 James Galway and his golden flute Sir James Galway (born December 8, 1939) is a Northern Ireland-born virtuoso flutist from Belfast, often called The Man With the Golden Flute. Following in the footsteps of Jean-Pierre Rampal, he became one of the first flutists to establish an international career as a soloist. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in June 2001. Image File history File links James_Galway. ...
December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ...
Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Office...
A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, late Latin virtuosus, Latin virtus meaning: skill, manliness, excellence) is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability at singing or playing a musical instrument. ...
A flutist demonstrates flute-playing technique A flutist or flautist is a musician who plays the flute. ...
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Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a celebrated French flautist, seen by many as the greatest of the 20th century. ...
A flutist demonstrates flute-playing technique A flutist or flautist is a musician who plays the flute. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: June 5-June 9 - Houston, Texas is devastated by flooding when Tropical Storm Allison dumps 36 inches of rain on the city. ...
He auditioned for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan, and was principal flute of that orchestra from 1969 to 1975. To Karajan's surprise and dismay, after a period of some disagreement, "Jimmy" Galway decided that he would leave to pursue a solo career, which he succeeded in doing admirably. He still performs regularly and is one of the world's leading classical flute players. The Berlin Philharmonic rehearsing in the Berliner Philharmonie. ...
Herbert von Karajan (Salzburg April 5, 1908 Anif near Salzburg – July 16, 1989) was an Austrian conductor. ...
He is Principal Guest Conductor of the London Mozart Players, based at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, South London. Founded by Harry Blech in 1949 as the UK’s first chamber orchestra, the London Mozart Players (LMP) is an ensemble of musicians from the UK and abroad. ...
Fairfield Halls, ready to receive Tony Hadley and Cindarella on Ice Fairfield Halls is an arts centre in Croydon, London and opened in 1962. ...
Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in southern England, and is also an area of Greater London, being the main settlement in the London Borough of Croydon. ...
South London area South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. ...
Most recently, Sir James has performed for the Academy Award-winning ensemble recording the soundtracks of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961) is a three-time Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning New Zealand filmmaker best known as the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he, along with his long time partner, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens adapted from the novels...
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy comprises three live action fantasy epic films; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). ...
He now resides in Meggen, Switzerland, with his U.S.-born wife, Jeanne.
He plays a golden flute that was handcrafted for him by the Muramatsu team. The Muramastu company is a Japanese flute company that makes flutes that are distributed around the world. ...
He is also president of a global organization called Flutewise, run by Liz Goodwin.
Trivia
- James prefers the term "flute player" over the term "flautist" and has been quoted as saying, "I am a flute player, not a flautist. I don't have a flaut, and I've never flauted."
- Apparently he was late for his audition for the Berlin Philharmonic by more than two hours, enraging Karajan so much that the legendary conductor made him play all sorts of excerpts and solos that were beyond the originally proposed audition material, hoping to humble and embarrass Galway. To Karajan's surprise, not only did Galway manage to play everything with spot on accuracy and fluid musicality, he was able to do a lot of it by memory when the music was not at hand, demonstrating his extensive knowledge and grasp of the flute repertoire.
Martin Galway (born January 3, 1966, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is one of the best known composers of music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip. ...
The Commodore 64 is the best selling single personal computer model of all time. ...
Further reading An Autobiography James Galway ISBN 0-340-24721-5 Chappell and Company Ltd.
External links - Sir James Galway Website of Sir James Galway, includes the Galway-Flute-Chat discussion group
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