If you love the flute, you have heard the name of András Adorján! In the world of the flute, there is no such field of activity that he does not touch and does not illuminate with his talent. This international star flutist has performed worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player, has made over 100 recordings, taught…
By Dr. Katherine Emeneth Can you relate to this scenario? You’re a high school senior and are thinking about what you will study in college or university. “Hmmmm…I’m really good at the flute. I don’t really enjoy anything else. My family doesn’t think that music is a very stable career path, but I love it, and if I go…
Mirella Pantano Siamo di nuovo qui a parlare di psicocinestetica flautistica, dopo il mio articolo precedente vorrei continuare il nostro viaggio affrontando quello che ritengo sia il motore fondamentale di ciascun apprendimento, il Capire, entrare nell’essenza delle cose, scoprire e dominarne i meccanismi. La mia curiosità si è spinta sempre oltre, sin dall’inizio del mio…
by Yulia Berry The Dutch Golden Age was a period in the history of the Netherlands, spanning about the 17th century, when the Dutch republic rose as a world power, experienced a period of unprecedented growth and Dutch trade, science, military, and art were among the most famous in the world. The Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which ended…
di Vilma Campitelli ELSA JAQUELINE BARRAINE (1910-1999) – compositrice, umanista, la donna delle giuste cause e dei combattimenti. Non desiderava altro che equità e libertà per tutti dimostrando che questa scelta, anche se aveva vincoli e rinunce, era possibile. Elsa ci offre una meditazione sulla vita preferendo agli onori effimeri, una vita dedicata, limpida e realizzata….
by Laura Chislett The Concertino by Cécile Chaminade (France 1857 – 1944) must surely rank as the most widely performed flute piece by a female composer. It was the 1902 Paris Conservatoire annual test piece. Chaminade was not the only female French composer of that era: in fact you could say that there was a cluster of French female…
Allemanda is a dance of German origin (as the name suggests), in even time (4/4), moderate pace, serious character. This initial information already suggests the linguistic structure of the piece, also offering us the possibility of identifying some interpretative characters.
The 5th International Theobald Böhm Competition for Flute and Alto Flute will take place from Monday 7 March to Wednesday 10 March 2022 in the Kleiner Konzertsaal of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in the Arcisstraße 12. The entrance to the competition and to the winner’s concert on 10 March 2022 at 18.00 is free.
Until a few decades ago, if you wanted to record a piece for solo flute or for a musical ensemble, you had to go to a recording studio, pay for the room, equipment and technicians, and wait several days for our recording.
In fact, few were the musicians who could afford this “luxury”: for most, it was simply a dream.
Thanks…
This Sonata was written in Alma Ata during the painful years of the Second World War. Performed for the first time in 1943 by the flutist Charkovsky, “accompanied” on the piano by Sviatoslav Richter, the composer subsequently made a version for violin and piano, in collaboration with David Oistrakh. The piece still represents today an authentic masterpiece of the…
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