Flutists and flautists: biography, notable interpretations.
Collection of notable flutists who have made publicly available recordings of the flute repertoire represented on the MASTERING the FLUTE website.
Remarkable flutists
Cox, Michael
Michael Cox is principal flute of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the London Sinfonietta, as well as professor of flute at the Royal Academy of Music and artistic director of the “Principal Chairs”, recording and discussing all the main orchestral solos.
As a soloist he has appeared in many concert venues and festivals throughout the world (BBC Proms etc.).
He has collaborated with many contemporary composers: Tippett, Maxwell Davies, Birtwistle, Knussen, Benjamin, Ades and Turnage as well as premiered a piccolo concerto written for him by Simon Holt.