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
Pailthorpe, Daniel
Daniel Pailthorpe is an English flautist who studied flute with William Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music, with Gaston Crunelle at the Paris Conservatoire and with Geoffrey Gilbert in the USA, as a recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center.
In 1990 he became a co-principal flute in the English National Opera orchestra and ten years later he took the same position in the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Daniel Pailthorpe frequently appears as guest principal with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Additionally, he is a founding member of the London Conchord Ensemble - group that has made numerous recordings.
Daniel Pailthorpe is a Professor at the Royal College of Music and is a keen advocate of the modern wooden flute.