The Summer 2026 edition of Flute Almanac brings together performers, educators, researchers, composers, historians, and flute makers from around the world. Discover interviews, educational masterclasses, historical studies, reviews, philosophy, new repertoire, and international perspectives celebrating the richness and diversity of today’s global flute community.
The Global Flute Directory is evolving into a searchable encyclopedia of the international flute community. Discover how this growing resource preserves flute history, connects musicians and organizations worldwide, and helps performers, educators, makers, publishers, and institutions build a lasting professional presence through expertly reviewed and optimized listings.
The Global Flute Excellence Awards 2025 recognize outstanding performers, educators, composers, flute makers, innovators, ensembles, and advocates whose achievements have shaped and enriched the international flute community. Explore this year’s honorees and the global initiative celebrating excellence in the world of the flute.
Dimitris Kountouras, Dr, M.Music Very few things are known to us about the transverse flute in Europe during the Middle Ages. No instruments survive and no specific mention in the repertoire indicates the flute. Our only sources are iconography and literature. According to scholars, the flute came to the West from Byzantium. We have written references already in 7th…
by Ludwig Böhm (1.12.2023) ***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. 1) Where is the original of Theobald’s flute workshop book, which was copied by Anna Böhm (workshop Theobald Böhm) and Dr….
by Katja Pitelina As flutists, we have a repertoire of compositions spanning over 300 years, from the first publication of Michel de la Barre suites for flute and BC (1710) to the present day. If we take 1847 as the starting point for the existence of Theobald Bohm’s flute, the instrument played today, and call it the modern flute,…
«Вечный солнечный свет в музыке – имя тебе Моцарт!» – так сказал Антон Рубинштейн о великом австрийском композиторе, чьё имя стало синонимом гениальности. Но родись Вольфганг Амадей Моцарт в семье, скажем, мясника или лесника, узнал бы мир о нём? Верится с трудом…
In this category we will publish articles that are related to flute history, historical flutes, historical flutists, and significant historical flute events.
The Summer 2026 edition of Flute Almanac…
The Global Flute Directory is evolving into…
When Sound Becomes Meaning introduces a philosophical…
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