Flutes and flutists biography
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‘A History of the Flute: III. Enter Herr Boehm,’ by Trevor Wye
In 1821 Charles Nicholson’s Preceptive Lessons were published and received wide acclaim being reprinted many times over the years. This leads us to realise the great upsurge of interest in flute playing during the rest of this century. The quantity of new flutes and music, particularly duets, trios and quartets for flutes, points to a great demand by the public.
Enter a controversial figure, Captain W. Gordon, of French and Scottish birth, an amateur player of great enthusiasm spending most of his time trying to perfect the flute. He seems to have been imaginative but without practical engineering skills. Rudall and Rose made his new flutes for him and though the new designs did have some merit, they had technical problems. He met Boehm in London in 1831 and there seems little doubt that Boehm was not only interested in Gordon's flutes but was influenced by them just as he was by any other new mechanical ideas. &nbs
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Biography
Born in 1989, the young Austrian has been studying at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg under the tuition of Professor Michael Martin Kofler since the age of 16. Not least by winning several music competitions Daniela Koch has made a name for herself in the music world: In 2008 she won the renowned “Concertino Praga” 42nd International Radio Competition. In addition to her first prize in the flute category she also came out overall winner of all categories and was awarded the “Helena Karaskova” Prize.
As the youngest candidate she also achieved the first prize at the 7th Kobe International Flute Competition in Japan in April 2009, one of the biggest and most significant international flute competitions. In September 2010, she enjoyed further success at the 59th ARD International Music Competition in Munich. Despite being the youngest of the four finalists, she won 2nd prize as well as a special award. In the same year she was voted “Artist of the Year” 2010 by Bank Au