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Flutist Laura Falzon has featured as soloist during recitals and concerts across Europe, Asia and the USA. A graduate of Columbia University, she studied in England with Royal Academy professor and principal flutist of the London Sinfonietta Sebastian Bell, with Kim McCormick in the United States and with flautists Susan Milan and Julius Baker. An ardent advocate and passionate performer of contemporary music, Laura Falzon has collaborated with composers from around the world on new works for flute in a variety of combinations, ranging from the conventional flute solo, flute & piano, and flute & orchestra, to works with electroacoustics as well as non-western instruments like the zheng, sitar, tabla, yoruba drums and tanpura. She has commissioned and premiered many flute works including Padma Phool by the Anglo-Indian composer John Mayer (mostly known as the founder of Indo-Jazz Fusion and, in the flute world, for his flute Concerto for Sir James Galway), and other works by composers such as Eddie McGuire, Shirish Korde, Charles Camilleri, Akin Euba, and Geoff Poole. Her collaborations include work with many musicians such as pianists Timothy Carey, Andrew Ball, Eric Moe, Max Lifchitz and the late Mark Ray; percussionists Damian Harron of Backbeat percussion ensemble and Doug Perkins of So Percussion; choreographers Sara Pardo and Tanya Bayona Poutiatine; Chinese harpist Zi Lan Liao; conductors Bongani Ndodana and Roger Zahab; sitarist Jonathan Mayer and the late John Mayer, tabla player Dibyarka Chatterjee and many others. Described in the London-based Music & Musicians magazine as “an excellent instrumentalist”, her performances include concerto appearances with orchestras and ensembles including Spectrum (dir. Guy Protheroe), St. Martin in the Fields Sinfonia, the British Rasumovsky Quartet (leader Francis Mason) and Malta's National Orchestra, The Manoel Theatre Orchestra. Her recordings include the CD Charles Camilleri: Music for clarinet, flute and piano, with the acclaimed British pianist Andrew Ball and British clarinetist David Campbell which includes a selection of works from the extensive list of flute compositions that composer Charles Camilleri wrote for her. Her recordings have been broadcast on television and radio stations across Europe—Bulgaria, UK, Malta, Germany, France Iceland, Finland—and the US. She has also performed in many International Festivals and Symposia, including amongst others Mediterranean Arts Festival (Council of Europe, Athens, Greece), Rescontres de la Mer (Council of Europe, France), “Musiques de la Mediterranee”(La Garde, France), Euro-Arab Summer Festival, “Crossroads”International Symposium on the Music of the Mediterranean Region , Malta International Arts Festival (Malta), International Festival and Symposium on New Intercultural Music (London ), Bridge Across (Pittsburgh ) , Warwick & Leamington Festival (Warwick, UK). The recipient of numerous awards, grants received include ones from The British Arts Council (UK), the Scottish Arts Council (UK), The Rockefeller Foundation (US), Hope Scott Trust (UK), Jersey Arts Trust (UK), Warwick Arts Festival (UK), The Centre for Intercultural Musicology, Churchill College, Cambridge University (UK), Rotary Foundation International (USA/UK) and Columbia University (US). Born in Canada of Maltese parents, she also holds a Master of Music in flute Performance from the University of South Florida and is an Associate, Licentiate and a Fellow of the London College of Music. Before 2004, she was based in the UK, previous to which she was co-principal flute with Malta's National Orchestra, then known as the Manoel Theatre Orchestra. Ms. Falzon has done residencies through the Rockefeller Foundation and was also a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in the US. She is a founding member and artistic director of Id-Dinja ensemble and ISSA Sonus ensemble both of whose missions are to perform and promote 20th century and new music by composers from all over the world. As well as a performer, Ms. Falzon is also active as a music educator and teaching artist. She has taught in various institutions in the UK and the US. As well as teaching at her own private studio she presently also teaches at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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