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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.
Laura Cannell (fl. 2000s), composer, recorder player, violinist and broadcaster; Marianne Davies (1743 or 1744 – c. 1818), flutist, singer, harpsichordist, and glass harmonica player; Lorna McGhee (born 1972), Scottish flutist and educator, chamber musician; Susan Milan (born 1947), classical performer, composer and academic
Anderson became known for his famous one-legged flute stance, and was once referred to as a "deranged flamingo". [10] This stance is on many album covers of Jethro Tull. During a long stint at the Marquee Club , a journalist described him, wrongly, as standing on one leg to play the flute, when in fact he was originally playing the harmonica on ...
Jeanne Baxtresser (born August 2, 1947) is an American flutist and teacher. She is most notable for her position as principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic for over 15 years, she decided to play the flute when she was only nine years old, as an author (Orchestral Excerpts for Flute with Piano Accompaniment), and as a professor and master teacher.
Robert Mirabal (born October 6, 1966) is a Pueblo musician and Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.. His flutes are world-renowned and have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Indian.
Chaurasia was born in Allahabad (1938) (present day Prayagraj) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [2] His mother died when he was six years old. He had to learn music without his father's knowledge, as his father wanted him to become a wrestler.
Doriot Anthony Dwyer (/ ˈ d ɔːr i oʊ /; [1] March 6, 1922 – March 14, 2020) was an American flutist.She was one of the first women to be awarded principal chair for a major U.S. orchestra (following hornist Helen Kotas, who was appointed principal horn of the Chicago Symphony in 1941 [2]).