Flutist
A flutist demonstrates flute-playing technique
A flutist or flautist is a musician who plays the flute.
The term flautist (from the Italian flautista, from flauto, and adopted due to 18th century Italian influence), is also used. It has become the standard term in English. "Flutist" is commonly used in the United States, however. See Oxford English dictionary entries: Flutist, Flautist.
Notable classical flute players include:
- Richard Adeney
- Julius Baker
- William Bennett
- Michel Blavet
- Theobald Boehm — also inventor of modern flute keying
- Alfred Franz Doppler
- James Galway
- Severino Gazzelloni
- Peter-Lukas Graf
- Irena Grafenauer
- Frederick the Great — Prussian king and avid amateur
- Kieko Hashiguchi
- William Kincaid
- Hans-Martin Linde
- Gareth Morris
- Marcel Moyse
- André Jaunet
- Louis Fleury
- Aurèle Nicolet
- Emmanuel Pahud
- Stephen Preston
- Johann Joachim Quantz – instructor of Frederick the Great
- Jean Pierre Rampal
- Elaine Shaffer
- Fritz Spiegl
- John Wummer
- Karl-Heinz Zöller
Edouard Manet: Young Flautist, or The Fifer, 1866
Notable jazz flute players include:
- Ian Anderson
- George Adams
- Walter Bell
- Leslie Burrs
- Wayman Carver
- Hariprasad Chaurasia
- Buddy Collette
- Robert Dick
- Eric Dolphy
- Joe Farrell
- Sonny Fortune
- Pannalal Ghosh
- Paul Horn
- Roland Kirk
- Hubert Laws
- Charles Lloyd
- Herbie Mann
- Yusef Lateef
- Harold McNair
- James Moody
- James Newton
- Jerome Richardson
- Sam Rivers
- Raghunath Seth
- Bud Shank
- Sahib Shihab
- Jeremy Steig
- Nicola Stilo
- Nestor Torres
- Frank Wess
- Leo Wright
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Categories: Music occupations