San Francisco Flute Society presents "Flutes by the Sea," a series of masterclasses and concerts, June 24-27, in Half Moon Bay's Methodist Church.
Led by San Francisco Flute Society founder, Viviana Guzman, and faculty members Alice K. Dade, Erika Boysen, Julien Beaudiment, Philipp Jundt, the event features daily masterclasses from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and evening concerts at 7 p.m.
Participating organizations are Magic Flutes Orchestra, Bel Canto Flute Choir, Avant Flute Choir, PYO Flute Choir, Blue Jays Flute Choir.
Performer and auditor participation applications are due before June 1. Fees are $495 and $295, respectively. Tickets for the June 8, 11, and 12 concerts are $20. For information, write to [email protected].
Thursday Evening at 7pm Concert features Julien Beaudiment, flute and Miles Graber, piano.
Julien Beaudiment, former Principal Flute, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Flute Professor, Conservatoire de Lyon, France, Principal of Lyon Opera. He has performed with the following orchestras: the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Beijing Opera Orchestra, l’Orchestre de Paris, l’Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Orchestre National de Bordeaux, as well as in the greatest halls in the world, such as the Walt Disney Hall, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Hall, London Royal Festival Hall, Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Munich Philharmonie,Frankfurt Alte Oper, Vienna Konzerthaus, Madrid Auditorium, Athens Megaton, Prague Rudolfimum, salle Pleyel, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Tonhalle in Zurich, Tokyo Opera City Hall, Tokyo Bunkamura, Pekin Opera, Shanghai Grand theatre, under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel, Christoph schenbach, Sir Colin Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, Ivan Fischer, Sir Roger Norrington, Yuri Temirkanov, Emmanuel Krivine, William Christie, Evelino Pido, Louis Langrée, Thomas Hengelbrocht, Philippe Jordan, Vladimir Jurovski.