Mozart, Concerto in Sol Maggiore KV 313 – Profilo estetico e stile esecutivo

di Onorio Zaralli Il Concerto in Sol Magg. KV 313 non è certamente tra i lavori migliori di Mozart, ma rappresenta uno dei massimi capolavori della letteratura flautistica di ogni tempo. W. A. Mozart, Concerto in Sol Maggiore KV 313 per flauto e Orchestra (cadenze di Onorio Zaralli) Gianluca Vanzelli, flauto solista – Mihnea Ignat, direttore – Timisoara National…

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5th International Theobald Böhm Competition for Flute and Alto Flute

by Ludwig Böhm The 5th International Theobald Böhm Competition for Flute and Alto Flute was, according to the number of participants, the most successful up to now. About 100 students wrote me because of the competition. It was indeed international. Participants There were 81 registrations from 21 countries: Germany (3); France (1), Italy (10), Croatia (2), Austria (7), Portugal…

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Its Highness – Piccolo! 

By Snježana Pavićević Zašto bi svaki flautista trebalo da svira i piccolo?  Piccolo flauta je najmanji instrument iz porodice flauta. Ali, iako mali veličinom, zahteva veliku posvećenost I pažnju želimo li od njega dobiti ono najbolje.  Sve do unazad par decenija, ovaj mali instrument bio je uglavnom upotrebljavan kao dodatak grupi flauta u orkestrima, koji proširuje njihov ukupan opseg…

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Il Duduk: un dono di Dio

Il suono dell’anima armena di Anush Naroyan L’Armenia è un paese antico: la sua cultura, così come le sue tradizioni, vantano una storia millenaria. Basterebbe evocare alcuni nomi: il monte Ararat, il lago Sevan… Già presente sulla mappa babilonese del V secolo a.C., il nome “Arminia” è menzionato per la prima volta dal re persiano Dario I (522 –…

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Low Flutes

by Stefan Keller The fascination of low flutes is something that has been haunting me for nearly thirty years. What really sets this fascination are the deep “slow” vibrations, the “sonorous sound”, the “resonance” of the different sized tubes, and the unbelievable sonority. In the following text I introduce the individual low flutes from my very personal point of…

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Interview with The Babel Flute Founders

by Sofia de Salis The Babel Flute was launched on March 20, 2021 and received over 50,000 views from 118 countries in a year (according to the official statistics from Google Analytics)! Our authors are located in Peru, Australia, Italy, USA, Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Canada, Venezuela, Portugal, Nigeria, Hungary, San Marino and China. We have published…

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Aktive SchülerInnen, ein Wunschtraum jeder Lehrperson?

Ein Plädoyer für schüleraktivierenden Instrumentalunterricht Von lic. phil. Renate Lemmer Schönenberger Kennen Sie diese drei Situationen? Die SchülerIn ist wortkarg und antriebslos … Sie als Lehrperson sind überaktiv und versuchen krampfhaft, die SchülerIn zu motivieren … nach dem Unterricht sind Sie erschöpft und ausgelaugt. Oder: Die SchülerIn möchte der Lehrperson alles recht machen … sie hat keine eigene Meinung…

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Il Pastore Svizzero (The Swiss Shepherd) by Pietro Morlacchi

by Enrico Sartori Almost every flute player is familiar with Il Pastore Svizzero (The Swiss Shepherd), a short piece for flute and piano written by Pietro Morlacchi.  It’s ofter performed in flute recitals and is generally liked by the audience as well, because it is very pleasant. After a lyric introduction, there is a theme and variations where the…

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