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Las flautas de cristal de Claude Laurent y sus aportaciones al desarrollo de la flauta travesera

December 20, 2022
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| Edition 7 - December 2022, Featured, Flute History, Spain

Por Montserrat Gascón Photo: Flauta de ocho llaves construida por Claude Laurent en 1839. Fotografía: Museu de la Música de Barcelona Desde el último tercio del siglo XVIII, los instrumentos de viento experimentaron en Europa una progresiva transformación debido a la nueva tecnología derivada de la Revolución Industrial. En Francia, este proceso comenzó más tarde y las modificaciones en la…

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Il flauto in forma

December 20, 2022
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| Edition 7 - December 2022, Flute Making and Repair, Italy

by Massimiliano Brescini Analisi di alcuni aspetti tecnici per conoscere ed ottenere il meglio dal nostro strumento Ogni flautista all’avvicinarsi di un importante evento, concerto, concorso o lezione che sia è preoccupato e concentrato sull’ottenere la migliore performance attraverso la perfezione tecnica, l’espressione del miglior suono possibile, della miglior intonazione e così via e perché questo avvenga è indispensabile…

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FLAUTANDO – Boswil: a famous flute event in Switzerland since 1999

September 20, 2022
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| Edition 6 - September 2022, News and Events, Switzerland

FLAUTANDO will take place on Saturday, 5 Nov. 2022 in Boswil, the «place of the flute». «Focus Flute» With the title «Focus Flute», FLAUTANDO Boswil invites you to an extremely colourful flute day on 5 November 2022 with a top-class line-up of flutists. www.flautando.ch Flautando is aimed at professionals, students as well as amateurs and lovers of this fascinating…

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Improvisation

September 20, 2022
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| Edition 6 - September 2022, Playing In Concert, Switzerland

by Stefan Keller Improvisation breaks through all language barriers and enables us to have a dialogue about our instrument, solo, in a duo, in a trio, etc.. This does not require any previous knowledge, only the willingness to enter new territory. I am talking about free improvisation with no rules. However, a few agreements help to prevent the whole…

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LES CONCERTS DE PAN – Présentation du projet

September 20, 2022
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| Edition 6 - September 2022, Featured, Flute History, France

by Alexis Kossenko All photos © Alexis Kossenko, Philippe Kossenko and Colin Laurent En 2019, Alexis Kossenko posa la première pierre d’un projet ambitieux visant à enregistrer de très vastes pans du répertoire pour flûte solo.  Ces enregistrements poursuivent un but à la fois musical, encyclopédique, historique, organologique et éducatif. Ils dépassent la dimension du simple concert pour mettre…

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Interview with Enrico Sartori

September 20, 2022
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| China, Edition 6 - September 2022, Interviews, Italy, USA

by Yulia Berry Enrico Sartori is a great Italian conductor and wonderful flautist. For the past few years, he has been a flute professor, conductor and vocal teacher at the Northeast Normal University (China). He is also Principal Conductor of the Jilin Youth Baroque Orchestra and Artistic Director of Bella Culture Media, ltd. Enrico Sartori has been an active…

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On the Trail of my Great-great-grandfather Theobald Böhm, Flautist, Composer, Flute Maker, 1794–1881

September 20, 2022
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| Edition 6 - September 2022, Flute History, Germany

by Ludwig Böhm ***We continue the publication of a series of articles by Ludwig Böhm from“Commemorative Writing on the occasion of Theobald Böhm’s 200th Birthday, Munich 1994”, gradually approaching the celebration of Theobald Böhm’s 230th birthday in 2024. My interest for Theobald Böhm’s descendants was raised in April 1970, when my father organized a family reunion. After the reunion, I…

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I flauti di tradizione cinese

September 20, 2022
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| Edition 6 - September 2022, Ethnic Flutes, Italy

di Marco Felicioni Nell’estremo oriente si concentra maggiormente la presenza del valore spirituale ed evocativo della musica e del flauto; la considerazione delle qualità speciali dei suoni per l’antico popolo cinese era talmente alta che si attribuiva alla musica la capacità di contribuire a mantenere tutti gli esseri in perfetto accordo con l’armonia cosmica. Così il sovrano dell’antica Cina,…

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IL FLAUTO MULTIFORME DI CARLA REBORA 

September 20, 2022
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| Contemporary Music, Edition 6 - September 2022, Italy

by Francesca Cescon Scorrendo le sue viarie e numerose composizioni per flauto, è difficile credere che per questo strumento non sia stato “amore a prima vista” per Carla Rebora. Genovese di nascita, è sicuramente una figura di rilievo nel panorama compositivo contemporaneo italiano ed internazionale. Allieva di Azio Corghi, da anni affianca la sua intensa attività creativa a quella…

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