We have asked baroque flute champions,  performers and teachers, to share some of their habits and practices, and the reasoning behind them, in order ​to inspire others to review and possibly improve the way they use their practice time. The aim is also to help building connections across different schools, or between academic courses and more informal learning paths, that may be worthwhile to explore in more detail and share through a wider community. The interviews tipically include:​
The interviews tipically include:​
  • flutists' daily habits and routines
  • key features of warm-up and daily practice
  • tips to make practice more effective
  • useful pieces, tools and aids.

Kate Clark Interview

Teaching has always been a very demanding element in my work, but it brings deep insights, humility and sometimes profound satisfaction, especially when a student finds greater clarity ...more

Gabriela Galvan Interview

Gabriela was captivated by historical flutes for their incredible variety of sound possibilities and the opportunity to discover and explore repertoires and composers   ...more

Joanna Marsden Interview

‘Baroque flute master’ Joanna Marsden (the Classical Music Sentinel) is a ‘fabulous’ (the Whole Note) flautist based in Montréal. She has performed with numerous ensembles throughout North America and Europe    ...more

Liane Sadler Interview

Liane Sadler plays historical flutes in both orchestral and chamber music, with groups such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, as well as her own chamber ensembles.   ...more

Benedek Csalog Interview

I am a Hungarian flutist, I basically only play Baroque instruments, mainly late Baroque German repertoire, but also French and Italian music.   ...more

Michael Dollendorf Interview

The flute is my great love but it was not my first instrument. I started playing guitar at age eight and picked up the Baroque flute and the recorder at age twelve for two reasons.  ...more

Darina Ablogina Interview

I am a flutist, teacher, curator, and co-host of the @insight-reading enlightenment podcast. I love exploring new horizons for my musicality  ...more

Tommaso Rossi Interview

Tommaso Rossi, multi-faceted musician, has a solistic activity as recorder, flute and traverso player.
He collaborates regularly with Antonio Florio’s I Turchini ...more

Stephen Preston Interview

My relationship with baroque flute has always been led by my desire for insight into the music. At music college I became the (Boehm) flute player in a trio ...more

Amanda Markwick Interview

Mesmerized by the pure, almost vocal sound of the flute since she first heard it as a child, Amanda Markwick has since made that fascination her own reality ...more

Florencia Gomez Interview

Florencia is a flute player specialized in historical instruments.
She has collaborated with Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra,  ...more

Enrico Di Felice Interview

Enrico Di Felice began an important solo activity at a very young age which led him to play at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam ...more

Manuel Granatiero interview

Manuel Granatiero lives between The Hague in Holland and Rome.
He is part of some important early  ...more

Eleonora Biscevic Interview

Eleonora Bišćević is a Croatian/Italian flutist based in Switzerland, active throughout Europe in orchestras,  ...more

Elizabeth Walker Interview

Elizabeth Walker lives in the UK and has written two award winning baroque study books, has recorded Telemann  ...more

Laura Pontecorvo Interview

Laura Pontecorvo is an Italian flutist who has been performing the baroque and classical repertoire for many years in the most ​ ...more

Enrico Coden Interview

Enrico Coden is an Italian flute player, researcher, and teacher in Haarlem and  performs music from the Renaissance   ...more

​Teddie Hwang Interview

Teddie Hwang is a flutist and photographer living in Mainz, Germany. Drawing from her experiences in both disciplines, ...more

Laura Ronai  Interview​

​Laura Rónai is a Brazilian flute player, musicologist and populariser, academic researcher on baroque flute performance  ...more

Luigi Lupo Interview

​Luigi Lupo is an Italian flutist, and a renowned specialist and collector of historical flutes, spanning from medieval to  ...more