FLAVIA HIRTE - FLUTE

Flavia is an Anglo-German flute player and teacher. She performs across Europe on both historical and modern flutes and is a founding member of Ensemble Molière.

As a freelancer she has played with groups such as: The Academy of Ancient Music, Dunedin Consort, English Touring Opera, Ensemble 't Kabinet (Neatherlands), Florilegium, Gabrieli Consort&Players,The Hanover Band and Kölner Akademy (Germany). In 2018 Flavia was selected for the Handel House Talent scheme, which she combined with research into lesser known English flute repertoire of the 18th century.

Flavia has appeared as a soloist on a number of occasions, performing concertos at the Guildhall, the RCM and with the Amadè Players both in London and at the 2016 Tilford Bach Festival.

Flavia has a Bachelor degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Master degrees from the Royal College of Music and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Her teachers have included Katy Bircher, Lisa Beznosiuk, Marten Root, Rachel Brown, Sarah Newbold and Vincent Cortvrint. As a Music Talks Scholar her studies were supported by an Ian Evans Lombe Award. Other support included an MBF Postgraduate Performance Award, as well as funding from the Seary Trust and the YLCE

Alongside her degrees she participated in a number of prestigious training programs including; the OAE Experience Scheme, Jeune Orchestre Atlantique, Dartington Baroque Orchestra, Brighton Early Music Live!, Vadstena Academie, Freiburger Baroque Academy and the European Union Baroque Orchestra.

In Ensemble Molière Flavia plays on her Bizey copy by Giovanni Tardino from ca. 1730. Sometimes she also plays her Rudolf Tutz after J. H. Rottenburgh or her recently aquired beautiful Hotteterre copy by Fridtjof Aurin.

For more information on upcoming concerts and teaching please visit: www.flaviahirte.com