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Unbound: Music by Women Composers
This past weekend Laura Falzon, Anna Tonna and Olga Gurevich performed Unbound, a concert of works by women composers for voice, flute and piano from the Age of Enlightenment to the 21st Century. Women composers across history are too often overlooked and forgotten. Unbound set out to change that, celebrating music created by women, performed…
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Classics on the Sound: A Concert Series
When international concert flutist Laura Falzon moved to Rye, she fell in love with the town. She knew she wanted to direct a concert series here, inspired by the beautiful residential neighborhoods, picturesque high street and beautiful seaside walks. When she visited Wainwright House, a beautiful replica of a French Chateau on the Long Island…
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New York Tapestries Release Concert
Released in December 2018, 2Flutes’ debut CD New York Tapestries, presents works by New York women composers specifically written or transcribed for 2Flutes duo (Laura Falzon and Pamela Sklar). The CD weaves together works by composers Marilyn Bliss, Rain Worthington, Pamela Sklar, Alyssa Reit and Victoria Bond to form a tapestry of the city, creating…
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A Turk in America CD Release
Munir Beken’s A Turk in America is out now. Featuring Issa Sonus (Laura Falzon, flute; Emily Ondracek, violin; Erik Petersen, viola; Moran Katz, clarinet; Adrian Daurov, cello) and Munir Beken Oud; Aysegul Durakoglu piano. Tracks include Memories of a Shoehorn, Pottery Shards, Holes in the Japanese Lamp, Sonata for Piano, A Turk in Seattle.
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Composer Brian Schober writes new work for flute
Driftings is the result of a collaboration between Brian Schober and Laura. A wonderful trio for flute, soprano saxophone and piano, the piece was written for Laura Falzon, flute; James Noyes, saxophone; and Keith Burton, piano. The work was premiered at a MOSA concert on January 27th, 2019. Brian Schober has pursued an active career…
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New York Tapestries CD Release
2Flutes’ debut CD “New York Tapestries” is out now! The CD presents a collection of contemporary works for two flutes by New York women composers specifically written or transcribed for the 2Flutes ensemble. In New York Tapestries, the two flutes of Laura Falzon and Pamela Sklar weave together pieces from New York women composers to…
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Premiere of Gio Janiashvili’s Seduction of Europa
Laura Falzon premiered composer Gio Janiashvili‘s The Seduction of Europa, a 45 minute flute and electronics piece, at The Tank in New York on Sept 26 2018. Composer Gio Janiashvili‘s flute and electronics work, written for Laura Falzon, borrows its title from the Greek myth “The Seduction of Europa.” Nevertheless, the work is not intended…
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US Premiere: Pamela Sklar’s Chains of Love
On January 24 2018 , 2Flutes ensemble (Laura Falzon and Pamela Sklar) joined mezzosoprano Anna Tonna and pianist Isabel Perez Dobarro in a concert titled Women in Music at the Bruno Walter auditorium in Lincoln Center performing the US premiere of Sklar’s Chains of Love together with two works for flute and piano by two…
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World Premiere: Jody Rockmaker’s Flutesongs
Mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, and flutist Laura Falzon gave the world premiere performance of composer Jody Rockmaker’s Flutesongs – a duet for soprano and flute on Saturday October 21 2017 at the National Opera Center/Opera America in New York City in a concert presented by the American Composers Alliance Flutesongs is a setting for voice and flute…
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World Premiere of Xinyan Li’s The Dunhuang Lovers
Laura Falzon, flute; Zhou Yi, pipa; Xinyan Li, composer; and Michelle Li, cello, performed the world premiere performance of The Dunhuang Lovers at Carnegie Hall on September 29th 2017. The Dunhuang Lovers, a trio written for flute/alto flute, pipa, and cello, draws musical inspiration from both Western and Chinese music. It tells a love story…
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Ogygia’s Nymph
Have you ever heard a story that is thousands of years old? Ogygia’s Nymph is a tale that has been told for a very long time, and was made famous by Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. In this ancient legend, the Gods decided to test Odysseus, King of Ithaca — so they sent him on…
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Grammy Award winning composer writes Fantasmas for Laura Falzon
Costa Rican composer, Carlos José Castro Mora, Professor of Composition at the University of Costa Rica and Latin Grammy Awardee in the category “Best contemporary classical music work” in 2008, has written a new work for alto flute and string quartet, for Laura Falzon. The first movement of this work “Como una melodía que emerge…