available on all streaming sites.

Christophe Nussbaumer was born in Basle in 1970. Although born in Switzerland, he spent the first 27 years of his life in Alsace. He was educated and first studied music in the département of the Haut-Rhin, where he obtained a music baccalaureate and a gold medal, degré supérieur, in the flute. He then spent some years at the Musik-Akademie Basel and at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva, where he obtained teaching and (later) orchestral qualifications and won first prize for virtuosity. He was taught the flute by Matthieu Gutbub, Felix Manz, and Maxence Larrieu. His musical education was enhanced by participation in a variety of courses and master classes given by flautists such as Philippe Bernold, José-Daniel Castellon, Alain Marion, Trevor Wye, and James Galway. His considerable orchestral experience (especially in Basel and Lausanne) gave him a taste for working in large ensembles, without ever abandoning chamber music, which he has played throughout the last twenty years and more. Christophe Nussbaumer joined the OPL as solo piccolo in 1998.

Michael began his studies with jazz at Berklee College of Music with Peter Gordon and Matt Marvuglio . He then decided to focus on classical studies, transferring to the University of Memphis, where he studied with Bruce Erskine. After 3 1/2 years, he transferred to Chapman University, studying with Arthur Hoberman and received his Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance. 

He then was awarded a fellowship to study at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California where he earned a masters in flute performance with Jim Walker. 

Michael is former principal flutist with the Southeast Symphony of Los Angeles and a member of various chamber groups. He can be heard on movie soundtracks, and has performed with or for The Los Angeles Opera, Placido Domingo, Whitney Houston, Terrance Blanchard, Rihanna,

 Terrance Howard, and Spike Lee. 

He currently resides in Nashville, where he is a freelance flutist and plays with the Nashville Jazz Workshop Quartet. He has recorded 7 albums, some of which can be found on Amazon, Spotify and other streaming services.

Ned McGowan is a flutist, composer, teacher, improviser, researcher and contrabass flute soloist. Known for rhythmical vitality and technical virtuosity, his music has regularly won awards and been performed at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw and other halls and festivals around the world by many orchestras, ensembles and soloists.

His specialty is the contrabass flute, which he often performs solo and teaches privately and in workshops. In 2008 he composed and performed solo on the first concerto for contrabass flute and orchestra. Premiered at Carnegie Hall with the American Composers Orchestra, he “proved there’s still plenty of life in old-fashioned virtuosity with Bantammer Swing, a playful, athletic concerto for his unwieldy contrabass flute," according to Steve Smith of the New York Times. In 2016, he released his album The Art of the Contrabass Flute, an album dedicated solely to this amazing instrument.“A phenomenal technique and flawless feeling for rhythm and sound, he knows how to use it perfectly in his compositions.”, saidLuister Magazine,"Fantastic album! Beautiful artistic playing with rich low flute tones. A most unique and worthy album for sure.”, said Peter Sheridan. Fluit Magazine called him “A master on the contrabass flute". Ned is a founding member of the contrabass flute collective, ¡HØÑK!

When playing the flute, Ned focuses mainly on creative projects and he has collaborated with Aka Moon, Derek Bermel, Theodossii Spassov, George Brooks, Oguz Buyukberber, Larry Coryell, Oene van Geel, Stephen Gosling, Rozalie Hirs, Guus Janssen, David Kweksilber, Dr. Gregory Oakes, Erkan Ogur, Keiko Shichijo, Fahrettin Yarkın, and Zapp 4in addition to many renowned Indian artists. He has also performed with the Asko Schönberg, musikFabrik, Slagwerk Den Haag, Beethoven Academie, Canberra International Music Festival Orchestra, the Erie Philharmonic, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Non Sequitur, Axyz Ensemble, Spinifex Orchestra, and his own quintet Hexnut.

He has composed often for flute and also for recorder in solo and chamber ensembles, and in 2016 composed the competition piece for the National Flute Convention High School Soloist Competition of which Scott MacClelland (Performing Arts Monterey Bay) wrote: “Once again, the range of flute writing seemed to be limitless in its imagination and technical requirements… and through it all, McGowan’s mastery of form made a crystal-clear coherency to the whole of this miniature world.” The festivals Canberra International Music Festival, World Minimal Music Festival, Acht Brücken, Grachten, Klankkleur Festivals, MATA, Nederlandse Muziek Dagen, Voorwaarts Maart have commissioned new works from McGowan and his music has been performed at Aspen, Gaudeamus, Dag in de Branding, North Sea Jazz, November Music, SinusTon, Huddersfield, Klap op de Vuurpijl festivals. In 2016 he was commissioned to write for the Grammy-winning Eight Blackbird and this work, Garden of Iniquitous Creatures, has been performed all over the world.

Orchestras who have performed his works include American Composers Orchestra, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra (USA), Orquestra do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro (Brazil) and the Dutch orchestras Radio Kamer Filharmonie, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Gelders Orkest, Rotterdam Sinfonia and Ricciotti. Reed quintets include Calefax, Splinter Reeds and Akropolis, and ensembles include Eighth Blackbird, Aleph, Array Music, Atlantic Chamber Ensemble, Duo Blow, Calefax, David Kweksilber Big Band, Flexible Music, Great Noise, Hexnut, Insomnio, Klang, MMM…, musikFabrik, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Nederlands Fluit Orkest, BlowUp Flute Octet, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Post & Mulder Piano Duo, Rubiks, Sax & Stix, Spinifex, Ensemble Scala, Trio Scordatura, Ensemble Verge, Wervelwind, Zapp4 String Quartet, Zephyr String Quartet and soloists including Susanna Borsch, Helen Bledsoe, Keiko Shichijo, Guy Livingston, Tatiana Koleva/Rutger Oterloo, Kimberly Sparr, Greg Oakes, Reiko Manabe, Mysore Manjunath, Derek Bermel, Sarah Jeffrey, Egbert Jan Louwerse and Eric Vloeimans.

One strong facet of Ned’s influence is the Carnatic music from South India. Over the past decade, he has collaborated and performed regularly in India and Europe with Indian musicians Dr. Mysore Manjunath, Mysore Nagaraj, Dr. Suma Sudhindra, Pravin Godkhindi, Jahnavi Jayaprakash, Ronu Majumdar, B.C. Manjunath, M.K. Pranesh, Anoor Anathakrishna Sharma and Ghiridar Udupa. “What fascinates me is the Carnatic use of rhythmical complexities developed through a tradition of performance.” Works exploring Indian forms from a European perspective include Chamundi Hill, for flute and harp, Alapfor voice and ensemble, Stone Soup for jazz ensemble, Tusk for ensemble and Three Amsterdam Scenes for voice, viola and keyboards.

Ned is a professor at the Utrecht Conservatory in composition, ensembles and the intense rhythmic training program he has developed, Advanced Rhythm and Pulse. He regularly lectures and teaches around the world on subjects such as his music, rhythm, creativity and low flutes. He holds degrees in composition from the Royal Conservatory The Hague and in flute from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2014, he was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award from the Cleveland Institute of Music for his work as both a composer and performer. Ned currently pursuing an artistic research PhD about speed in music at the Leiden University via the DocARTES program, supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). Since 2017 he has lectured regularly in Europe on musical and timing conferences with his interactive presentation "Speed in Mind, Body and Brain.

Nerses Ohanyan, born in 1989 in Yerevan, began his first steps on the flute at the age of 6 at the music school "Awet Gabrielyan' in Yerevan. At age 13 years, he moved to the music high school by Tchaikovsky. In 2005 he began his study with Prof. Evgenie Noninyan at the State Conservatory in Yerevan by Comitas and graduated with honors. 

His postgraduate study took him to Germany in 2008. He completed this additional studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, in the class of prof. Gunhild Ott and in the class of deputy prof. Felix Reimann. Beeing as a music student, he participated in numerous international music festivals, such as the "Golden Ferry" festival in Sochi and the festival "Moscow welcomes friends Welcome". 

In 2005 he won the 1st prize in the 1st "A. Spendiaryan" Republican competition in Yerevan and the following year the gold medal at the IVth International Dolphic Games in Astana, in Kazakhstan. 

Nerses Ohanyan was also a fellow of the charity fund "New Names" , "Vladimir Spiwakow", GFFF and "Live Music Now Rhein-Ruhr". 

He gained his first experience as an orchestral musician from 2005 in the Armenian National Youth Orchestra as a solo flutist, and since 2008 up to 2009 in the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra as an intern. Since 2015 up to 2016 he completed a project internship with the Dortmund Philharmonic. 

Masterclasses with Peter-Lukas Graf, Gaby Pas-Van Riet, Paul Edmund Davies, Marina Piccinini, and Stephanie Winker gave the flutist further inspiration for his musical development. 

For several years, Nerses Ohanyan has been working on beatboxing on the flute. With this new technique he plays numerous solo concerts. He performed the european first-performance of work of american composer Randall Woolf "Native Tongues" written for beatboxflute and orchestra with Westphalian New Philharmonic Orchestra in March of 2017. Since late 2016 he also plays concerts with his band "TrioNerses".

...Once every generation there comes along a transformative force that breaks all the industry rules. Larson wields her instrument like a blow torch, breaking down our Victorian preconceptions of what the classical flute should be, how it should sound and where it should take us... This intensely gifted flutist needed little more than her native Montana charm to win the hearts of the packed house..." raves Connecticut's VOICES review of "THE RHONDA LARSON BAND" in concert. Flutist James Galway said of Rhonda, "...she's one of the best---a great player---and she does her own thing."
Entering the national music scene as a classical flutist, Rhonda Larson won first place in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition in 1985, and was awarded a Carnegie Hall debut. Shortly thereafter, Rhonda joined forces with the Paul Winter Consort, crossing over into the World Music genre. She has toured in Russia, Asia, Europe, Central America and throughout North America. Rhonda won a Grammy Award for the "SPANISH ANGEL" release, recorded live in Spain with the Consort. Rhonda officially parted from the group at that time to embark on her individual music path.
Commencing Larson's solo musical pursuits, she released "FREE AS A BIRD" on Earth Sea Records, receiving world-wide critical acclaim. The recording is marked by a marriage of Rhonda's classical heritage to the traditions of jazz, celtic, ethnic, and sacred music. Larson's unique blend of genres, combined with her musical and technical wizardry, has begun a new generation for the flute as a leading voice in the music world. A review from the New York convention of the National Flute Association affirmed, "...her technical abilities are astoundingly advanced! She does something that sounds like she is playing chords on the flute...she's destined to be a mega star..."
Rhonda has not only established herself as a virtuoso performer, but as a foremost ethnic flutist encompassing traditions from around the world. Most recently, Larson traveled to South Africa as a musical ambassador for the United States to perform for the Parliament of the World's Religions, sharing the stage with such luminaries as Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.
Composing much of her own repertoire, Larson continues to be recognized as a visionary force, creating a refreshing hybrid music for the flute. In the pioneering spirit of her home state of Montana, Rhonda continues to blaze her own trails...
Be sure to visit Rhonda's website: www.rhondalarson.com

As soloist and chamber musician, flutist David Shostac has received praise for his performances throughout North America. Solo appearances have included the Hollywood Bowl, the Casales Festival of Puerto Rico, New York's Lincoln Center, and the Aspen Music Festival in which he has participated as artist-faculty member since 1982. Presently principal flutist and frequent soloist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Shostac has held that position with the St. Louis, Milwaukee, and New Orleans Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Mostly Mozart Orchestra, the Ojai Festival, and the Carmel Bach Festival.

The Recipient of two Rockefeller performance grants, David Shostac has also been a prizewinner in the Young Musicians Foundation national solo competitions and the prestigious Coleman Chamber Music competition. In addition, he has received the Henry B. Cahbot and William Schuman awards at Tanglewood. Mr. Shostac's recordings include a solo album on Crystal Records, the complete Brandenburg Concerti, the Honegger Concerto da Camera, Janacek's Mladi and many orchestral works. Soon to be released are several new solo recordings on Crystal, Genesis, and Ambassador labels.

Mr. Shostac also appeared as a solo artist at the 1996 International Flute Convention, held in New York City.

Thomas Kapun was born in 1982 in Linz/Oberösterreich, studied with his father Peter Kapun and Gisela Mashayekhi - Beer at the Bruckner conservatory in Linz. From 2000 he studied with Barbara Gisler-Haase at the Universität für Musik in Vienna, where he graduated in 2008 "cum laude".
During his study he took lessons from Philippe Racine in Zürich and Gerhard Hildenbrand in Basel, he also attempted master classes with Robert Aitken, Trevor Wye and Aurele Nicolèt.
He has played in several orchestras, like Bruckner Orchester Linz, Wiener Akademie, Festival Orchester St. Gallen, Festival Sinfonietta Linz. Thomas is also member of the "Live Music Now" foundation.
In 2005 he won the 3rd price at the International flute competition "Friedrich Kuhlau" in Uelzen Germany.
Since September 2008 Thomas is the solo flutist of the Magdeburgischen Philharmonie in Germany. Beside playing in the Magdeburgischen Philharmonie he appears as international soloist and is engaged Travers flute player.

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Thomas Kapun 1982 in Linz/Oberösterreich geboren, begann seine Studien am Bruckner Konservatorium Linz bei seinem Vater, Peter Kapun und Gisela Mashayekhi - Beer. Ab 2000 studierte er an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien bei Barbara Gisler-Haase, wo er 2008 seine Diplomprüfung mit Auszeichnung bestand.
Weiteren Unterricht nahm er bei Philippe Racine in Zürich und Gerhard Hildenbrand in Basel, sowie Meisterkurse bei Robert Aitken, Trevor Wye und Aurele Nicolèt.
Neben seinem Studium spielte Herr Kapun in verschiedensten Orchestern, u.a. Bruckner Orchester Linz, Wiener Akademie, Festival Orchester St.Gallen, Festival Sinfonietta Linz. Und Mitglied der Stiftung "Live Music Now".
In 2005 gewann er den 3. Preis beim internationalen Flötenwettbewerb "Friedrich Kuhlau" in Uelzen/Norddeutschland.
Seit September 2008 ist Herr Kapun 1. Soloflötist bei der Magdeburgischen Philharmonie.
Neben seiner Orchesterstelle beschäftigt er sich intensiv mit der Traversflöte, alter Musik und ist solistisch im In- und Ausland tötig.

Salvatore Vella was born in 1966. He studied at the "Vincenzo Bellini" Academy of Music of Palermo with Gerardo Petruzziello and he received a first-class certificate in 1985. He improved with W:Schulz in Wien, A.Persichilli at the "S.Cecilia" National Academy of Rome, E.Pahud at the "Amici della Musica" of Florence and with A.Marion at the "Gubbio Festival" courses. In 1984 he held the position of lead instrument in the Orchestra des Jeunes de la Mediterranèe and he has been invited in the E.C.Y.O. Orchestra and in the Italian Academies of Music Orchestra. In 1985, he won the National Competition of Piccolo in the "Teatro dell'Opera" Orchestra of Genoa and the part of lead instrument in the "Banda Nazionale della Guardia di Finanza" of Rome. With this group he played and recorded for RAI. In the same year he has been finalist at the International Piccolo Competition of "Teatro alla Scala" Orchestra of Milan. He has played with orchestras such as "Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana", "Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI" of Rome, "Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera" of Rome, "Orchestra del Teatro Lirico" of Cagliari, "Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala" of Milan and "Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro alla Scala" of Milan with conductors such as Muti, Sawallish, Termirkanov, Oren, Sinopoli, Inbal, Ceccato, Graf, Argiris, Renzetti and Gelmetti.

He won awards in national and international competitions such as "Boario Musica '94", "G.Briccialdi" National Flute Competition. He has won the second prize (first prize not assigned), at the "G.Briccialdi" International Flute Competition of Rome. Playing with the "Quintetto di Fiati Belliniano", he has won a special prize about the performance of modern compositions at the "Città di Caltanissetta" XIII International Chamber Music Competition.

As soloist or as part of the "Ensemble Belliniano", the "Quintetto di Fiati Belliniano" and the duo with the pianist Corrado Ratto, he has been invited to participate in several prestigious institutions. He has been regularly asked to organize proficiency courses, in Davoli (CZ), Mascalucia (CT), Serradifalco (CL), Palermo, Giardini Naxos (ME), Giarre (ME) and Città di Castello (PG), where he is Angelo Persichilli's assistant. Since 1989 he hold position of lead and soloist instrument in the "Teatro Massimo Bellini" Orchestra of Catania (Sicily), and he is often invited as lead instrument in the "Fondazione dell'Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia" Orchestra of Rome, direct by Myung - Whun Chung. In 2001, with the same orchestra, he played in Japan and recorded for RAI, Musicom and Deutsche Grammophon.

In Memoriam

1935 - 2022

by Charles Carr

 

The worlds of music and academia along with countless family, friends, and colleagues mourn the passing of Sheridon Stokes, who died July 4 at Community Hospital of the Monterey, CA.

Son of longtime Los Angeles Philharmonic clarinetist Franklyn Stokes, and Helena Stokes, Sheridon was born in Los Angeles in 1935. He began his professional career in 1951 at age 16 when he was hired as a piccolo player in the Denver Symphony. At age 19, he became the youngest contracted musician ever to join the 20th Century Fox studio orchestra under the legendary Hollywood composer and conductor Alfred Newman.

In 1958, Sheridon was drafted in the US Army where he performed with the 7th Army Symphony in Germany.

Returning to the U.S., Sheridon quickly became a coveted "first call" recording artist, performing on literally hundreds of movies and television shows over a career that would span more than six decades. He worked closely with virtually every legendary composer of the time, including Lalo Schifrin for whom he performed the signature flute theme for the television series "Mission: Impossible" in 1967. The two collaborated on many projects in the decades that followed, including the Academy Award-nominated score for the film "The Fox" in 1968. Stokes was also John Williams' principal flute for many years and performed on some of Williams' most famous scores including solos on "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "1941," "E.T.," and "The Witches of Eastwick." In the early 1970s, he also premiered Williams' Flute Concerto at UCLA, one of the composer's first works for the concert hall.

Sheridon was also solo flute at the Academy Awards in 1997, 1998, and 2008. At the 1998 ceremony he played the famous penny whistle solo from the film "Titanic" for the song “My Heart Will Go On” with Céline Dion.

In the 1970s Sheridon began teaching flute at UCLA where he would remain for 45 years and eventually be named Senior Lecturer and Professor Emeritus. He took immense joy in engaging with young minds, teaching them not only the tricks of the instrument, but of the business they were about to enter. He often took his classes out on his sailboat as a post-graduation treat. Many of Stokes' students went on to become members of prestigious symphony orchestras around the world.

Sheridon wrote several music books including the mainstays, "The Illustrated Method for Flute" and "Special Effects for Flute (with Richard A. Condon)." His works are still considered canonic by many musicians to this day. At the time of his passing he was wrapping up work on his own memoir, "Sheridon Stokes: The Hollywood Flutist, Stories from the Recording Business."

Stokes received the MVP award in flute from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1980, 1981, and 1982, and in 1983 received the organization's Emeritus award. He won the National Flute Association’s International Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

After retiring from the recording and teaching worlds, Sheridon remained busy traveling between residences in Westwood, CA and Bodega Bay, CA with his wife of more than 30 years, Ann Stokes, formerly a dancer with the Starlight Opera and a private tutor at St. Martin of Tours in Brentwood, CA. He and Ann, both sailing enthusiasts, continued to enjoy the sea.

Stokes regularly attended national flute and music industry conventions, frequently in his capacity as a longtime celebrity endorser for Pearl Flutes, where he would often perform original works. He relished speaking about his life in music and taught master classes around the world. In 2007 he was soloist in La Mancha, Spain with the Murcia Chamber Orchestra. In 2019 Stokes not only enjoyed but participated in a tribute concert in his honor at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, where he performed world premiere works by German composer Jürgen Kramlofsky.

Stokes recently took part in the "L.A. Studio Legends" podcast series on The Legacy of John Williams (https://bit.ly/3yUZ4EZ). He was also one of the guests of the video special "L.A. Studio Legends: The Reunion" (https://youtu.be/-ANAJK-hu_s), where he joined former colleagues in an insightful and lively discussion about working in the recording industry.

Sheridon Stokes is survived by wife Ann Stokes, son Michael Stokes, daughter Sylvia Gray, sisters Marsi Stokes Caratti and Kathleen Stokes, and a large extended family.

A community of friends, past associates, and well wishers is currently active on Stokes' Facebook page (facebook.com/sheridonstokes). The family encourages everyone to participate and share memories and personal anecdotes.

Sherry Finzer believes that music can be used as a tool to create healing. Her musical journey has taken her from classical to jazz, pop, world, and flamenco, to today, where she feels her music does the best work by helping to calm, soothe and bring people to a state where they can begin to create self-healing through her meditative music. Fueled by stories shared by listeners and fans of how her music helps them deal with stress, depression, and physical ailments such as tinnitus, stroke, and cancer, she records, performs, composes, and runs Heart Dance Records – a label consisting of artists with a focus on creating music to be used to help mentally and physically heal. Sherry specializes in the low flutes - alto, bass, and contrabass, as well as Native flutes.

 

Sherry's music can be heard on SXM Spa Channel (68), Pandora, Spotify, Music Choice Soundscapes, Galaxie Spa Channel, Calm Radio, River of Calm, Journeyscapes, international radio programming, multiple airlines, and overhead music channels. She was one of the first musicians asked to live stream on the Insight Timer app and performs weekly on this platform. Recently Sherry's song "Distant Rivers" was programmed on the PBS show "From Sea to Shining Sea". She has recorded over 30 New Age & Contemporary Instrumental albums, and multiple singles.

 

Sherry is the founder and president of the Heart Dance Records label as well as Higher Level Media, a radio promotions company for instrumental musicians.

Ya-Ju Shih was born in the Taipei County, Taiwan, in 1971. She earned her master's degree in Art (Magistra Der Kunste) from the Austria National Vienna Institute of Music and Performing Art (Hochschule Fur Musik Und Darstellende Kunst In Wien). She apprenticed herself with Prof. Babara Muller-Hasse and Prof. Janos Balint.
She frequently performed in chamber orchestra, music band and flute solo in Europe. She also taught in the Austria Herzogenburg Music Institution during her stay in Austria.
In 1998, She was honored the Austria International Chamber Music Celebration Winning Prize and Austria National Broadcast Grand Award (ORF). Afterwards, she received the invitation from the ORF Broadcasting Station to transcribe her personal music program. She attained high praise when she first performed the new piece "Wang Chao-Chuen" composed by the renowned Taiwanese composer, Hong Chien-Hui.
Ya-Ju Shih is now teaching in the Taiwan National Hsin-Chu Teachers College. Other than performing, she has also been hosting many musical activities such as masterclass (Masterklasse) and flute contest.

Sophie Barili who was born in Marseille began her studies of the flute with Frédéric Chatoux and Jean-Marc Boissière at the music conservatory in Aix-en-Provence where she graduated at the age of 15. She then moved to Germany to study with Prof. Jean-Claude Gérard at the staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart and with Prof. Andrea Lieberknecht at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover.
From 2000 to 2002 she was the solo-flutist of the European-Union-Youth-Orchestra, then won an internship position with the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stuttgart and became a scolarship recipient with the Villa Musica in Mainz. In addition, she is a special award winner of the 6th International flute competition in Kobe/Japan.
She's held the position of associate principal flute in the Pfalz Theater Orchestra Kaiserslautern since 2005.

"It has a beautifully warm, round, full, clear sound, it speaks to all languages, intonation is incomparably good it in the best way, it is balanced and reliable. All registers are unbelievable sounding... for me it's inspiring!"
Stana was born in 1964 in Zemun, Serbia. First, she studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade, then followed further studies in Paris, Berlin and Trossingen. In addition to her own teaching at two technical colleges and a high school in Belgrade and Zemun she plays regularly compositions for radio and television. She was principal flutist of the Belgrade National Opera, before she took up her current post as the first solo flutist of the Belgrade Philharmonic. German; Sie hat einen wunderschön warmen, runden, vollen, klaren Klang, sie spricht bestens an (alle Sprachen) intonationsmässig ist sie unvergleichbar gut, sie ist ausgewogen und zuverlässig. Alle Register sind wohlklingend, für mich unglaublich inspirierend!

Dr. Susan Adragna is an educator and flutist who promotes the art of flute playing in diverse settings, both in the U.S. and abroad. As a member of the International Flute Orchestra, she has taken part in educational music exchanges in China, Chile, most of Western Europe, and Eastern Europe. She will be performing in Poland in May. As a member of the Florida Flute Orchestra, she was part of an April news broadcast on FOX news and will perform at the National Flute Convention in August. Dr. Adragna holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Rollins College, Stetson University, and Capella University. She is currently is an Assistant Professor at Argosy University, is the principal chair in the Datyona Civic Orchestra, and free lances in the community.

1991年第5回日本フルートコンベンションコンクール･アンサンブル部門高校の部銀賞、第45回全日本学生音楽コンクールフルート部門全国1位。1997年桐朋学園大学音楽学部卒業。卒業演奏会、第67回読売新人演奏会出演。現在、大阪フィルハーモニー交響楽団フルート奏者。中西恵一氏、峰岸壮一氏に師事。

Dr Rachel Smith studied at Royal Holloway, University of London and the Royal Northern College of Music, and in 2013 graduated as a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Salford, Manchester. Concerto, chamber music and freelance work have taken her across the UK and around the world. She has played in the West End Theatre and contemporary music ensembles, and tours regularly with London Festival Opera. Her playing has inspired new works from several British composers, some of which feature on her first CD Summer was in August. She is currently principal flute of the Coldstream Guards Band (involving a great deal of piccolo playing), with whom she has toured worldwide on concert tours including numerous solo performances across Europe and Japan, including being a featured soloist at the Royal Albert Hall for the Gubbay Christmas Classics Concerts in December 2017. Rachel teaches flute and gives masterclasses and workshops across the UK and abroad. She is a part-time lecturer at London College of Music and examines for Trinity College exam board.

Tina Signorelli, a Pearl Flute Artist, is the first adult to graduate from the Eastman School of Music's Community Education Division with honors, earning an adult certificate in flute, certificate of advanced achievement in performance, and two certificates of merit. Tina is actively pursuing a solo career and studies with Glennda Dove Pellito. She also plays with "Flaire," a jazz ensemble including guitar and percussion, and flute duo, "Mantra". She was selected to perform with the NFA's professional flute choir in 2007 and 2008, and is currently serving as Program Chair on the Board of Directors for the Rochester Flute Association. Tina's professional life also includes artist management for Dr. Bradley Garner. She has been the principal flutist of the Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus since 1998. For more information, please visit Tina's website at http://www.tinasignorelli.com/.

Graduated Tokyo College of Music and post graduate course. Won 1st prize in The 45th Nihon Music competition, Nagoya area. Played with Nagoya philharmonic Orchestra at Japan Federation of Musicians freshman's concert Won 3rd prize in the 67th Nihon Music competition. Performed in NHK recital concert. Won 2nd prize in the 15th International Music Competition "Franz Schubert"(Italy) Flute solo division(without 1st prize), 2nd prize in the Flute＆Piano division and 3rd prize in the Flute concerto division. Won 1st prize in The 6th International flute competition Timisoara(Rumania) as well as the modern music award. In her first solo concert in October 2003, there were many words of praise to her perfomance.

Born in Meiningen. Studied at the Academy of Music "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" under Prof. Karl-Heinz Passin. In 1989 she graduated. Also in 1989 she was awarded with a scholarship of the "Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart" and took part in the master-course of Prof. Jean-Claude Gérard. From 1987-89 she had got the chance, to play as a "Substitute" in the "Gewandhausorchester Leipzig". Since the season 1989/90 she has been solo flutist of the "Robert Schumann-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Chemnitz", one of the very recognized A-level orchestras in Germany. Beside symphony concerts, she takes the solo-flute-parts in the pit of the Chemnitz Opera in the widely ranged repertoire from operas of Mozart, Puccini, Strauss, Wagner a.o. to operetta and musical. As chamber musician she is member of the "Chemnitz Wind Quintett" and the "Saxonian Woodwind Academy". As soloist she had played concertos for flute of Mozart, Mercadante, Ibert, Jolivet. In 2006 she will play the concerto for flute of Carl Nielsen.

A native of Taiwan, Ying-Ching started learning the flute and piano at the age of 8, and has been in the specialised music class since elementary school. She received her Bachelor degree in Flute Performance from University of Taipei, and will commence her Master’s degree in Flute Performance at Taipei National University of the Arts(TNUA). She was previously under the tutelage of Pi-Chen Yang, Sabina Shu-Chun Chiang.
Ying-Ching has won many prizes in numerous Taiwan flute competitions, and was even awarded the 3rd Prize of the open category in the 3rd Flute Festival Singapore 2012. Ying-Ching was enrolled into the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Academy in 2013 and graduated with distinction in diploma in 2015.
During her Bachelor degree studies, Ying-Ching also had the pleasure to play in various masterclasses for many renowned flautists such as; William Bennett, Denis Bouriakov, Lorna McGee, Wolfgang Renner, Amy Porter, Thomas Prevost and Kim Chang-Kook. In 2013, Ying-Ching attended William Bennett’s 27th International Flute Summer School in Italy, and had intensive masterclasses and lessons with Wibb, Denis and Lorna.
Ying-Ching is also actively performing in Taiwan/Taipei. Besides holding recitals in 2009 and 2014, she has also played as the Principal Flute in the University of Taipei Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra(NSO) Academy.
Ying-Ching auditioned for National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) in 2015 and is the only flautist under the reserved list.

 

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陳瀅晴 1992年出生於台灣，台中市。畢業於台中市光復國小音樂班，台中市曉明女子高級中學音樂班國中部及高中部。畢業於台北市立大學音樂系，主修長笛。曾師事楊璧甄教授，現師事江淑君教授。 曾獲英國長笛大師威廉˙班乃特(William Bennett),長笛魔術師丹尼斯˙布列柯夫(Denis Bouriakov),匹茲堡交響樂團首席羅娜˙麥吉(Lorna McGee),維也納仁韋光(Wolfgang Renner),美國長笛女王愛咪˙波特(Amy Porter),法國國家交響樂團長笛首席湯馬斯˙佛珮斯(Thomas Prevost),東京藝術大學名譽教授金昌國(Kim Chang-Kook)等大師指導。 曾多次以首席身分參與校內樂團演出 曾參與台大交響樂團，新逸交響樂團，國家交響樂團 (NSO)演出。 *得獎經歷 2002年原笙音樂教育聯盟舉辦<2003夏令營獎學金全國音樂大賽>中區國小音樂班長笛組第一名 2002年史坦巴哈全國音樂大賽中區五縣市長笛少年科班第一名 2006年台灣區音樂比賽台中市市賽長笛獨奏國中音樂班組第三名 2008年台灣區全國音樂比賽台中市市賽長笛獨奏高中音樂班組第一名 2009年六月於曉明女中舉辦個人音樂會 2011年台北市立教育大學管樂組協奏比賽第三名 2012年台灣區全國音樂比賽台北市市賽長笛獨奏大專組第二名 2012年隨台北市立大學於國家音樂廳演出，擔任中的長笛獨奏(Bird) 2012年赴新加坡參加<3rd Flute Festival Singapore>榮獲第三名並獲現任Metropolitan Opera House首席 Denis Bouriakov極力讚許 2013年赴義大利參加William Bennett暑假音樂營 2013年考進國家交響樂團(NSO)學苑，為學苑樂團團員 2014年於台北市立大學舉辦個人獨奏會 2014年赴新加坡參加第五屆長笛藝術節，以重奏者及優勝者身分演出 2015年於國家交響樂團 (NSO) 學苑畢業並取得團員培訓證書。 2015年考取國立台北藝術大學管樂與擊樂研究所 台北市立大學音樂系研究所榜首 2015年考取國立台灣交響樂團(NTSO)長笛唯一預備團員

Graduated Osaka University of Arts. Performed in Yomiuri freshman's concert,and wins a prize at the Awajishima chamber music International Competition. Performs in joint recitals, chamber music concerts as well as playing with the Osaka Century Orchestra. Studied under Akira Nagata, Nozomu, Kyohei Yamamoto and Chang-Kook KIM. Is currently a Member of "Schnappsblaser Quintette" and plays flute/piccolo at Osaka Century Orchestra.

Graduated Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Awarded Ataka prize while in college. Studied under Chang-Kook KIM and Junzo Hosokawa. Played as an extra member with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble of Tokyo. Plays with the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra from 1991. Is a member of a flute Quartet,"The 4 flutes".

Zachary Kellogg, is an internationally acclaimed classical and jazz artist. As a First Prize winner of the Alexander and Buono International Flute Competition, Zachary made his solo Carnegie Hall Debut October 2010 at the age of 13. Hailed as a child prodigy by the International Congress for Gifted and Talented Children, Zachary is a three-time winner of the National Flute Association Jazz Flute Big Band Competition. He was also named Outstanding Soloist at The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, and took 2nd Place at the MTNA National Competition. Locally, Zachary is the winner of the Seattle Young Artist Competition; Cascade Symphony’s Rising Star Competition, 2-time winner of Seattle Flute Society’s Horsfall Competition and was a Seattle Chamber Music Society Emerging Artist. He also has appeared on several local news and arts TV and radio programs in the Seattle area.

In 2009, Zachary was signed by Pony Boy Records and released his debut jazz CD “Red Velvet” in July of 2010. Additionally, Zachary has been a Pearl Flute Artist since 2010. Zachary had the honor of being Pearl Flute’s headline artist at MusicFest Canada 2012. During this appearance, he was a soloist with the Toronto Wind Orchestra and presented master classes in classical, jazz and stage presence to some of Canada’s leading young musicians.

Zachary was a part of Ali Ryerson’s Jazz Flute Big Band recording “Game Changer”, released in August 2013 and spent 10 weeks in the top 10 iTunes jazz charts. Zachary has also performed with such jazz greats as Hubert Laws, Holly Hofmann, Jim Walker, Ali Ryerson, Mike Wofford and YouTube sensation Greg Pattillo.

As Music & Theater Director at Puyallup Children’s Theater, Zachary has composed over 35 original full-length musical scores/books including “Alice In Wonderland”, “Jungle Book”, “Aladdin”, and “Pinocchio" as well as 12 original show and scores including "Fairy Fails", "Great Bakers Rising", "Mall Murders: The Musical" and “Klahanie: An Island Tale”. Zachary also maintains an active select teaching studio, in addition to music directing productions at such theaters as Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Tacoma Little Theater, Lakewood Playhouse and Auburn Ave. Theater.

As a teacher at Puyallup Performing Arts Academy, a unique private school, that uses music for the basis of all learning, for students in preschool through 12th grade, Zachary uses his musical skills to bring music to the teaching of reading, mathematics and other academic areas.

Zachary also teaches/directs/accompanies at Pacific Lutheran University. Additionally, his private students have performed at venues such as Village Theater, Tacoma Little Theater, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, Seattle Opera and The 5thAve Theatre in Seattle.

Flutist Erin Lesser has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout Canada, Europe and the USA, and was hailed as a "superb flutist" by the New York Times. She is a founding member of Argento Chamber Ensemble, Scarborough Trio and Due East and performs regularly with the Wet Ink Ensemble. Erin is actively involved in the contemporary music world, having worked closely with composers such as Pierre Boulez, George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky, Tristan Murail, Philippe Hurel and Steve Mackey. She has performed with many leading ensembles including So Percussion, Alarm Will Sound, Sequitur, eighth blackbird, American Modern Ensemble, and the Locrian Chamber Players. She has also commissioned several new works with her various ensembles, and presented lectures and demonstrations on flute techniques of the 21st Century.
As a member of the Argento Chamber Ensemble, Erin has performed at the Kilkenny Arts Festival, Shanghai International Electroacoustic Music Festival, NY Microtonal Festival, Monday Night Concerts in LA, Austrian Cultural Forum, and the International Spectral Music Conference in Istanbul. The group collaborated with IRCAM in a festival of new electroacoustic works at Miller Theatre, NY. The group's first CD (Winter Fragments; music by Tristan Murail) was named one of the top ten recordings of 2007 by Time Out magazine critic Steve Smith.
As a member of the Scarborough Trio, Erin was a silver medalist at the 2004 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and the 2006 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition. As first prizewinners in the Artists International Competition, the trio was presented in a New York Debut recital at Carnegie's Weill Hall in 2003. They have toured the Midwest with Allied Concert Services, and have performed for the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Florida and the Focus Festival in North Carolina.
Due East, Erin's flute and percussion duo, recently won the 2008 National Flute Association Chamber Music Competition. They have been ensemble-in-residence at the Universidade de Campinas, Brazil, and the Yellow Barn Festival. The duo has performed at the Warsaw Crossdrumming Festival, Percussive Arts Society conventions in Texas, Tennessee and Ohio, New Music Festival at Western Illinois University, NYC PAS Day of Percussion, the American Music Center's Annual Award Ceremony (NYC), Columbia University Composers, and the 21st Century Schizoid Music Series at Cornelia Street Café (NYC).
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Erin was the recipient of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada Bursary for 1999/2000, and received first prize at the Canadian Music Competition that same year. Her performances have been broadcast on CBC French Radio's "Jeunes Artistes" series and New York's WQXR. Ms. Lesser studied with Robert Cram at the University of Ottawa where she received her Bachelor of Music Degree (summa cum laude) in 1999. In 2001, she received her Master of Music Degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where she was a student of Linda Chesis. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree at the Manhattan School of Music. Erin is also a fellow in The Academy—A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute, and performs with Ensemble ACJW.

Ivanna Ternay was born in 1983 in Kiev / Ukraine. She studied Irmela Bossler and Cornelia Grohmann at "Hochschule fur Musik und Theater" Leipzig. After she studied with Davide Formisano at Musikhochschule Stuttgart where she graduated in 2008 "Cum Laude". Till 2010 she studies with Professor Formisano in Stuttgart.
During her study she attempted master classes with Jean-Claude Gérard, James Galway, Jeanne Baxtresser, Maxence Larrieu, Andrea Lieberknecht, Renate Greiss-Armin, Gaby Pas van Riet, Dieter Flury, Carol Wincenc, Henrik Wiese und Carine Levine.
She has played in several orchestras, like Staatliches Kammerorchester Kiev, Kammerphilharmonie "Felix M." Leipzig, Bruckner Sinfonie Orchester Stuttgart Stadttheater Pforzheim and Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
Ivanna is prize winner of several National and International competitions like International Flute Competition in Haifa / Israel, International Flute Competition Moscow, International Louis Price Competition Leipzig, Flute Competition Kiev and Chamber Musik Competition Leipzig.
2006-2009, she was a member of "Villa Musika" where she played with Jean-Claude Gerard, Dag Jensen and Ingo Goritsky. She received also scholarships from DAAD and "Alfred Toepfer Stiftund"
Since 2009, Ivanna is solo flutist of the Bamberger Symphoniker.

Born in Ankara in 1957.He received his music and flute lessons from his father, Ismail Ayvazoglu.During his education, following an exam opened by the "Ankara State Opera and Ballet" he was accepted to the State Opera Orchestra in 1976.While making small programmes of harpa and flute duets for the TRT Ankara Radio , Ayvazoglu also gave concerts as a soloist player with the Ankara Chamber Orchestra.He was transferred to the "Izmir State Opera and Ballet" as Principal Solo Flutist in 1983.He gave concerts with the orchestra as a soloist performer and performed in the harpa and flute duets for the chamber groups.With a private scholarship Ayvazoglu worked with.Prof.Hermann Klemeyer in the "Munich Higher School of Music" where he became Dr. Jochen Gartner's student.He received a "master flutist" diploma from the "Munich Richard Strauss Conservatory" in 1992.While performing as soloist flutist for the "Richard Strauss Orchestra" for one year, HÜrkan Ayvazoglu also worked as a guest performer for the "Neu Munich Symphony Orchestra" .He toured in Italy,Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Holland, Tcheck Republic, Hungary,Azerbejian, Russian Republic,Mexico and numerous other European countries with orchestras and piano accompaniment concerts.He gave numerous concerts in Germany. The artist, while participating in opera and music festivals in various countries throughout the year, also continues his work as a flute and chamber music instructor in "D.E.University Izmir State Conservatory".

Trying to define the jazz flutist is like trying to define the word jazz. The publicﾕs knowledge of the flute as a jazz instrument seems to range between the acquired taste of the avant-garde and the abyss known as pop-jazz. Holly Hofmann clearly defines the jazz flute. Her robust tone is the result of a rich classical background. Critics have labeled Holly the most authoritative, swinging flutist in jazz today. In addition to performing throughout the world, she also composes, conducts clinics and workshops, and books a number of jazz concert series.Born near Cleveland, Ohio, Holly at five began playing standards with her father, a jazz guitarist. Early exposure to jazz and popular standards would blossom into a love for straight-ahead jazz, but her parents were insistent that she have a solid background in classical technique. When she turned seven her formal education began with lessons with Walter Mayhall and soon thereafter from the first flutist of the Cleveland Orchestra, Maurice Sharp. Hollyﾕs music education continued through high school at Interlochen Arts Academy. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a master's degree from the University of Northern Colorado. During the summers Holly went to New York to study with Frank Wess and Slide Hampton and began sitting in at jam sessions and learning the necessary jazz standard repertoire. It was their encouragement that convinced her to try to have a career in jazz flute.After Holly moved from Colorado to San Diego in 1985 she began working with bassist Bob Magnusson and pianist Mike Wofford at the Horton Grand Hotel. Subsequently she booked a four night national jazz program there from 1989-1996, presenting hundreds of jazz artists including Diana Krall, Cassandra Wilson, Tommy Flanagan and Joe Henderson. It was during this time, in the early ﾔ90s that she began recording, and formed an important partnership with Los Angeles pianist Bill Cunliffe. The two toured festivals and chamber venues worldwide presenting both jazz and classical compositions in brilliantly seamless arrangements. They recorded Just Duet, Volume 1 and 2 as well as an organ trio with guitarist Frank Potenza and Duncan Moore, and Live at Birdland in a quartet with legendary bassist, Ray Brown and drummer, Victor Lewis. Holly and Ray began working in New York at the Village Vangard on a yearly basis in the mid 90s and in 2000, Brown began taking her on tours of the US and Europe as a guest with his trio. She credits Brownﾕs support as one of the major turning points in her career and recalls that each performance with him was a learning experience.In 2000 Holly married pianist Mike Wofford, often working with him in a quartet setting with Brown, Peter Washington, Jeff Hamilton, Victor Lewis and Ben Riley. Of their 2004 release, Minor Miracle, George Carroll of Jazzreview.com writes, "virtual torrents of fresh, rhythmically and harmonically inventive ideas and melodiesﾉThe epitome of bebop." Holly and Mike also tour and record with Flutology, an all-star sextet, featuring Frank Wess, Ali Ryerson and Hofmann on flutes with Wofford, Washington and Lewis. Norm Weinstein of All About Jazz called Flutologyﾕs performance in New York "singular and breathtaking."
In addition to long associations with Bill Cunliffe, Frank Wess and Mike Wofford, she has worked with Slide Hampton, Houston Person, Mundell Lowe, James Moody, Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron, Ken Peplowski, John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Bud Shank, Chuck Redd, Kevin Mahogany and Regina Carter.
Currently residing in San Diego, Holly is Music Director for the Jazz in the Park Concert Series at the San Diego Museum of Art. She books or consults on several jazz parties and festivals including Jazz at Newport in Oregon, and Jazz in the City at the State Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She and Mike have enjoyed a long association with the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library in La Jolla, CA where they have just recorded their first CD as a duo, Live at the Athenaeum, Volume 2 on Capri Records. The new CD will be released in March 2007 and features Hollyﾕs first recorded performance on alto flute. She chose to record this project live with no amplification or effects, as if the listener was there in the front row.
With ten recordings as a leader in the duo or quartet setting, Holly is working on recording her Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim with Brazilian rhythm section and string orchestra, a configuration sheﾕs taking this year to California, Arizona, Salt Lake City and New Zealand.
Taking the flute out of its stereotypical role has always been Hollyﾕs main objective. Audiences and promoters alike are recognizing her as one of premiere jazz flutists in the country. Phil Woods, while describing her performance at the Telluride Jazz Festival, said "Along with Hubert Laws, Holly is frankly the best jazz flute player today." She has become the standard by which the flute is being judged. Web Site: http://www.hollyhofmann.com/

Graduated Kyoto City University of Arts, and finished the master's degree at the same graduate school. Awarded the Kyoto Music Association prize. Studied under Koichi Itoh, Takako Shiraishim, Akira Nagata. After joining Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, in 1993 joined the Gunma Symphony Orchestra. In 1995 he studied under V. Brunner at Frankfurt Music Academy as an intern student of Affinis Arts Foundation. Returns to Japan in 1996. After his return, performed solo stages, chamber music and Flute concerto's with Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra and Gunma Symphony Orchestra.

Startded studying under Keiichi Akahoshi. After entering Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music,studied under Chang-Kook KIM and Junzo Hosokawa, after under W.Schulz and Hans Georg Schmeiser at Wien Music Academy. Currently a principal flutist at the NHK Symphony Orchestra and an instructor at Musashino Music Academy.Is a member of a flute Quartet,"The 4 flutes".

"Black boys don’t play flute." So were the words of Harold Todd's high school band leader nearly thirty years ago. We'd like to think that Harold mastered the flute just to prove something to that erroneous old instructor, but the fact is that he was born to play – and he isn't going to let anyone tell him otherwise.
Since the high school band, Harold has become an accomplished songwriter, drawing from classical, jazz, rock, reggae, funk, house and dance formats. And he's just as diverse an instrumentalist, wrecking it as much on flute and sax as he is on clarinet, oboe and English horn.
For the last ten years, Harold has been playing woodwinds with Lenny Kravitz, but his life in music began when he was ten years old, singing "Swing Low" solo for the fifth grade Christmas Pageant. When his voice changed, he had to dream up another way of singing. Enter the flute.
Some people call him a flutist, some opt for the classically-minded flautist, but Harold isn't concerned with syntax – he's just a player. And like a true player, Harold has done nothing but play. He started at the San Francisco Conservatory and by fourteen was competing for scholarships in the San Francisco Bay. In 1976, he won musician of the year. Then, he won scholarships to Mendocino and Aspen music festivals, as well as second prize in the E-Bell Club Award and musical and athletic scholarships to UC Irvine, where he honed his classical agility as principle flute in the UC Orchestra.
His professional career began at age 21, when Harold picked up the saxophone and moved to San Diego. He began playing with Common Sense, a legendary SoCal reggae, funk crew before enjoying lengthy stints with Goldfish, the B-Side Players, Psydecar and Greyboy Allstars. Then, rocker Lenny Kravitz heard Harold perform and asked him to collaborate. Harold’s been with Lenny for ten years on saxes and flute, recording on Five, Circus and two DVD performances.
Harold then went on a creative sojourn to Frankfurt (Wiesbaden), Germany, where he recorded three albums. Revealed, Treat Me Right and Thinker’s Journey collectively represent Harold’s agility as a performer, as well as his diverse and meticulous style as a singer/songwriter. Revealed is a synthesis of traditional and modern jazz with electronica influences. Treat Me Right, Harold says, is music for music lovers – an acoustic album featuring classical and pop instrumental styles. And Thinker's Journey is a cerebral take on poppy tunes from various genres.
Harold Todd is a humble, classically-trained musician who makes classical music cool – an eclectic performer who redefines contemporary songwriting by employing progressive, European club beats and funky American phrasing. He’ll knock you off the dance floor with his flute, woo you back with his sax and engage you in a physical discourse with his arrangements. Translation: grab a date and get your groove on – Harold Todd's in the house.

In Memoriam – François Laurent (1960-2023)
François Laurent made his first appearance as a soloist at the age of 17, in the "Salle Pleyel" in Paris with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France.
After his participation at the International Competition of Geneva in September 1978 when he was one of the three French flutists who reached the semi-finals, he was ranked in first position and accepted after a brilliant performance, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, in Jean-Pierre Rampal's class. He went on to receive the 1st Prize for Flute in 1982. A few months before, he was nominated Principal Flute in the "Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse", a position that he held for over 20 years. While taking part in the multiple activities of the orchestra, he regularly gave chamber music concerts leading him to appear in Germany, the United States, and Japan as well as in France during many festivals (Nice, Menton, Besançon, Escarène, La Chaise-Dieu...)
In addition along with some of his colleagues and friends, he created the season "les Clés de Saint-Pierre" which he organized every year for over 20 years and which is now an established part of cultural life in Toulouse.
Running regular master-classes in France and in other countries around the world (Belgium, Brazil, United States, Japan), he devoted much of his time to summer courses, such as the "Academie Henri Tomasi" in Marseille, the "Academie Internationale de Guérande et des Pays de la Loire" and the "Academie Gyorgy Sebök" in Barèges. François Laurent is prize winner of the international competitions of Geneva in 1983 and Kobe in 1985. He also played principal flute as part of the "World Philharmonic Orchestra" in Montreal in 1988 and was invited by the "Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks München" (dir. Lorin Maazel) in 1992. In a primarily orchestral discography (EMI Classics), he made noteworthy recordings of the very beautiful music for flute by Claude Debussy, the "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" as well as virtuoso recordings of Camille Saint-Saëns "Volière du Carnaval des Animaux" and of Peter and the Wolf by Serge Prokofiev. During their tour of Japan in 1992, he also made a very beautiful recording of French music with his friends in the Toulouse Wind Quintet: quintets and sextet with piano by Roussel, Milhaud, Poulenc, Damase, and Ibert for the Fontec Records label.

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Il donne son premier concert en soliste, à 17 ans, salle Pleyel à Paris avec l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Après s'être fait remarquer au Concours International de Genève en septembre 1978 où il fit partie des trois français qui accédèrent aux demi-finales, il fut reçu brillamment, premier nommé, au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, dans la classe de Jean-Pierre Rampal et obtient le 1 er Prix de Flûte en 1982.
Quelques mois auparavant, il était nommé flûte solo de l'Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, poste qu'il occupe depuis juillet 1982.
Tout en participant aux multiples activités de l'orchestre, il donne régulièrement des concerts de musique de chambre. Il a par ailleurs créé avec quelques uns de ses collègues et amis la saison "Les Clefs de Saint-Pierre" qu'il organise chaque année depuis octobre 2000.
François Laurent est lauréat des concours internationaux de Genève 1983 et Kobé 1985.
Il a également joué comme flûte solo au sein du World Philharmonic Orchestra à Montréal en 1988 et a été invité par l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Bavaroise de Munich (dir. Lorin Maazel) en 1992.

After graduating from the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv, in 2000, where she studied with Yossi Arnheim., flutist Esti Rofé' continued her studies at the Musikhochschule in Munich under the direction of Professor Andras Adorjan, and received her second degree with highest distinction.

Esti Rofé was among the few flutists ever to be accepted to the prestigious "Cycle de Perfectionnement" soloist program in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, where she studied with Maurice Bourge and Shopie Cherrier.

Ms. Rofé has performed as soloist with many orchestras, among which are the Ensemble orchestral de Paris, Roma Academia Philharmonia Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Camerata, Jerusalem, and "Orchestre de Prix" du CNSM, Paris. She leads a very active musical life, participating in various festivals, including the Danish Chamber Music Festival, the "Santander" festival in Spain, the Pablo Casals Festival, France, and the "Rising Stars" festival, Berlin.

She is currenly first flutist of the Israel Camerata Orchestra. Esti Rofé is a member of the Villa Musica Ensemble in Germany and was supported by the "Yehudi Menuhin" Live Music Now Foundation for encouraging young artists. She has won an award from the Mayer Foundation for outstanding achievements, and was supported by the American-Israeli Cultural Foundation during her studies.

Rofé's wide international career has taken her all over the world, giving concerts in leading venues such as "Cité de la Muisique" and Saal Gaveau in Paris, the 'Berliner Schauspielhaus', and the Tel Aviv Museum. Esti Rofé is the winner of many prestigious national and international prizes, including the Rampal International Flute Competition, Paris, the "Leonardo de Lorenzo" international flute competition, Italy, the international flute competition "A Puncielli", Italy, and the Tel Aviv Academy Woodwind Competition. She has recorded television and radio programs in Israel and abroad, including the German SWR radio and Danish radio and television.

János Bálint flutist was born in 1961 in Hungary. He graduated from Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 1984. After graduating he was given further education by András Adorján.He won many awards at international competitions at that time (Ancona, Leipzig). He was the solo flutist of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra between 1981 - 1991. Since 2000 he is a solo flutist of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1986 he became a soloist of the Cziffra Foundation and his international career was started. He has performed at the most important European festivals and concert halls (London, Paris, Bratislava, Roma, Assisi, Moscow, Helsinki, Salzburg, Budapest). He has also performed in Israel and the United States. He has performed with partners like Ruggero Ricci, Gervase de Peyer, Pierre Pierlot, Miklos Perenyi, Alain Marion, Maxence Larrieu, Georges Cziffra, Tamás Vásáry, Zoltán Kocsis András Adorján, Ransom Wilson and Jean Claude Gerard and with ensembles and orchestras like the English Chamber Orchestra, the Radio Orchestra of Bratislava, "The European Soloists from Luxembourg" Chamber orchestras, Kodáy and Bartok Quartett and with the most important Hungarian symphony and chamber orchestras. He regularly makes radio and TV recordings and takes part in live concerts transmitted by the media. He has made recordings with the Nexos Hungarian Hungaroton (5 CD's) and with the German Capriccio company (12 CD's). Two of this CD's had a specially big success (transcriptions of Paganim and Mendelssohn concertos). New CD with Zoltán Kocsis - Schubert, C.Franck, Dvosor. He has regularly judged at important international flute and chamber music competitions (Hungary, Yugoslavia, USA, Itaia, Poland, Austria, Rumania, Japan). His publications are issued by the Accord Company. He is teaching at Accademia Flautistica (Imola) and Hochshule fuer Musik (Detmold). Now his students got 20 prizes by International Competitions. He does 8-10 master classes a year all over the world. He has a wide repertory (the whole flute literature) from baroque to contemporary including more than a thousand pieces. He performs about 100-120 pieces from this repertory a year. These pieces include concertos, pieces with orchestra, with strings, guitar, harp, piano and voice. To make this wide repertory richer he often makes transcriptions. Many contemporary composers have written pieces for him and he got awards for the interpretation of these pieces. In 1998 Artistic director - Auer Sommer Academy 1999 he established and become a president of Doppler Music Institute in Hungary.
Career history Education and training 1975-79 Conservatory at Szeged 1979-84 Franz Liszt Academy of Music at Budapest 1983 - 85 Masterclasses with András Adorján.
Competitions and awards: 1982 Prize winner Flute Competition Leipzig and Markneukirchen 1984 International Music Competiton Ancona Flute -1st prize Chamber music (Quintett) -1st prize 1986 Solo flutist of Georges Cziffra Foundation 1987 Bartók-Pásztory prize 1994 Artis Jus award for interpretation of contemporary music 2008 Franz Liszt-prize by the Ministry of Culture and Education of Hungary
Orchestral experience : 1981-1991 Solo flutist of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1990 Solo flutist of the „Pro Mondo Uno” World Orchestra 2000-2007 Principal Solo flutist of the Hungarian National Philharmony Orchestra
Pedagogical experience, teaching: 1990-2000 Flute professzor at Music College of University at Szeged 1994-2001 Professor at annual flute course at Rovigo 1996-1997 Professor of Franz Liszt Music Academy at Budapest 1998-2005 Artistic director of Auer Summer Academy of Music at Veszprém 2008- Director of Doppler Institute at Budapest 2001-2007 Professor at Academia Musicale of Imola in Italy 2003- Supervisor professor at Music Academy of Kragujevac, Serbia 2003- Professor at Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany 2009- 12 Professor of Franz Liszt Music Academy at Budapest 2014- Guestprofessor of Karol Szymanowski Music Academy at Katowice
Mastercourses: Sibellius Academy Helsinki-Finland, Musichochschule Wien-Austria Trinity College London Respighi Academy of Rome SuverArt Festival Suvereto-Italy Spectrum 87 Festival Diekirch-Luxembourg Allegro Vivo Festival Horn-Austria Ticino Musica Festival, Lugano-Switzerland Accademia di Taggia, Italy
Master classes: Passau University – Germany Novi-Sad, Kragujevac - Serbia, Turku - Finnland, Tokyo, Osaka -Japan ,Köln, Berlin , Stuttgart, Passau -Germany, Salzburg- Austria, Imola, Milano- Italy, Taipei-Taiwan, Katowice, Sieradz, Lodz, Cracow Poland…
Jury membership: at imporant internatiomal music competitions- USA, Japan, Italy Poland, Serbia, Slovenia Austria, Hungary, Germany, France, Romania
Prizewinner students (between 1992-2015) 1992 Altamura Mercadante Competition 1st prize Sutyinszky Beáta 2nd prize Embey-Isztin Zsófia 1993 Riva del Garda Syrinx Competition 2nd prize Sutyinszky Beáta (there was no 1st prize) 1994 Roma Valentino Bucchi Competition 3rd prize Embey-Isztin Zsófia (there was no 1st prize) Special prize Ms Kunszeri Márta 1996 Prague International Music Competition 3rd prize Kramarics Katalin 1997 Viggiano Lorenzo Competition 1st prize Kramarics Katalin 1997 Roma Syrinx Competition 1st prize Varga Fruzsina 1997 Paris Chamber Music Competition 1st prize Quintett 1998 Paris Rampal Competition 2nd prize Szabó Rozália (there was no 1st prize) Special prize Kramarics Katalin 1998 Trapani Chamber Music Competition 3rd prize Quintett (there was no 1st prize) 1998 Tokyo Flute Competition 3rd prize Tohko Iwase 2002 Krakow –International Flute Comp. 1st prize Katalin Kramarics 2003 Napoli – International Young Flutist Competition 3rd prize Michela Caser 2004 Krakow- International Flute Comp. 4th Prize Izabela Czajkowska 5th Prize Vera Lang 6th Prize Maiko Ichiguro 2005 Beograd – Konjovic Young Flutist Competition 1st Prize Jagoda Sudujko
2007 Kuhlau International Flute Competition 2nd Prize Duo Category Katrien Lissens-Tobias Flügel 2008 Krakow – International Flute Competition 2nd Prize Anita Farkas 2009 Bonn – Deutsche Musikrath Wettbewerb Finalist Anna Klie 2009 Dabrowa Gornicza- International Flute Competition 2nd Prize Gabriele Bertolini 3rd Prize Yi-Hsien Liao
2009 Novi Sad- Eberst International Flute Competition 1st Prize Lívia Duleba 2nd Prize Gabriele Bertolini 3rd Prize Eszter Márfi 2009 Kuhlau International Flute Competition 1st Prize Flute Quartett- Detmold 2010 Wuppertal– Chamber Music Competition 2nd Prize Gabriele Bertolini 2010 Wroclaw –Polish National Flute Competition 1st Prize Wioletta Straczek 2010 ARD International Flute Competition Semifinalist Lívia Duleba Tímea Acsai 2011 Krakow – International Flute Competition 4th Prize Lívia Duleba 6th Prize Wioletta Straczek 2011 "Förderpreis Musik" der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbe – Münster Anita Farkas
2011 Kuhlau International Flute Competition 1st Prize Lívia Duleba ＆ Máté Bán 2011 Cluj Napoca International Flute Competition 2nd Prize Vanda Szabó 2011 Novi Sad –Ebers International Flute Competition 2nd Prize Máté Bán 2012 Dabrowa Gornicza- International Flute Competition 1st Prize Lívia Duleba 2nd Prize Vanda Szabó 3rd Prize Andre Cebrian Spezial Prize Iago Larino 2013 Kuhlau International Flute Competition 2nd Prize Verena Schulte 2013 Lodz International Chamber Music Competition 4th Prize Lívia Duleba-Ah-Ruem Ahn 2013 Gazzeloni International Flute Competition 3rd Prize Carmineluigi Amabile 2014 Krakow-International Flute Competition 1st and Spezial Prize Lívia Duleba 2014 Bucharest Jeunesses International Music Competition 1st Prize Carmineluigi Amabile 2014 Brno- Janacek International Flute Competition 3rd Prize Vanda Szabó 2014 Nicolet International Flute Competition China 2nd Prize Lívia Duleba(without 1st Prize) 4th Prize Mattia Petrilli 2015 Aversa- Cimaresa Internat. Flute Comp.,Italy 1st Prize Carmineluigi Amabile
CD-Recordings:
Capriccio company ( Germany ) 10498 Historie du Tango fl. and git. 10735 Carulli: Double concert 10530 Salieri: Double concert 10584 Holst: Fugal Concerto 10505 Barber: Capricorn Concerto 10757 Original transcriptions for fl. and git. 10509 J. Chr. Bach: Sinfonie concertanti vol. 1. 10747 vol. 2. 10772 vol. 3. 10811 vol. 4. 10748 Miniaturs for flute and harp 10831 Carnevale di Venezia (flutes and chamber orchestra)
Hungaroton company (Hungary) 31481 Mendelssohn violin concertos (flute version) 31661 Vivaldi: Four seasons Paganini : B-minor concerto ( flute version ) 31671 Madarász Iván: Concerto in F(L)A 32051 Flute Pearls 32280 Dvorák: Sonatina in G major Schubert: Introduction and Variations on „Trocken Blumen” Cesar Frank: Sonata in A major

Graduated Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Studied under Masao Yoshida, Yu Kawasaki, Ryu Noguchi. During her study in Wien Music Academy (Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien),studied under Louis Reveur. After playing in Tokyo Philaharmonic Orchestra for 10 years, currently plays in the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra.

He graduated at the Conservatorio S. Cecilia in Rome with Faliero and studied with Tamponi and Gallois. Since 1993 he plays with the Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and has played with such orchestras as Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI in Rome, Orchestra del Teatro S.Carlo in Naples, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In 2003 he has won the First Prize at the Concours "Solo Flute in contemporary music" of Ovada. He plays in several chamber groups. New Music Studium, Choros ensemble, Orfeo and founded the Janua Coeli ensemble in Genoa.

"A few impressions about the 7th Kobe International Flute Competition When I received the invitation for the Kobe International Flute Competition in September 2008, I was really happy and proud to be able to participate at this famous flute competition. Shortly afterwards I checked the other participants on the Internet and when I saw that so many already well-known and successful flutists were going to participate too I was already looking forward to going to Japan. I was really curious to compete with these flutists and to see how far I would get with my playing. At the competition the circumstances for us were perfect. The competition was really well- organized: the hall was great, there were excellent juries, there were pianists who really supported us and there were many good competitors. Altogether I really enjoyed every single round and I always had fun while playing. That I finally won the 1st Prize at the competition was of course the highlight of my time in Japan and I am incredibly happy!!! This victory is for me a big confirmation that the way I chose is the right way and it´s also a big motivation for me to continue this way."
Message for Pearl Flute; I was told that the jury was particularly impressed by my sound and that I was advised to keep my flute! I have been playing my Pearl Flute for about four years and I am still very, very happy and I think that this flute is still perfect for me."
Musical career: · at the age of seven I started to play the recorder at the Landesmusikschule St. Johann in Tirol · at the age of nine I started to play the flute · at the age of sixteen I started my studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg with Prof Michael Martin Kofler Master classes: I participated at some master classes of Prof. Michael Martin Kofler and Prof. Wolfgang Schulz
Competitions: · several 1st prizes as well as special prizes at the national youth competition „Prima la musica" · 2006 finalist of the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition in Vienna · 2007 3rd prize of the 1st International Crusell Flute Competition 2007 in Finland · 2008 1st prize and overall winner of the 42nd International Radio Competition Concertino Praga · 2009 1st prize of the 7th Kobe International Flute Competition
Concert experience: · April 2009: Exhibition Concert with the Kobe City Chamber Orchestra (Japan)· September and October 2008: Soloconcerts with the European Union Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania and the Netherlands · As member of the Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra I participated at the Salzburger Festspiele 2008 · July 2008: Professional CD recording in rague (prize for the overall winner of Concertino Praga) · June 2008: Galaconcert of Concertino Praga at the Rudolfinum as soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of the Czech Radio · July 2007: I played as soloist with the Virtuosi di Kuhmo in Uusikaupuni (Finland) · May 2006: I played as soloist with the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra at the opening of the "Wiener Festwochen" · 2006: Soloconcerts with the Chamber Orchestra InnStrumenti and the Tiroler Landesjugendorchester in Austria, Italy and Switzerland.

Carmen Maret is a performer, composer, teacher and concert organizer based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ms. Maret is co-founder of Folias, a nationally touring flute and guitar duo that she performs and composes with alongside her husband guitarist Andrew Bergeron. In 2008, she released her third CD with Folias as a Blue Griffin Recording Artist.
Ms. Maret's primary academic training took place at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music where she graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Flute Performance, and Michigan State University School of Music where she received a Master of Music in Flute Performance and a second Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology with a focus on Argentine tango music and dance.

He graduated at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna with Anna Maria Morini.He continued his studies with Cambursano, Adorjan, Klemm, Marion, Danesin. He studied also orchestral conducting with S.Celibidache. He was appointed as principal flute of the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1988. In the same year he worked with S.Accardo and his Orchestra da Camera Italiana as principal flute. He has played as principal flute with such Orchestras as Filarmonici della Scala in Milan, Orchestra Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and I Virtuosi di S.Cecilia. He is member and founder of the Quintetto di fiati del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.

Billy Kerr, a versatile musician, is an accomplished jazz artist, composer, arranger and clinician. Bill studied at the Juilliard School of Music and Queens College receiving a BA in music. His major studies were with Augustin Duques (clarinet), Joseph Allard (clarinet and saxophone) and Thomas Nyfenger (flute). His studies in composition and arranging began at Queens College with John Carisi and continued over the years with Don Sebesky, Manny Album, Jim McNeely, Roger Kellaway, and Vince Mendoza. After a four-year hitch in the Air Force Band, Billy established a busy career recording for television, films and commercials and gained extensive experience in the Broadway musical theatre. Billy has performed with a variety of artists covering every musical style. Most notably, they include Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Peter Allen, Henry Mancini, Julie Andrews, Sammy Davis Jr., and Mel Torme. He has also performed with jazz artists such as Phil Woods, Bob Mintzer, the Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band and The National Jazz Ensemble. Performances with the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and the Brooklyn Philharmonic under distinguished conductors like Gunther Schuller and Lukas Foss show yet another facet of his abilities. As tenor saxophonist with the New York Saxophone Quartet, Billy has performed in Europe, Japan, Canada and throughout the United States. In addition to concert performances, the Quartet has appeared on the “Tonight Show” and participated in many teaching clinics. The group has recorded several albums, all of which spotlight Billy's skills as a soloist and writer. Since 2000 Billy has resided in Los Angeles, where he received his Masters degree at the University of Southern California. He remains active in L.A. appearing in concerts and recordings with the likes of Bill Holman, Lennie Niehaus. Clare Fischer, and Kurt Elling. Billy plays regularly in bands led by Buddy Childers, Bob Florence, Steve Huffsteter, Kim Richmond, Bruce Eskovitz(BEJO), and singer, Cathy Segal-Garcia. In 2005, Billy was a featured soloist at Festival Jazz en Lima, Peru. While there, he played lead alto with Maria Schneider as well as led his own quartet in a series of concerts. In addition to his busy performing schedule, Billy writes CD reviews for "Saxophone Journal" and is on the faculty of Citrus College and the College of the Canyons.

Web Site: http://www.billykerr.com/

Born in Paris, BenoÎt FROMANGER studied the flute at the Versailles conservatoire and at the conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris under eminent teachers such as Roger Bourdin, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Alain Marion.On completion of his studies, he won several international competitions. His discography, including many recordings with differents labels like EMI, Phillips, Forlane, Tudor, Sony and more, received a lot of awards such as : The Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français, "Diapason d'or" etc and so on. BenoÎt FROMANGER has frequently performed in Europe, U.S. and Asia with a number of renowned orchestras like the Bavarian Radio Symphony the Berlin Philarmonic and such eminent conductors like L.Bernstein, L.Maazel, C.Abbado,C.M.Giulini, C.Davis, B.Haitink, D.BarenboÏm, R.Mutti, P.Boulez, Z.Mehta,W.Sawallisch etc., He also varied his musical experiences by taking part in many shows, concerts and chamber music ensembles, playing with : Jessye Norman, Carolyn Carlson, Patrick Dupond, Katia et Marielle Labèque, Maxim Vengerov, Sting, Olivier Nivet, Misha MaÏski, Claude Bolling, Juliette Hurel, Christine Icart, Bud, Alessandro Barrico, Viktoria Mullova, Gérard Depardieu... After being the Principal flutist at the Paris Opera House and from the Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra, BenoÎt Fromanger has been a "Professor" at the famous Music Academy Hanns-Eisler in Berlin since 2004. http://hfm-berlin.de/
"BenoÎt FROMANGER is not only a marvelous flutist but also an accomplished musician who nobly honours the école Française de Flûte." - J.P RAMPAL-
"Talented Musician, inspired and hypersensitive, Fromanger remains inscribed as the deserving representative of the French Tradition set up by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Roger Bourdin, his teachers and expresses himself like one of the greatest flautist in the world...
His beautiful vibrancy is wide and generous; but the most noticeable in BenoÎt Fromanger, it is this ability to adapt his phrasing and modify his tone so as to carry out at best his music and all of them." Georges Hustings. (Diapason février 2000) French Benoît Fromanger, né à Paris, a suivi les cours de flûte d'éminents Professeurs tels que Roger Bourdin, Jean-Pierre Rampal et Alain Marion au Conservatoire de Versailles ainsi qu'au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.
Parallèlement à ses études, il a participé à de nombreux concours internationaux qu'il a remportés. Sa discographie, englobant plusieurs enregistrements avec différents labels comme EMI, Philips, Forlane, Tudor, Sony..., a reçu de nombreux prix : Le Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français, << Diapason d'or >> etc.
Benoît Fromanger a donné de nombreuses représentations musicales en Europe, aux Etats-Unis ainsi qu'en Asie avec plusieurs orchestres de grande renommée tels que << The Bavarian Radio Symphony >>, << The Berlin Philharmonic >> et dirigés par de talentueux Chefs d'Orchestre : L. Bernstein, L. Maazel, C. Abbado, C. M. Giulini, C. Davis, B. Haitink, D. Barenboïm, R. Mutti, P. Boulez, Z. Mehta, W. Sawallisch etc.
C'est en participant à de multiples concerts et Ensembles de Musique de Chambre qu'il a diversifié ses expériences musicales auprès d'artistes tels que : Jessye Norman, Carolyn Carlson, Patrick Dupond, Katia et Marielle Labèque, Maxim Vengerov, Sting, Olivier Nivet, Misha Maïski, Claude Bolling, Juliette Hurel, Christine Icart, Bud, Alessandro Barrico, Viktoria Mullova, Gérard Depardieu... Après avoir ètè flûtiste soliste à L'Opéra de Paris ainsi qu'à L'Orchestre Symphonique Bavarois, Benoît Fromanger est désormais << Professeur >> à la célèbre academie de musique "Hanns-Eisler" de Berlin. http://hfm-berlin.de/
<< Benoît Fromanger n'est pas seulement un flûtiste remarquable mais aussi un musicien accompli qui honore noblement l'Ecole Française de Flûte. >>
"Musicien surdoué, inspiré et hypersensible, Fromanger s'inscrit en digne representant de la tradition française établie par Jean-Pierre Rampal et Roger Bourdin,ses professeurs et s'affirme comme l'un des plus grands flûtistes au monde...
Sa sonorité est large et généreuse ; mais le plus remarquable chez Benoît Fromanger, c'est cette capacité à adapter son phrasé et à modifier son timbre pour servir au mieux sa musique et toutes les musiques.>>
Georges Hustings.(Diapason février 2000)

Andy Findon is Europe's most recorded flute player who can be heard on countless movie and TV soundtracks, alongside albums for a long list of international artists. His own releases include groundbreaking and innovative premieres, including his own arrangements of work by composers such as Michael Nyman. Andy is the longest serving member of The Michael Nyman Band, playing baritone saxophone and flutes on Michael's soundtracks and concert tours since the early 1980's.

He studied at the Royal College of Music, following membership (as principal flute) of The National Youth Orchestra. He was also a founder member of the Myrha Saxophone Quartet with John Harle in the late seventies. Thus, although training originally as a classical flautist, these experiences led his career to diversify, covering almost every musical genre, duetting with Pat Metheny, playing with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Tony Bennett, Cilla Black, The Beach Boys and Katherine Jenkins to name but 5 widely contrasting performers. Andy also appears regularly performing works by Karl Jenkins and other successful composers, such as Hans Zimmer, performing the solo Duduk in live performances of his Gladiator movie score. In 1998 Andy performed tin whistle live in the interval act at the Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham and was Mike Oldfield's recorder player (in Dulci Jubilo) at the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Among many appearances in London's West End theatre, he has worked on shows and projects for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, notably featuring on The Beautiful Game, Bombay Dreams (by Indian composer A.R Rahman) and recording Sir Andrew's "Variations" theme tune for The South Bank Show alongside his brother, Julian. Andy played on the movie soundtracks of musicals, including Phantom Of The Opera, Sweeney Todd, Cats, Evita and Mama Mia. He appeared on the 25th anniversary DVD performances of Sir Cameron Mackintosh's Les Miserables and the 2009 DVD of Chess at The Royal Albert Hall.

He is in the iconic, award winning (BBC Radio 2 Best Live Act 2012) "folk-rock" band The Home Service, the legendary "medieval prog-rock" band Gryphon and plays regularly with the major London Symphony orchestras as well as chamber orchestras and groups across the capitol.

Andy is also known as London's foremost "ethnic" instrumentalist, performing on a kaleidoscopic array of unusual woodwind instruments, alongside the more common instruments of the flute, saxophone and clarinet families. He has contributed extensively to the “Spitfire” sample library with work on both orchestral and ethnic instruments, including the release of the “Andy's Kitbag” series. As a composer, he has produced and performed hundreds of music "library" tracks which are played across the media regularly.

Luba Benediktovitch is a principal flute at Madeira Symphony Orchestra, Portugal. Herparents are native from Belarus, but she was born in Russia. She started to play flute at 7, being impressed by "Magic Flute" history.

She took her first flute lesson in Moscow, by Eugene Tredler. At the age of 12 she decided for professional music education and continues her studies at Music lyceum Minsk and conservatories of Munich, Leipzig and Amsterdam. Luba also studied at many master courses and summer school with Willam Bennett in UK and with Aurele Nicolet at Künstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland.

She made her orchestra debut performing Bach Suite Nr. 2 h-Moll BWV 1067 with the orchestra of college of Arts at the International Music Festival in France in 1998. At the same year she wins her first prize at the International Youth Competition in Cisinau, Moldova. In year 2004 she won UNESCO award for young artists and spend almost one year in Banff Centre Canada as an artist in residence. In year 2005, during recording of Hartmann's operas DVD by Bavarian Radio Productions she becomes tendinitis and did not practice her instrument almost for a year. Her comeback in to music performance was winning the 1st prize at the International Competition AudiMozart 2006. Other prizers include DAAD scholarship, Netherlands Government's scholarship, UNESCO Aschberg grant.

In 2008 she took part in Carnegie Hall workshop with soloist of the leading American orchestras at the Weill Institute of Music. Luba was a member of Bayerische Philharmonie and Sudeten Philharmonie, World of Winds under conducting of Christian Lindberg, and Munich Youth orchestra with Mark Mast and Sir Colin Davis. As a soloist she played with different orchestras, such as Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, Banff Festival Orchestra, Minsk Chamber orchestra and Bacau Philharmonie. In 2013 Luba Benediktovitch won 1st Prize at Alexander and Buono Competition in New York with performance at Carnegie Hall. Broadcasts of Lubas performance includes CBC broadcast of the concert with Edgar Meyer and Claire Dolby, Dutch Broadcast with Reinbert de Leeuw, Danish broadcast with Daniel Blumenthal, Radio programs in Belarus, Italy, France and Germany. Luba performed in Carnegie Hall, Palau Barcelona, Beijing concert Hall, Banff Summer Festival, contemporary music festival Gaudeamus at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Carl Orff festival in Andechs, Rheingau festival at Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Thy Chamber music festival Denmark, Trondheim Chamber Music festival in Norway, Turn-und-Taxis festival Regensburg and many other festivals in Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Germany and Holland.

Patrícia de No was born in Barcelona, Spain.

Trained in the French School of Flute, she studied with Claudi Arimany, Maxence Larrieu, Alain Marion, Raymond Guiot and Shighenori Kudo, in Barcelona, Genève and Paris. In 1992 she graduated from the “Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona”, with the First Honor Prize in the Professional Level and in 1994 she earned the artistic diploma “Superior Grade”, with the unanimity of the jury in both cases, obtaining a scholarship from the conservatory to continue her studies abroad.

She entered Maxence Larrieu’s class in the “Conservatoire Súperieur de Musique de Genève”, Switzerland, where she finished her Diplôme de Perfectionament et Virtuosité two years later obtaining the Premier Prix. Patricia de No won some prizes from national and international contests in Spain, Denmark and Germany.

Having an special interest for chamber music and flute literature, she has performed with many artists coming from everywhere in Spain, France, Germany, Italy and United States, and she’s often invited to play in many music festivals in Spain. Patrícia de No has premiered chamber music pieces dedicated to her by many spanish composers. In her orchestral work, she has performed with several ensembles and orchestras such as “Orquestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu”, “Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès”, “Barcelona 216”, “Orquestra Nacional de Cambra d’Andorra”, la “Orquesta Cámara de España, “Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Arena de Verona” (Italy), “Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria”, “Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife”,”Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao”, “Hungarian Virtuosi” de Budapest (1999), time in wich she works with maestro Jean-Pierre Rampal. She has worked also with Sylvain Camberling, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Bertrand de Billy, Sebastian Weigle, Michel Plasson, James Judd, Christopher Hogwood, Jesús Lopez Cobos, Antoni Ros-Marbà, Peter Schneider, Schellenberger, Liù Già,Lawrence Foster, Carlos Prieto, etc. She has performed as a soloist in front of some orchestras like “Prague Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra” (Prague), “Silesian Virtuosi” (Poland), “Orquestra Simònica de Sant Cugat” (Spain), “Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès” (Spain), “Orquestra de l’Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona” (Spain), etc...

She has recorded the literature for flute quartet (Global, Spain 1999), and literature for flute and piano “La flauta Romàntica” (Solfa Recordings, Spain, 2010).

She’s been member of the jury in the “Concurs Internacional de Joves Intèrprets de Les Corts de Barcelona. JIC”, Barcelona. In 2011, P. de No has been invited to audition for “Berliner Philarmonie”, “Rundkunk München”, “München Staats Oper”, “Leipzig Gewandhaus” and “Staatskapelle Weimar”.

In 2012 Patrícia de No play in a tour around China with the Macao Orchestra and maestro Liù Gia. During the season 2012-13, she has been playing as principal flute in BOS (Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa) Spain.

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“El seu timbre és d’una puresa acústica prodigiosa i en mans de Patrícia de No, la flauta sona peculiar i indispensable, amb tota la magnificent bellesa que cap instrument de l’orquestra pot ocupar. La característica de la concertista que cal remarcar és la seva gran versatilitat que li permet arribar a tota mena de públics en aquell intent dels grans artistes per fer assequible la bellesa arreu on vagi.” Eduard Jener, Crític d’arts escèniques. 28.06.15

Convertida en una de les flautistes amb més trajectòria i projecció internacional de la seva generació i mimada per la crítica internacional, Patrícia de No passeja la seva música pels escenaris de mig món. Països com Espanya, França, Itàlia, Alemanya, Dinamarca, Estats Units, Finlàndia, Costa Rica, Colòmbia, la reclamen periòdicament en Festivals de Música i sales de concert. Ha actuat com a solista amb la “Silesian Chamber Orchestra”, “Praghe Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra”, “Orquestra de l’Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona”, “Orquesta Sinfónica Eafit de Medellín” entre altres i aquest any ho farà amb la “Budapest String Chamber Orchestra”. Mestres com S.Camberling, B. De Billy, S. Weigle, M. Plasson, J. Judd, Ch. Hogwood, J. López Cobos, P. Schneider, L. Foster, etc. també l’han dirigida al “Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona”, “Orquesta de Cámara de España”, “Orchestra del Teatro dell’Arena de Verona” etc. Destaca la “Hungarian Virtuosi” de Budapest, en què treballà i rebé consell del mestre Jean-Pierre Rampal. Amb tres CD al mercat, enguany ha estat convidada a la 25a edició del Festival Internacional de Música Costa Rica a on ha interpretat els concerts per flauta i orquestra de Vivaldi. Recentment escollida com a imatge d’”Elyssia” i de la música clàssica 2016-17 pel Grup Freixenet, realitzarà una gira internacional que la pujarà als escenaris dels més prestigiosos teatres de Colombia, Xina i Japó. En breu publica el seu nou treball discogràfic “Intimate” al costat de la pianista Cristina Casale (SolfaRecordings).

Melvyn Desmond "Mel" Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician.
Collins is perhaps best known for his work in progressive rock, having been a member of King Crimson on two separate occasions (the first from 1970 to 1972 and the second from 2013 to the present day) and having played with Camel, the Alan Parsons Project and Chris Squire. He has also worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R＆B and blues rock to jazz.
Career;
Collins was born in a family of musicians. His mother was a singer while his father was a saxophonist and session musician who toured with Judy Garland and Shirley Bassey.
Collins has worked with a large number of notable recording artists, including 10cc, Alexis Korner, Clannad, Eric Clapton, Bad Company, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Roger Chapman, Marianne Faithfull, The Rolling Stones, Roger WatersGerry Rafferty, Tears For Fears, Go West and Joan Armatrading.
He was a member of progressive rock bands King Crimson, Camel, and The Alan Parsons Project. For King Crimson he was Ian McDonald's replacement, playing on the Lizard, Islands and Earthbound albums, and was a session musician on the In the Wake of Poseidon and Red albums. He played on the Crimson Jazz Trio's second album, The King Crimson Songbook, Volume Two, released in 2009.
Collins played the saxophone solo on The Rolling Stones 1978 single, "Miss You", and played with Dire Straits on their live album, Alchemy. He was one of the members of Kokomo with Tony O'Malley, Neil Hubbard, Paddy McHugh, Frank Collins, Dyan Birch, and Alan Spenner, and is a frequent performer with Tony O'Malley.
In 1984, Mel Collins toured with Roger Waters to support the album The Pros and cons of hitch-hiking. In 1985 Collins was part of the supergroup 'Willie and the Poor Boys' appearing in their video with Bill Wyman and Jimmy Page. He toured again with Waters on a second leg of the 'pros and cons' tour. That same year, he also appeared on the album Songs From The Big Chair by Tears for Fears, playing saxophone on the song The Working Hour. In 1986 he was a musician on the animated film When the Wind Blows. He worked again with Waters in 1987, appearing on both the album Radio K.A.O.S. and the subsequent tour.
In 2006 a band member on Die Harald Schmidt Show.
On 13 April 1997 Collins was interviewed by Chris Groom at the Half Moon in Putney. He talked about his life, and times in music.
From 2002–07 Collins has been a member of the King Crimson "revival" group 21st century Schizoid Band, with other former Crimson members.
In May 2008 Kokomo was reformed temporarily. With Collins were Tony O'Malley, Neil Hubbard, Mark Smith, Adam Phillips, Andy Hamilton, Paddy McHugh, Dyan Birch, Frank Collins, Bernie Holland, and Glen Le Fleur.
Collins played woodwinds on the 2011 King Crimson ProjeKct 7, A Scarcity of Miracles, appearing on a King Crimson related album for the first time since 1974. In September 2013, Robert Fripp confirmed that Mel Collins would be a member of King Crimson again, the band being referred to as King Crimson VIII.
Collins was also a member of Pete Haycock's reformation of the Climax Blues Band in 2013, prior to Haycock's death in October 2013.
Selected discography; Circus: Circus (1969) The Alan Parsons Project: Eye in the Sky (1982); Ammonia Avenue (1984) David Byron/The Byron Band: On the Rocks (1981) Camel: Rain Dances (1977); A Live Record (Live,1978); Breathless (1978); Pressure Points (Live,1984) Dire Straits: Alchemy (Live,1984) Jakko Jakszyk and Mel Collins: King Crimson's Night (Live, 2006) Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins: A Scarcity of Miracles (2011) King Crimson: Lizard (1970); Islands (1971); Earthbound (1972) Live at the Orpheum (2015) Kokomo: Kokomo (1975); Rise ＆ Shine (1977) Alexis Korner: Live on Tour in Germany (1973); The Party Album (Live,1980) Alvin Lee: In Flight (Live,1974) The Rolling Stones: Love You Live (Live,1977) 21st Century Schizoid Band: Official Bootleg V.1 (2002); In The Wake of Schizoid Men (2003); Live in Japan (2003, CD and DVD); Live in Italy (2003); Pictures of a City – Live in New York (2006)
Session Work; Collins has done session work for many different artists, among them Joan Armatrading, Bad Company, Camel, Jim Capaldi, Clannad, Bryan Ferry, Alexis Korner, Alvin Lee, Phil Manzanera/801, Anthony Phillips, Chris Squire and Gerry Rafferty
Bands by years; Eric Burdon; saxophonist:1965;1980 Phillip Goodhand-Tait and the Stormsville Shakers; saxophonist 1966 Circus; saxophonist, flautist 1967–69 King Crimson; saxophonist, flautist, keyboardist and backing vocalist 1970–72, 1974, 2013–present Alexis Korner; saxophonist 1972–82 Kokomo; 1973–75 Alvin Lee; saxophonist 1973–2000 Bad Company; saxophonist 1974–82 Snafu; saxophonist 1974–75 Humble Pie; saxophonist 1974–75 Uriah Heep; saxophonist 1975 Phil Manzanera; saxophonist 1975–87 Bryan Ferry; 1976–93 Eric Clapton; saxophonist 1977 Small Faces; saxophonist 1977 Streetwalkers; saxophonist 1977 Camel; saxophonist 1977–84 Joan Armatrading; saxophonist 1977–83 The Rolling Stones; saxophonist 1977–78 Ian Matthews; saxophonist 1978–79 Gerry Rafferty; saxophonist 78–94 Anthony Phillips; saxophonist and flautist 1978–80 Sally Oldfield; saxophonist 1980–83 Jim Capaldi; saxophonist 1980–88 Marianne Faithfull; saxophonist 1981 Caravan; saxophonist 1981 The Alan Parsons Project; saxophonist 1982–84 Cliff Richard; saxophonist 1982–83 Dire Straits; saxophonist 1983 Wang Chung; saxophonist 1983 (Their famous solo with this band is from the song "Dance Hall Days," from the album Points On The Curve.") Tears for Fears; saxophonist 1983–85 10cc; saxophonist 1983 Eberhard Schoener; saxophonist:1983 Roger Waters and the Bleeding Heart Band; saxophonist 1984–87, and played on the last shows of the 2000 In the Flesh tour. Go West; saxophonist 1985 Clannad; saxophonist 1985, 1994–98 21st century Schizoid Band; saxophonist, flautist, keyboardist and backing vocalist 2002–04

Matteo Evangelisti was born in Rome in 1985, and he began studying the flute at age 13 with Filippo Cianfoni and graduated in 2003 with highest honors. Than he graduated with Glauco Cambursano in the Academy of Imola, where he obtained a Master's degree.

Currently principal flute of the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera in Rome (chosen from Riccardo Muti), he has collaborated with the most important Italian orchestras such as the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia's Academy, the Teatro alla Scala, the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala , the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.

First prize of the most important national and international competitions in Italy, such as: Krakamp, Severino Gazzelloni, Syrinx, Ovada, Palmi, Leonardo de Lorenzo.

He won the International Competition Biwako in Japan and the International Competition Timisoara in Romania, second prize in the International Competition in Nice Maxence Larrieu and special mention to Jean-Pierre Rampal International Competition in Paris.

He has performed as a soloist with the philharmonic Valcea in Romania and Vidin, the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Cameristi and has given recitals in Geneva and Nice with Maestro Larrieu.

Graduated Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Won 3rd prize at the 45th Mainichi Music Competition in the wind instrument category in 1975. Joined the New Japan Philharmonic Orcestra in 1975 and was playing with the Tokyo Philharmonic orchestra as a principal flutist. Is a standing director of Japan Flutist Association and an instructor at Shoubi Junior College. Studied under Masao Yoshida, Yasuji Takahashi and Tsuyoshi Koizumi.

Masahiro Aizawa is originally from Miyagi Prefecture.
He joined the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in 1989 while while still a student at Tokyo College of Music.
In 1991, he won 3rd prize in the Solo Division of the 5th Japan Flute Convention Competition.
In 1995, Aizawa was appointed Principal Flutist of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
In April 2025, he was appointed as a professor at his alma mater, Tokyo College of Music. 
As a result of this appointment, he became Guest Principal Flutist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, where he had performed for 36 years.
He currently serves as a board member of both the Japan Flutists Association and the Asia Flutists Federation.

"Maria plays with an intelligent sound" Aurele Nicolet has said when he heard the young flutist playing, student yet. In her maturity her sound has become more intelligent with an esoteric depth to the very soul of the composition. She proclaims that the work of an artist should not only perceived by our material senses but reach beyond to the invisible platonic world of ideas dominated by the laws of harmony. The mission of the flutist, used to say to her student, is to serve wisdom through love indispensable property of sound produced by a flutist. She is part of those performers' real masters of their craft in such way that technical difficulties of breathing, attack or fingering play no significance to them. Beyond her immaculate technical mastering seeing in her playing Rodrigo's 'Concierto Pastoral' or in Paganini's capriccios, is the lovely interpretation that prevails which is achieved by her reach flexible sound emphasizing each　note with a different colour. Maria is thrill by the challenge presented by those compositions of transcendental technical difficulty, their pure artistic joy in the bravura and sparkling of such arrangements subjugating any appreciation of musical revelation. She also is a master of piccolo producing a magnificent sound especially in the high notes characterized by the absence of any harshness, in the contrary creating a smooth and soothing effect to senses reminding nightingale.
She was born in Athens where she took the first courses of music in age of three following Karl Orf method. She continued studying flute in the Conservatoire of Athens class Urs Ruttiman and she did graduate with excellent and high distinction. For two continuous years she participates in the international flute seminar given by James Galway in the Lucerne (Weggis) and in the University of Dublin. She has played as soloist with the State Youth Orchestra, the Greek Kamerata, the State Symphony Orchestra of Thessalonica, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, the public Philharmonic Orchestra of Georgia (Tiflida) as well as the Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra of Athens (ERA) in which she is the principal flutist since 1993 and permanent member since 1987. In 1992 played in Greece as a flute soloist the premier of "Concierto Pastorale>> by J. Rodrigo with the State Symphony Orchestra of Thessalonica. Later she recorded the same flute concerto with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Athens. She has taken part in various musical ensembles and has given recital in all Greece, in the 3rd Music Program of Greek National Radio as well as in the National Television. Today she is managing to create a balance between career and family being a great mother to 3 lovely young children.

The Ensemble "les Lunettes" was formed in 2007 by four male flutists. "Lunettes" means "glasses" in French; all the members wear eye-glasses. They perform annual concert in Osaka on April 1st, and won praises by performance in Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Hamamatsu, and Sabae etc. Winner of 1st prize of the Ensemble Award in the 16th Japan Flute Convention. They released three CDs; "Eight Lenses" in 2012, "Briccialdi- Flute quartet" in 2014, and "Sorcery Flutes" in 2016.
◆Hideki MORIMOTO He graduated from the Music Faculity of Kyoto City University of Arts. During his studies he served as a flutist in the Osaka Syimphony Orchestra until 1998. He is now a principal flutist of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra Japan.
◆Yoshitaka TANIKAZE He graduated from the Music Faculity of Kyoto City University of Arts. After graduate, He studied Flute and Voice in Vienna. He is the 3rd prize winner at the 10th Japan Flute Convention Concours, and he is finalist of the The 8th Biwako International Flute Competition.
◆Seiichiro EDO He has received BM, MM and DMA degrees from Kyoto University of Arts. He studied the Ecole Nationale de Musique d'Aulnay-sous-bois in France. He won the 1st prize at the Concours Européen de Musique en Picardie, Concours internationaux de musique et de chant de l'UFAM and Concours de flûte Le Parnasse etc. He now performs in The College Operahouse Orchestra Oska.
◆Shin'nosuke KOYAMA He graduated from the Music Faculity of Kyoto City University of Arts. In 2006, he has performed 5th Flute Festa in Okinawa as a guest conducter and a guest flutist. He now performs to play flute and conduct. Japanese 2007年に結成された4名の男性フルート奏者によるパフォーマンス・グループ。「リュネット」はフランス語で「メガネ」を意味し、メンバー全員がメガネを着用している。フルートの演奏はもちろんのこと、歌や多彩な楽器を駆使し、さらにはお芝居やコントまでなんでも飛び出す笑い溢れる多彩なステージが好評を博している。2013年、第16回日本フルートコンヴェンションコンクール・アンサンブルアワード部門において第1位を受賞。Studio N.A.Tより3枚のアルバムをリリース。アンサンブル・リュネットのメンバーは眼鏡の生産地として世界的に知られる福井県鯖江市より「さばえブランド大使」に認定されている。
森本英希 和歌山県橋本市出身。京都市立芸術大学大学院音楽研究科修士課程修了。大阪シンフォニカー（現大阪交響楽団）フルート奏者を経て、現在テレマン室内オーケストラ首席フルート奏者。その他、ムラマツフルートレッスンセンター講師、フルート四重奏「アンサンブル・リュネット」リーダー、現代音楽アンサンブル「ネクスト・マッシュルーム・プロモーション」団員、「京都バロック楽器アンサンブル」代表としても活動している。
谷風佳孝 奈良県奈良市出身。京都市立芸術大学音楽学部卒業後、ウィーンで声楽を学ぶ。桐朋オーケストラ・アカデミー研修課程修了。第5回KOBE国際学生音楽コンクール管楽器部門を鍵盤ハーモニカで審査委員長賞。第10回日本フルートコンベンション・コンクール・ソロ部門第3位。第8回びわ湖国際フルートコンクール入選。現在、フルートと鍵盤ハーモニカを中心に、多種多様な活動を行っている。天理楽器フルート講師。
江戸聖一郎 兵庫県伊丹市出身。京都市立芸術大学音楽学部卒業。同大学大学院音楽研究科博士（後期）課程を修了し、フランソワ・ドゥヴィエンヌに関する研究で博士号を取得。大学卒業後に渡仏し、フランス国立オールネイ・スー・ボワ音楽学校において、パトリック・ガロワ氏に師事する。同校を審査員満場一致の一等賞を得て卒業。ザ・カレッジ・オペラハウス管弦楽団フルート奏者。パールフルートギャラリー〈大阪〉教室講師。
小山真之輔 沖縄県沖縄市出身。京都市立芸術大学音楽学部卒業。2006年「第五回笛祭り沖縄フルートフェスタ2006」ではフルートと指揮の両方でゲストとして招かれる。これまでフルートを山田はじめ、大嶋義実、瀬尾和紀の各氏に師事。大学在学中より指揮者としての活動を開始し、交響曲、協奏曲、ミュージカル、新曲初演など様々な作品を指揮。現在はフルートと指揮の両方で演奏活動を行っている。ドルチェ音楽教室フルート講師。 Korean 2007년에 결성된 4명의 남성 플루트 연주자로 구성된 퍼포먼스 그룹. “류네트”는 프랑스어로 “안경”을 뜻하고, 멤버 전원이 안경을 쓰고 있다. 플루트 연주는 물론, 노래와 다양한 악기를 연주하고 나아가 연극과 콩트까지 무엇이든지 튀어나오는 웃음 넘치는 다양한 무대로 호평을 받고 있다. 2013년、제16회 일본플루트컨벤션 콩쿨 앙상블 부문에서 1위를 수상, Studio N.A.T에서 3매의 앨범을 발매. 앙상블 류네트의 멤버는 안경의 생산지로서 세계적으로 알려져 있는 후쿠이현 사바에市로부터 “사바에 브랜드 대사”로 인정받고 있다.

Luis Orden was born in Castelldefels (Barcelona) in 1966.

He began his studies on transverse flute at the "Conservatorio Superior de Musica" in Seville at the end of which he was noted with Distinction and awarded with the "Prize of Honour" in Chamber Music; then, he continued his musical career studing with Magdalena Martinez and Wendela van Swool. He also took part in several masterclasses with Raymond Guiot, Robert Dick and Vicens Prats. He has performed in prestigious national and international concerts halls, such as the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires (Argentina), the Polish Radio Concert Hall in Katowice, the Spanish National Auditorium, the Gugghenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Apolo Theatre in Seville, the International Festival in Ubeda, the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art, etc. Now he regularly performs with various chamber groups and orchestra: with Maria http://www.mariaestherguzman.com Esther Guzmán (on a guitar and flute duet); with the Ensemble http://www.solistasdesevilla.com Solistas de Sevilla; the Trio Pleyel; the Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias and the Orquesta de Cordoba of which he has been an important guest for many years. Many composers dedicated to him their works, some of them he played as première, as he performed too as premiére many other piecès. Lot of Luis Orden's concerts have been transmitted by the Spanish National Radio; as a multi-talented musician he also recorded various cds. One of them was realized with the sevillan guitarist M. Ester Guzman ( LINDORO- 2004) with works by Robert Beaser, M. Castelnuovo- Tedesco, J.A. Amargos, E.Morales and A.Piazzolla; a second one with the Ensemble Solistas de Sevilla ( CGC Producciones- 2004) with works by M. de Falla, M.Castillo, T.Marco and M.Angel Gris. His latest cd production with the Ensemble Solistas has been presented on November 2005 and it includes works composed by Luis de Pablo and Francisco Guerrero ( SELLO AUTOR, SGAE- 2005) For the recording company "Lindoro" Luis Orden also collaborated in the making of two cds, one with Trio Pleyel ("Variations on- lá ci darem la mano". Beethoven.) the other, playing a live broadcast version of "Hamburger Sonata" by C.Ph. E. Bach. Furthermore he also worked as a player with numerous artists in recording studios realizing cds of various kind of music (flamenco, sevillana, rumba) Now he is Professor of flute at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica Manuel Castillo in Seville. Luis Orden is a new Pearl Flute artist. HYPERLINK http://www.luisorden.com

Alain Menard was born in Paris. He was taught by Maurice Pruvot, then followed Pierre Sechet's, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Alain Marion's classes.
He works with numerous national orchestras : Orchestre Natioanl de l'Opera de Paris, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre National d'Ile de France... where he meets and is enriched by artists, such as; M.W.Chung, S.Bichkov, G.Prêtre, Y.Sado, F.J.Thiolier, J.P.Wallez, P.Fontanarosa, I.Gitlis, G.Jones, B.Hendriks, R.Muraro, Sœurs Labèque, F.R.Duchable, B.Rigutto, J.Menuhin, B.Fromanger, J.Hurel, P.Jaroussky, N.Dessay, P.Petibon, P.Dupont, S.Ghilhem, Morane, M.Fugain, J.J Mosalini, Dee-Dee Bridge-Water...

Alain Ménard has also played as a soloist with the Orchestre de chambre de la Camerata de Versailles, the Sinfonietta de Chambord, the Orchestre Français de Musique Legere... As a recitalist he has played with the pianist Alain Armand (international prize of Juan), the harpists Bernard Andres (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France) and Francis Pierre (Orchestre de Paris), the percussionist Jean Geoffroy (professor at CNSM of Lyon and Geneva).
Appreciated in the Jazz world, Alain records 3 CDs with Magazine Record and ADJ: "Jazzoflute": is CD of the week on TSF, given 9 out of 10 in the catalogue AKAI for best cds "Jazzoflute Quintet" and "Au Milieu de Nulle part": were CDs of the week on TSF.
“A well produced CD, it must be highlighted and praised in Alain Menard a remarkable flautist."
"A revelation! A little bit in the image of the pianist Chick Corea and Steve Kujala... do not miss out" ( Jazz festival of Aulnay).
Alain Menard teaches flute and piccolo at the Ecole National de Musique de Creteil and the Conservatoire of the 11th in Paris. He is also playing in the Lion King show at the Theatre Mogador in Paris.
He plays on a Pearl flute, hand made Opera 18K Gold model.

Brooklyn native Lori Bell is a flutist and composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies. A resident of San Diego, she has contributed to the development of higher standards of jazz performance while earning acclaim from both peers and critics for her artistry on stage and in recordings.
Her debut on Discovery Records, "Love Will Win" with pianist / vocalist Dave Mackay and assist Andy Simpkins, received warm praise and four and a half stars (out of five) from the esteemed Leonard Feather and was selected on the Grammy list for Best New Artist in 1983. A second Discovery disc, "Take Me To Brazil", showed a natural fluency in this Latin idiom and demonstrated her ability to maintain a high level of inspiration. This album featured the first of several fine compositions and was enthusiastically given four stars by the Los Angeles Times in 1989.
Over the past 15 years, Ms. Bell's many performances in venues such as the Wadsworth Theater, Elario's and the Jazz Bakery established her reputation, among musicians and audiences alike, as a remarkably vital interpreter. Her outstanding contributions with the ensemble Straight Ahead, during the 2997 Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center, broadened that reputation and were noted in the music periodical Jazziz for their fire and commitment. She continues to deepen her understanding of the rich, varied language of jazz even as she develops her eloquent gifts of communication.
In 1998, this artistic maturity was delightfully demonstrated with her stellar work with Dave Mackay and guitarist / vocalist Ron Satterfield in the trio Interplay. Their Self-titled first album from Webster's Last Word was selected on the 1999 Grammy ballot in four categories, including Best Jazz Solo by Ms. Bell on Pat Metheny, "It's Just Talk." The disc, which garnered four stars from Scott Yanow in Strictly Jazz magazine, also features her composition "Playing in The Snow", a waltz that skillfully combines an uncommon musicality with a fresh, intrinsic charm.
There is a surpassing craftsmanship-inspired improvisation rendered within a wonderful harmonic and melodic framework - that is at once fulfilling to the musician's mind and music lover's heart. It is a quality, which embodies the fundamental appeal of Ms. Bell/'s music and which conveyed her special talents to a wider audience with her most recent endeavor, her eponymous CD.
Released in 2002 on the Beezwax label, the "Lori Bell" album successfully interpreted more commercially viable arrangements grounded in the best jazz fundamentals. The Grammy Award panel recognized the album's comprehensive excellence with selections in five categories, among them Best Instrumental Arrangement and Best Contemporary Jazz Album. The press also found the collaborative efforts of Ms. Bell and her colleagues to be exceptionally persuasive.
Marco Pignataro wrote in Jazz Improv of "...truly enjoy(ing) the sophistication of the arrangements and the professionalism of each member of Mrs. Bell's band. And noted that Bells "...command of the flute is outstanding...(her) arabesques really paint some beautiful landscapes." He appreciated the album for "...delivering a good mélange of playful grooves and soothing atmospheres as a backdrop for Bell's remarkable flute playing." In addition, Cadence magazine's Frank Rubolino observed that Ms. Bell "...makes the music happen with her wide range of improvising skills and melodious tonality." He also remarked of her "definitive solo statements on each of the tunes..." while commending her for the lyrical intensity and spontaneity of her tasteful playing.
Most recently, Ms. Bell performed at the Gala for the 2003 Annual Conference of the National Flute Association. She and her musical partner, Ron Satterfield, distinguished themselves as worthy peers of the many fine musicians that graced the stage that evening. She seeks to use the valuable experience of participating in the annual conference as a foundation for inspired effort in reaching an even higher level of musical excellence.

He graduated from the Academy of Music in KrakÓw in 1977 in the flute class of Prof. Barbara Swiatek-Zelazny. During the years 1976-1979 he was the first flutist of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Olsztyn and during the season of 1979/1980 of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Szczecin. During the years 1981-1984 he stayed in Egypt working as the first flutist of Cairo Symphony Orchestra and the lecturer at Cairo Conservatory. There he established the ensemble Pro Musica consisting of musicians from different countries. This was the initial model for the ensemble established in Olsztyn in 1985 under the same name.

During the years 1985-1992 Leszek Szarzynski with Pro Musica made numerous recordings for radio and television and presented concerts in Poland and abroad. From 1985 until 1997 he was the first flutist, during the years 1997-1999 the artistic director and as of 2000 the general director of Feliks Nowowiejski Philharmonic Orchestra in Olsztyn. In September 1992 he established the Pro Musica Antiqua chamber music ensemble, which artistic director and manager he is. Since 1993 he is also the artistic director of Summer Concerts and since 1995 - Gi_ycko Organ and Chamber Music Concerts. As of 1996 he has been a co-organizer of evening events 'Cavata at Olsztyn Castle'. During the years 2000-2002 he was the general director of Elk Flute Academy. Since 2001 he has been artistic director of the Mazurian festival of Arts, Cultures and Nations and plenipotentiary of the city president for culture and education. During the years 2003-2004 he was the consultant of the voivode of Warmia and Mazury for culture. In 1999 he became the professor at the Chair of Music at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.

As a soloist and member of chamber music ensembles, he performed in several countries including Egypt, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania and Sweden. He is also cooperatives with numerous philharmonic orchestras in Poland. He made many recordings for archives and on CD's. His achievements were honored by many awards, for example 'Atut 94' and 'Golden Record' granted by DUX Phonographic Company. During the years 1995-2004 with Pro Musica Antiqua he recorded 4 CD's with baroque sonatas of German, Italian, French, English and polish composers (old-time and modern) - as the realization of 'European music in the historic buildings of Warmia and Mazury' project. In artist's output we can find solo record with polish modern music registered at the Warsaw Philharmonic among with Warsaw Chamber Orchestra in 2001.

Leszek Szarzynski plays the flute by Pearl Handmade Flute, 14 k, Gold Body, 'Maesta' 9840RBE model and since 2002 is an artistic director of that company.

The renowned Polish flutist Krzysztof Maciej Kaczka was born in Torun. He is thought of as one of the most creative and versatile musicians of his generation. He learned to play the flute in early childhood, originally with Cecilia Knopp, in Chorzow, and later with Grzegorz Cimoszko and Elzbieta Dastych-Szwarc in Warsaw. He completed his studies with Irena Grafenauer at the Mozarteum Salzburg, with Wolfgang Schulz at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, and with Marianne Henkel-Adorjan at the University of Music and Theater in Munich. It was here that he received his masterclass diploma in 2005.

As an Erasmus scholar, he had the opportunity to perfect his artistic skills with Pierre-Yves Artaud at the Conservatoire de Paris. He has attended many masterclasses, including ones with Jeanne Baxtresser, Julius Baker, Philippe Bernold, William Bennett, Patrick Gallois, Peter-Lukas Graf, and Carol Wincenc. As an Artist in Residence at the Banff Center for the Arts in Canada, he has worked together with leading artists such as Joel Smirnoff (Juilliard String Quartet), Chen Halevi, Pedja Muzijevic, and Barry Shiffman.

Today, he continues his education by regularly taking lessons from Andreas Blau, former principal flutist of the Berliner Philharmoniker. In order to expand his artistic repertoire, he began studying the baroque flute with Michael Schmidt-Casdorff at the Nowowiejski Academy of Music, in Bydgoszcz.

Krzysztof Kaczka delights audiences around the world with his playing. He has been the prize winner and finalist of multiple international competitions (in New York, Sydney, and Pittsburgh). In 2007, he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York as one of the winners of the “IBLA Grand Prize”. In 2009, he was awarded first prize in the flute competition, “Australian Flute Festival”, in Adelaide. He has regularly played as a soloist and chamber musician at the Carnegie Hall in New York (2009-2020), at Wellington Town Hall in New Zealand (2009), at the Cláudio Santoro National Theater in Brasilia (2013), with the Athens State Orchestra in the Megaron Athens Concert Hall (2015), at the Shenzhen Grand Theater in China and at the Munich Residenz. He regularly undertakes extensive tours on all continents; he has performed concerts in various metropolises in the USA and Canada, such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and Ottawa, as well in Australia and New Zealand including Canberra, Syndey, Perth, Hobart, and Wellington. He has also appeared in South America, including in Lima and Brasilia, as well as many cities in Asia, such as Tokyo, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Yangon. He has been a guest several times in the Middle East and Kuwait City as well as in Addis Ababa. Krzysztof Kaczka has also given concerts in many European capitals such as Warsaw, Budapest, Vienna, Rome, Paris, Athens, and Dublin.

From 2009 to 2012, he was active as a solo flutist in the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, one of the three largest and most successful symphony orchestras in China, where among others, he worked together alongside Yu Long, Jiří Bělohlávek, Krzysztof Penderecki, Lawrence Foster, Philippe Entermont, Stéphane Denève, Maxim Vengerov, Sylvian Camberling, Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, Shlomo Mintz, Sarah Chang, and Midori. Krzysztof Kaczka has recorded numerous CDs for the Polish music record label Acte Prealable and in 2012 he was recognized with the Award
of Excellence at the Global Music Awards (USA) for the recording of his Chopin CD. In 2020, he released his first CD with Hänssler Classic, featuring works of the Polish composer Lukasz Wos and with a piano accompaniment by the Russian pianist Tatjana Chernichka. Krzysztof Kaczka has also been principal flutist of the Filharmonia Sudecka, in Poland, and the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, in China.

In 2022, he was nominated for the prestigious Opus Klassik Prize in three different categories including: Best Instrumentalist of the Year, Best Concert Recording, and Best Chamber Music Recording.

His recordings have been regularly played on large radio stations, such as BBC 3, Radio France, BR, SWR, WDR, MDR, NDR, RBB, Radio Romania Muzical, RTP Portugal, and on Polish radio. In 2017 and 2020 the New York Artist Management organized various sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall, in Weill Recital Hall and the Stern Auditorium. Here the musician showed his qualities as a chamber musician in various forms.

In 2019, Krzysztof Kaczka created a sensation on the internet when he started posting various videos in which he would play complex pieces of music whilst exercising in his fitness studio. The videos, which were shown on the most important internet portals, such as Classic FM and MSN, had a very high audience rating and were viewed by millions of people.

Krzysztof's breathing technique was particularly notable, as it allowed him to continue playing the most difficult melodies whilst exercising and without being impaired. In 2020, upon invitation from the producers, he took part in the 10th edition of the Romanian Talent Show, where he delighted the panel of judges with his performance of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto whilst undertaking exertive cardio exercise. He unanimously received the maximum number of votes from the panel of judges and went on to the next round. This was followed by a CD recording with Romanian music accompanied by the pianist Lilian Akopova and the Violin Concerto of endelssohn with the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as invitations to TV interviews for the Polish broadcaster TVN and the Kuwaiti program Hala Kuwait on Kuwait TV2.

In 2003, Krzysztof Kaczka founded Duo Artus with Perry Schack and later Trio Artus with Esti Rofe. Alongside his occupation as a flute professor at the PAAET College in Kuwait, he has become a sought-after master class leader, amongst others at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Iowa University, Kangnam University in South Korea, West Virginia University, and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane. Audio engineer Rafa Sardinia, a multiple Grammy Award-winning sound engineer, worked as the chief audio engineer for this project.

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Der polnische Star-Flötist Krzysztof Kaczka wurde in Torun in Polen geboren. Er gilt als einer der kreativsten und vielseitigsten Musiker seiner Generation. Bereits in der frühen Kindheit begann er, den Flötenunterricht bei Cecilia Knopp im polnischen Chorzów zu nehmen. Später studierte er bei Irena Grafenauer am Mozarteum Salzburg, bei Wolfgang Schulz an der Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Wien und bei Marianne Henkel-Adorjan an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater in München. Im Jahre 2005 erhielt er dort sein Meisterklassen-Diplom. Als Erasmusstipendiat hatte er die Möglichkeit am Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Dance de Paris seine künstlerischen Fähigkeiten zu perfektionieren. Er besuchte zahlreiche Meisterkurse u. a. bei Jeanne Baxtresser, Julius Baker, Philippe Bernold, William Bennett, Patrick Gallois, Peter Lukas Graf und Carol Wincenc. Als „Artist in Residence“ am Banff Centre for the Arts in Kanada arbeitete er mit führenden Künstlerpersönlichkeiten wie Joel Smirnoff (Juilliard String Quartet ), Chen Halevi, Pedja Muzijevic, Barry Shiffman, zusammen. Auch heute bildet er sich weiter, indem er bei Andreas Blau, dem ehemaligen Soloflötisten der Berliner Philharmoniker regelmäßig Unterricht nimmt. Um sein künstlerisches Repertoire zu erweitern, begann er das Studium der historischen Traversflöte bei Michael Schmidt-Casdorff an der Nowowiejski-Musikakademie in Bydgoszcz.
Krzysztof Kaczka begeistert mit seiner Musik die Zuhörer in der ganzen Welt. Er ist Preisträger und Finalist zahlreicher internationaler Wettbewerbe (New York, Sydney, Pittsburgh). Im Jahre 2007 trat er zum ersten Mal in der Carnegie Hall in New York als einer der Preisträger des „IBLA Grand Prize New York“ auf. Im Jahr 2009 gewann er den Ersten Preis im Flötenwettbewerb „Australian Flute Festival“ in Adelaide. Er spielte regelmäßig als Solist und Kammermusiker in der Carnegie Hall in New York (2009-2020), in der „Wellington Town Hall“ in Neuseeland (2009), im „Teatro Claudio Santoro“ in Brasilia (2013), in der Athener Konzerthalle „Megaron“ (2015) und in der Münchner Residenz. Regelmäßig reist er zu ausgedehnten Tourneen in alle Kontinente: Er gab Konzerte in mehreren Metropolen in den USA und Canada wie Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Ottawa, ebenso wie in Australien und Neuseeland in Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Hobart und Wellington. Er trat auch in Südamerika in Lima, Brasilia auf, sowie in vielen Städten Asiens wie Tokyo, Singapur, Kuala Lumpur und Yangon. Mehrfach war er im Nahen Osten und Kuwait City als auch in Addis Abeba zu Gast. Krzysztof Kaczka konzertierte auch in vielen europäischen Hauptstädten wie Warschau, Budapest, Wien, Rom, Paris, Athen und Dublin.
In den Jahren 2009-2012 war er als Soloflötist im Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra tätig, einem der drei größten und erfolgreichsten Sinfonieorchester Chinas, wo er u.a. mit Yu Long, Jiri Belohlavek, Krzysztof Penderecki, Lawrence Foster, Philippe Entermont, Stephane Denéve, Maxim Vengerov, Stephane Deneve, Sylvian Camberling, Yo Yo Ma, Lang Lang, Shlomo Mintz, Sarah Chang und Midori zusammengearbeitet hat.
Krzysztof Kaczka hat zahlreiche CDs für den polnischen Musikverlag Acte Prealable eingespielt und 2012 wurde er mit dem Award of Excellence bei Global Music Awards (USA) für die Aufnahme seiner Chopin-CD ausgezeichnet. Im Jahr 2020 hat er seine erste CD bei Hänssler Classic mit Werken des polnischen Komponisten Lukasz Woś und mit Klavierbegleitung der russischen Pianistin Tatjana Chernichka herausgegeben. Im Jahre 2022 wurde er bei dem renommierten Opus Klassik Preis, der für außergewöhnliche musikalische Leistungen im Bereich der klassischen Musik verliehen wird, in drei Kategorien: Instrumentalist des Jahres, beste Konzerteinspielung und beste Kammermusikeinspielung nominiert.
Seine Aufnahmen wurden regelmäßig von den großen Radiosendern wie dem BR, SWR, WDR, MDR, NDR, RBB und auch im polnischen Rundfunk gespielt. In den Jahren 2017 und 2020 organisierte das New York Artist Management verschiedene Konzerte in der ausverkauften Carnegie Hall – in Weill Recital Hall und im Stern Auditorium. Dort zeigte der Musiker seine Qualitäten als Kammermusiker in verschiedenen Formationen.
Im Jahre 2019 hat Krzysztof Kaczka ein großes Aufsehen im Internet erregt, als er anfing zahlreiche Videos zu veröffentlichen, auf denen er in seinem Fitnessstudio während der Sportübungen komplizierte Musikstücke vorspielt. Die Videos, die durch die wichtigsten Musik- Internetportale wie Classic fm und MSN gezeigt wurden, hatten eine sehr hohe Einschaltquote und wurden von Millionen von Menschen angeschaut. Besonders hervorgehoben wurde Krzysztofs Atemtechnik, die es ihm erlaubt, während der sportlichen Übungen ungestört die schwierigsten Melodien weiterzuspielen. Im Jahr 2020 nahm er auf Einladung der Organisatoren an der 10. Edition von Romania Talent Show, wo er die Jury mit seiner Darbietung eines Violinkonzerts von Mendelssohn, während einer schweren Cardio Übung begeisterte und mit einer maximalen Stimmzahl von der Jury einstimmig in die nächste Etappe der Show befördert wurde. Darauf folgten eine CD-Aufnahme mit rumänischer Musik mit Begleitung der Pianistin Lilian Akopova und eines Violinkonzerts von Mendelssohn Bartholdy mit dem Janacek Philharmonischen Orchester und Einladungen zu TV-Interviews für den polnischen Sender TVN und das kuwaitische Programm Hala Kuwait in Kuwait TV2.
Im Jahre 2003 gründete Krzysztof Kaczka zusammen mit Perry Schack das Duo Artus und später mit Esti Rofe das Trio Artus. Neben seiner Tätigkeit als Professor für Flöte am PAAET College of Basic Education in Kuwait wurde er zum gefragten Leiter von Meisterkursen u.a. an der Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Iowa University, West Virginia University und am Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane.

Katharina Böhm-Prokein was born in Wasserburg am Inn. The first flute she held in her hands was a precious heirloom – the original flute of her great-great-great-grandfather Theobald Böhm. She began to learn the art of playing the flute when she was nine. As a young student, she was accepted at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, where she began her musical education before transferring in 1997 to the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music in Leipzig to study under Professor Irmela Boßler and Anna Garzuly. During her studies, she was engaged by the MDR Symphony Orchestra and deepened her knowledge of the traverso flute under the guidance of Benedek Csalog. Since 2004, she has been contracted as the principal flutist with the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her orchestral work, she also delights audiences with solo concerts and performs chamber music in the duo Torbellino with Cornelius Altmann (percussion). In 2022, she was a jury member of the 5th International Theobald Böhm Flute and Alto Flute Competition. She is also a member of the woodwind quintet of the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra and concerts in various Baroque ensembles. Concert tours have taken her through Europe, China, South Africa, and Central America.

 

German: Katharina Böhm-Prokein wurde in Wasserburg am Inn geboren. Die erste Flöte, die sie in ihren Händen hielt, war ein wertvolles Erbstück – die Originalflöte ihres Ur-Ur-Ur-Großvaters Theobald Böhm. Mit neun Jahren begann sie Flöte zu spielen. Als Jungstudentin wurde sie am Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium in München aufgenommen, wo sie ihre musikalische Ausbildung begann, bevor sie 1997 an die Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig wechselte, um bei Professor Irmela Boßler und Anna Garzuly zu studieren. Während ihres Studiums wurde sie vom MDR-Sinfonieorchester engagiert und vertiefte ihr Wissen über die Traversflöte unter der Anleitung von Benedek Csalog. Seit 2004 ist sie als Solo-Flötistin im Leipziger Sinfonieorchester engagiert. Neben ihrer Orchestertätigkeit begeistert sie auch das Publikum mit Solokonzerten und spielt im Duo Torbellino mit Cornelius Altmann (Percussion). 2022 war sie Jurymitglied beim 5. Internationalen Theobald-Böhm-Wettbewerb für Flöte und Altflöte. Außerdem ist sie Mitglied im Holzbläserquintett des Leipziger Sinfonieorchesters und konzertiert in verschiedenen Barockensembles. Konzerttourneen führten sie durch Europa, China, Südafrika und Mittelamerika.

Born in 1977 in Budapest. During the year 1992 - 1995 she studied at Konservatorium Bratislava (Slowakei) by Prof. Marta Braunsteinerová. During the year 1995-1997 she studied at Universität Ferenc Liszt Budapest (Ungarn) by Prof. Lóránt Kovács and Prof. János Bálint. From 1997 she also studied at Universität Mozarteum Salzburg by Prof. Michael Martin Kofler.
She has played with several chamber orchestra such as; Capella Istropolitana, Slowakische Kammerorchester, Münchner Kammersolisten, Sándor Frigyes Kammerorchester, Camerata München, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, Kammerphilharmonie Pardubice. (Werke von J.S.Bach, C.Ph.E.Bach, A.Vivaldi, W.A.Mozart, D.Cimarosa) She has also played with several simphonie Orchestras; Slowakische Philharmonie, Prager Philharmoniker, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Sinfonieorchester des Konservatoriums Bratislava, Hochschulorchester "Mozarteum" (Werke von J.J.Quantz, C.Chaminade, C.Reinecke, J.Ibert, K.Schwertsik). She has been awarded; Concertino Praga (1.Preis-1995), Prager Frühling (3.Preis-1996), Pacem in Terris, Bayreuth (2.Preis-1996 (Kategorie Flöte)), Leonardo De Lorenzo,Italien (1.Preis-1997), Jean-Pierre Rampal, Paris(Sonderpreis-1998), A.Ponchielli Flötenwettbewerb, Cremona(3.Preis-2000), Prager Frühling(2.Preis-2001), Internat. Flötenwettbewerb, Krakow(1. Preis-2002).
Solo flutist of Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie under conductor Yoon Kuk Lee. Orchesterakademie der Münchner Philharmoniker 1999-2001 under conductor James Levine. Solo flutist of Prager Symphoniker from autumn 2001 under conductor Serge Baudo. From autumn 2002 she plays at ,,Gewandhausorchester Leipzig" under conductor Herbert Blomstedt.

Juliette Hurel is known in both the French and the international music world as a famous flautist. She was unanimously awarded the first prize for flute and the first prize for chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris and obtained prizes in different competitions such as those in Darmstadt, Kobé, Boekarest and the Jean-Pierre Rampal concours. In 2004 she was nominated for the “Discoveries of the year” in the “Victoires de la Musique Classique”.
Juliette is in much demand for chamber music and then performs beside musicians such as Martha Argerich, Youri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Truls Mork, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Scharoun Ensemble Berlin...
As a soloist she can be regularly heard with many french orchestras,but also with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Hong-Kong Sinfonietta, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, BBC Wales orchestra...
Through her fondness for contemporary music she has had the opportunity to work with composers such as Pierre Boulez, Pascal Dusapin, Philippe Hersant and Eric Tanguy.
Juliette Hurel has made various recordings with pianist Hélène Couvert. The recordings which won prizes and were warmly received by the critics include : Martinu/Prokoviev (Lyrinx) ; French repertoire XXth century for (Naïve-Valois); Haydn Flute Sonatas (Zig-Zag Territoires). Further, she recorded the concertos for flute and orchestra by C.P.E. Bach with l’Orchestre d’Auvergne under the baton of Arie van Beek, “Impressions françaises” -works with piano by Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc-, both for Zig-Zag Territoires, Her album “Dawn of Romanticism » has been released in 2014 for Naïve.
Her CD dedicated to the Mozart complete « Flute Quartets » with the Quatuor Voce appeared in April 2015 for AlphaClassics . Then the CD "Bach-Inspiration" has been released in April 2018 and the last one,
"Compositrices à l'aube du XXème siècle" recorded with Hélène Couvert has been released  in January 2020, still for  the label AlphaClassics.
Those recordings have been highly acclaimed and welcomed by the French and international press.

Since 1998 Juliette has been solo flautist with Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, first conducted by Valery Gergiev then  by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and since 2018 by Lahav Shani.
She is teaching at the Rotterdam conservatory since 2010.("Codarts" )

 

French;

Premier Prix de flûte au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, lauréate de nombreux concours internationaux, nommée en 2004 dans la catégorie « Révélation soliste instrumental de l’année » aux Victoires de la Musique Classique, Juliette Hurel est considérée comme l’une des flûtistes incontournables de la scène musicale internationale.

Sollicitée à travers le monde, elle se produit en musique de chambre à la Cité de la Musique, au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées de Paris, au Grand Théâtre de Provence, au Wigmore Hall de Londres, au Concertgebouw d’Amsterdam… avec Martha Argerich, Youri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Truls Mork, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Scharoun Ensemble Berlin…

Invitée par d’importants festivals : Festival International de la Roque d’Anthéron, « La Folle Journée » à Nantes, Tokyo, Bilbao, Festival International de Colmar, Holland Festival, Cartagena Music Festival…elle se produit en soliste avec les principaux orchestres français mais aussi avec le Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, l’Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia, l’Orchestre Metropolitain de Montréal, le BBC Orchestra of Wales, le Hong-Kong Sinfonietta. En 2016, Juliette Hurel crée la Première mondiale du concerto pour flûte « Love songs » de Bruno Mantovani avec l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Rotterdam sous la direction de Yannick Nézet-Séguin et sa création française avec l’Orchestre National de Lyon sous la direction de Leonard Slatkin.
 
Sa discographie est riche : plusieurs albums en compagnie entre autres de la pianiste Hélène Couvert: Martinu/Prokoviev chez Lyrinx, Musique française pour flûte du XXème siècle chez Naïve-Valois, Sonates de Haydn chez Zig-Zag Territoires, les Concertos pour flûte de C.P.E. Bach avec l’Orchestre d’Auvergne sous la direction d’Arie Van Beek. Sont parus également: ‘’Impressions françaises’’ récompensé par un ‘’RTL d’Or’’ chez ZZT, « à l’Aube au Romantisme » chez Naïve. Suivent 2 disques enregistrés pour Alpha Classics: en 2015, les Quatuors pour flûte de Mozart avec le Quatuor Voce  et en 2018 un  disque  JSBACH:"Inspiration".
Son dernier album "Femmes compositrices à l'aube du XXème siècle" (Mel Bonis, Cécile Chaminade, Lili Boulanger...) , enregistré en compagnie d'Hélène Couvert, est sorti en janvier 2020 chez Alpha Classics.

Depuis 1998, Juliette Hurel occupe le poste de flûte solo de l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Rotterdam dirigé par Valery Gergiev puis par Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Lahav Shani en est le nouveau chef depuis la saison 2018/2019.
Juliette Hurel enseigne au Conservatoire de Rotterdam (Codarts) depuis 2010.

Presse :
« Juliette Hurel dévore la musique avec une énergie et une bonne humeur communicatives. Qu'elle joue Berio ou Bach, jamais, avec elle, on ne sent la moindre difficulté dans des œuvres parfois redoutables et des répertoires souvent très éloignés » Le Monde

Vancouver, BC flutist Jeff Pelletier has appeared in concerts and as a soloist throughout the US and Canada. In addition to being the founder and artistic director of the Vancouver, BC based wind quintet Ventos (www.ventos.org ) Jeff is the principal flutist with the Vancouver Chamber Players, is 2nd flute/piccolo with the Kamloops Symphony and performs regularly with the Vancouver Island Symphony and the Tempest Flute Ensemble. One the most exciting groups in which Jeff performs is the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (http://www.vi-co.org/)- the only concert orchestra currently in existence that brings together musicians trained in a wide variety of cultural disciplines, to perform new inter-cultural works on a grand scale. Originally from the USA, Jeff Pelletier's musical background started in Maine. He went on to study with Carl Bergner, and, most notably, Julius Baker. Jeff has performed in master classes with Geoffrey Gilbert, Sam Baron, Jim Walker, Frances Blaisdell, Robert Willoughby, Robert Stallman, Leone Buyse, Christopher Millard and Carol Wincenc. He is currently completing an Artist Diploma at the University of British Columbia studying with Lorna McGhee.

Born in Warsaw, Jadwiga Kotnowska played three instruments - flute, violin and piano - until she was 18. After winning several national flutes competitions at the age of thirteen, she quickly established herself as a flute soloist.
Apart from her education at the Warsaw Academy of Music, Jadwiga Kotnowska studied with Aurele Nicolet in Switzerland, and Jean Pierre Rampal and Alain Marion in France. In 2001 she obtained a doctorate in music at the Bydgoszcz Music Academy. She is a winner of seven international flute competitions,
2004

Moscow Conservatory Big Concert Hall - Gorecki's Flute Concerto accompagned by Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by W.Michniewski.

2003 Dec.

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by A.Wit - Gorecki's Flute Concerto performed in the Big Warsaw Philharmonic Hall.

2003 Nov.

Recitals and Master Classes in Royal College of Music in London and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff

2002 Aug.

Participation in the International Music Festival in Ceret, France, organized by the Polish composer, Joanna - Bruzdowics - Tittel. Flute concerto by J.Pla and the recital repertory with French music and Lita Grier Flute Sonata. World Premiere performance of the piece by Stephen Cohn.

2002 Jul.

Participation in the International Chamber Music Festival in Kuhmo, Finland with the recital repertory and chamber music like "Pierrot Lunaire" by A.Schoenberg

2002 Feb.

Concert tour in the USA with recital repertory with Japanese pianist Yoko Yamada

2000

Performance with the prestigeous Polish string quartet, "Kwartet Slaski" in Bach repertoire.

1999

Invitation to the "Berliner Philharmoniker" as a soloist in "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi

1998

World Premiere Performance of the Flute Concerto by K.Debski at the Warsaw Royal Castle, written especially for the artist.

1996/97

Concert tours - Asia, Thailand, India, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

1995

The only Polish flutist who performed and recorded the "Concerto Cantata" by H.M. Gorecki with the Polish Radio National Orchestra

1994

Invited by K.Penderecki to perform his Flute Concerto in Germany, conducted by the composer, also performed at K.Penderecki's Festival in Cracow.

1993/4

Producer and soloist of the CD project "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi and the Concerto in E minor by S.Mercadante - nomination for the Warsaw Frederic Award

1993

CD recording in Paris: "Flute et harpe en recital" for the QUANTUM company

1991

Soloist of the Opening Concert of the first Mozart Festival in Warsaw (live TV transmission)

1990

Swiss radio transmissions of live recitals in Geneva ＆ Lausanne with harpsichordist in baroque and contemporary repertoire

1989

Concert tours in Netherlands with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ivan Monighetti; performances in Rotterdam and the Moscow Conservatory

1988

The first and only Polish performance of the "Tete d'Orfee II" by E.Sikora at the "Warsaw Autumn" Festival in Warsaw

1988

The first and only performance in Poland of "Concierto Pastorale" by J.Rodrigo, next presented at composer's birthday concert in Valencia, Spain

1987

Won a competition and took an appointment as the First Solo Flutist with the "Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra" in Lisbon, Portugal, conducted by Claudio Schimone

1986

Awarded the French Government scholarship to study with Alain Marion in Paris; European concert tours with the chamber orchestra "Concerto Avenna"

1985

Won a competition and took an appointment as the First Solo Flutist with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra in Antwepen (Belgium)

1983

GOLD MEDAL and GRAND PRIX at the international Young Soloists' Festival in Bordeaux

1980

THIRD PRIZE at the International V.Bucchi Competition in Rome, organized by the Conservatoire Santa Cecilia, Italy

1979

SECOND PRIZE and SPECIAL PRIZE for the interpretation of the Sonatina by Boulez at the International Queen Sophie Competition in Madrid

1979

FIRST PRIZE at the Second International Flute Competition in Formia (Italy)

1978

FIRST PRIZE at the International Elaine Schaffer Competition in Belveglio (Italy)

1978

THIRD PRIZE and SPECIAL PRIZE for the best interpretation of French music at the International Maria Canals competition in Barcelona

1978

SILVER MEDAL at the 27th International G.B. Viotti Competition in Vercelli (Italy)
International appearances of the Artist include: Tivoli Hall in Copenhagen, Grieg Hall during the Bergen Festival, Palau de Musica in Barcelona, Teatro Real in Madrid, The Purcell Room in London, De Doelen Hall in Rotterdam, Eisbriker Hall in Amsterdam, Concert Homage for J.Rodrigo in Valencia, The Big Concert Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Schauspielhaus in Berlin, Lincoln Center in New York, Berliner Philharmoniker.
She released several recordings for the Polish Radio and Television, as well as for the Spanish, French, Swiss and Dutch broadcasting networks. CD recordings for the Polskie Nagrania, MDG, Quantum and Tonpress. She also gives Master Classes in Finland, Italy, USA and recently in Royal College of Music in London.