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Flautists
This is a list of notable flute players, organized alphabetically by the musical genre in which they are best known. Western Classical *Richard Adeney *Egidius Aerts *Robert Aitken (composer), Robert Aitken *Wellington E. Alves *William Alwyn *John Amadio *Neville Amadio *Joachim Andersen (composer), Joachim Andersen *Claudi Arimany *Andrew Ashe *Nina Assimakopoulos *Johann Jacob Bach *Julius Baker *John Barcellona *Bach Aria Group, Samuel Baron *Huáscar Barradas *Georges Barrère *Francesco Barsanti *Jeanne Baxtresser *Larry Beauregard *Michel Bellavance *William Bennett (flautist), William Bennett *Atarah Ben-Tovim *Henri Besozzi *Sharon Bezaly *Lisa Beznosiuk *Boris Bizjak *Frances Blaisdell *Andreas Blau *Michel Blavet *Vilém Blodek *Theobald Boehm – also inventor of predecessor of modern flute *François Borne *Denis Bouriakov *Adrian Brett *Giulio Briccialdi *Carlos Bruneel *Katherine Bryan *Ferdinand Büchner *Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin *Marisa Canales *Roland Cardon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huáscar Barradas
Huáscar Barradas (born 1964) is a Venezuelan flautist and Professor of flute at the "Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales" in Caracas. As a flutist he has represented Venezuela at a range of international festivals and as both soloist and symphonic musician plays a wide range of music types. Barradas was the principal flute of Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional. As teacher previously has worked at the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and taught his course "The art of performing the flute" at different Conservatories in and out of Venezuela. Early life He began his musical studies at the José Luis Paz Conservatory in his hometown of Maracaibo, in Venezuela. He also became a founding member of the first Children's National Orchestra, part of the National Network of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela (the world-renowned “El Sistema”). Along with his academic program, Huáscar began to play traditional Venezuelan music with the Estudiantina Juvenil, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Blau
Andreas Blau is a German classical flautist. He is a former principal flautist of the Berlin Philharmonic. Early life Blau's father was a violinist with the Berlin Philharmonic, joining the orchestra in 1948, a year before Andreas was born. Blau auditioned for principal flute and joined the orchestra at the age of 20 after brief studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, the Salzburg Mozarteum, and in the United States, also receiving several international awards. Career Performing As a soloist, he performed under Herbert von Karajan, David Oistrach, Yehudi Menuhin, Claudio Abbado, and Sir Simon Rattle. He is the founder and director of The 14 Berlin Flutes, an ensemble formed in 1996 composed entirely of flute players from various Berlin orchestras. The ensemble plays various instruments in the flute family, ranging from the piccolo to the contrabass flute. Blau was the principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic since 1969 before retiring in June 2015 after 46 years. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Blaisdell
Frances Blaisdell (January 5, 1912 – March 11, 2009) was an American flautist, widely recognized as one of the first female professional flautists. She held positions with the National Orchestral Association, the New Opera Company and the New Friends of Music. In addition, she was the first woman to appear as a soloist and wind player in concert with the New York Philharmonic. In addition to playing, she also held teaching positions at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, Dalcroze School, Mannes School of Music, and Stanford University where she taught for over 35 years. Blaisdell's teachers included Georges Barrère, Marcel Moyse and William Kincaid. Biography Blaisdell was born in Tennessee on January 5, 1912, and was raised on a farm in Red Bank, New Jersey. She attended Red Bank Regional High School. She began studying the piccolo and flute at age 5 with her father, who was in the lumber business but loved playing the flute. Later, her father wrote to Ernes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Bizjak
Boris Bizjak (born 1981) is London-based Slovenian flautist. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the UK, USA, China, Japan, Slovenia, Croatia, France, Spain and Cyprus. In 2016, he was selected by the Slovenian Government to perform a series of concerts in Slovenia, the UK, the US and Japan to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Slovenian Independence. Education Bizjak graduated from the ENMP "Alfred Cortot" in Paris, where he obtained the "Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste" guided by renowned French flautist Pierre-Yves Artaud (CNSMDP). He was also guided by Georges Alirol at the École Nationale de Musique de Danse et d'Art Dramatique Marcel Dadi, Fedja Rupel at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, Marzio Conti in Florence and Jasenka Jelacic at the Music Conservatoire in Ljubljana. Prizes Bizjak is a first prize winner of the International Flute Competition in Picardie, France. He is also three times 1st prize winner of the TEMSIG Slovenian National Flute C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Beznosiuk
Lisa Beznosiuk (born 20 August 1956 in Sheffield) is an English flautist of Ukrainian and Irish descent, specializing in period performance of baroque and classical music on historical flutes. Biography and career Lisa Beznosiuk trained at the Guildhall School of Music in London, England. She studied modern flute with Kathryn Lukas and wooden flute with Stephen Preston, which developed her interest in early period instruments. She made her solo London debut in 1983. She has been a member of period-instrument orchestras The English Concert, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the English Baroque Soloists, The Academy of Ancient Music, the London Classical Players and New London Consort. In her roles as soloist and orchestral principal, she has travelled throughout Europe, the Far East, and North and South America. She is professor of early flutes at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Bezaly
Sharon Bezaly (; born 1972) is an Israeli flautist. Bezaly was born in Israel, but lives presently in Sweden. She has been an international performer since 1997, when she began her solo flute career. She made her solo debut at 13 with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. Her flute was made by Muramatsu Flutes out of 24- carat gold. Appearances Sharon Bezaly has appeared with leading symphony and chamber orchestras in Japan, China, Israel, Central and Western Europe, England, North and South America, Australia and Scandinavia. She has also performed at venues including the Vienna Musikverein, Châtelet in Paris, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and at festivals with Gidon Kremer of the Bartók Quartet. In May 2006, she appeared at Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis) with Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra. Dedicated works Concertante *Kalevi Aho: Concerto for flute (+alto) and orchestra *Sally Beamish: Concerto for flute and orchestra * Daniel Börtz: Concerto for flute and orch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Besozzi
Henri Besozzi (born 1775 in Paris – d. ?) was an Italian flutist, and also one of the last members of an extensive and traditional Neapolitan family of musicians during the seventeenth, eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century. He was the son of Girolamo Besozzi and father of Louis Désiré Besozzi, having played at the Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique () is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular Théâtre de la foire, theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief riva ... in Paris. References 1775 births Italian flautists Year of death unknown {{italy-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atarah Ben-Tovim
Atarah Ben-Tovim, MBE (1 October 1940 – 20 October 2022) was a British flautist and children's concert presenter. Biography Ben-Tovim was born in Abergavenny, Wales, the daughter of Harry Ben-Tovim, a doctor, and his wife Gladys Rachel (née Carengold). Her early years were spent in Ealing, London. Ben-Tovim played her first television concert live at the Royal Albert Hall, at the age of fourteen. She was principal flautist with the National Youth Orchestra, and then from 1963 to 1975 principal flautist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. She left the RLPO to found Atarah's Band in 1975, a group which sought to improve children's experiences with classical music. Ben-Tovim guested on several British television and radio shows, including ''Pebble Mill at One'' on BBC TV, ''The John Dunn Show'', '' Start the Week'' and ''Kaleidoscope''. In the late 1980s, BBC Radio Three made the programme ''Atarah's Music Box'', all about children and music. '' Omnibus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bennett (flautist)
William Ingham Brooke Bennett (7 February 1936 – 11 May 2022) was a British flautist and teacher. He played in many English orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and as a soloist. He made more than 100 recordings, including chamber music with partners including George Malcolm, Osian Ellis, and Yehudi Menuhin. He premiered flute concertos written for him, by William Mathias, Diana Burrell and Raimundo Pineda. Bennett taught at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Germany and the Royal Academy of Music, and held master classes worldwide. Early life and studies William Ingham Brooke Bennett was born in London to parents who were both architects. He boarded at Beltane School until he was 16, starting his school life as a seven-year-old during the Second World War. He started playing the recorder at the age of 8 and the flute at 12. He studied the flute in London with Geoffrey Gilbert from the age of 15 and went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama a year later. Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Bellavance
Michel Bellavance is a Swiss flautist of Canadian origin. Career Miyazawa Artist Bellavance has performed concertos by Ibert, Reinecke, Nielsen, Kabalevsky, Bernstein, Liebermann, Mozart, Bach and Vivaldi with orchestras both in Europe and Latin America, including the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, the Bahia Symphony Orchestra, the Mendoza Philharmonic Orchestra, the Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru. He has appeared at festivals in Switzerland, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica, on radio broadcasts for the Radio Suisse Romande, the CBC, and National Public Radio (USA), and has given recitals in cities such as Geneva, Zürich, Basel, Paris, London, Prague, Barcelona, Madrid, Montréal, Ottawa, Washington DC, Sydney, Auckland, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, São Paulo, Brasília, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Bogotá and Lima. His discs for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
