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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;
Sir James Galway OBE (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish [1] [2] virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". [3] After several years working as an orchestral musician, he established an international career as a solo flute player.
Valerie Coleman (fl. 1997), flautist and composer contributing to chamber music; Elena Duran (born 1949), Mexican-American flautist, concerto appearances and recordings with major orchestras; Cynthia Folio (born 1954), composer, flutist, music theorist and academic; Jeanne Galway (born 1955), American-born flautist and educator now based in ...
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Neville Francis Amadio AM MBE (15 February 1913 – 29 May 2006) was an Australian flautist who played with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and its predecessors for over 50 years. The conductor Sir Charles Mackerras once said that Amadio was "without doubt, the greatest flautist the world produced in the 20th century". [1]
Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist.Rampal popularised the flute in the post–World War II years, recovering flute compositions from the Baroque era, [1] and spurring contemporary composers, such as Francis Poulenc, to create new works that have become modern standards in the flautist's repertoire.
Ernesto Köhler (4 December 1849 – 17 March 1907) was an Italian flautist and composer.He was considered one of the best flautists of his era. [1]Born in Modena, Köhler was taught the flute by his father, Venceslau Joseph Köhler, who was the first flute of the Duke of Modena's orchestra. [1]
For seven years in a row, he was chosen best jazz flautist by readers of Jazziz magazine. In 1985, he received a Grammy Award nomination as best R&B instrumentalist. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] In 2003, he won a Grammy for Caribbean Jazz Project , an album he did with Dave Samuels .