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
Demin, Matvey
Matvey Demin is one of the most promising Russian flutists.
Born in Siberia, he studied flute with Nadezhda Furenkova at the Novosibirsk Specialized Music School and with Andrea Lieberknecht in Hannover and Munich.
He is a laureate of various international competitions from which the most notable: 1st prize and the Gold Medal of the Tchaikovsky Competition (2019), becoming the first ever winner of woodwinds category. Matvey Demin had been a solo-flutist at the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and active chamber music performer, appearing at the various festivals: Davos, Emilia Romagna etc. Since 2014 he is a Co-Principal Solo flute in the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich under button of Paavo Järvi.