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The Australian flautist, Ana de la Vega, born to Argentinian and British parents, grew up on a farm in New South Wales, Australia, as the third of four sisters. She studied flute at the University of Sydney, whee she obtained her Bachleor of Music degree and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy of Arts/Philosophy of Religion (2001-2003). She continued her flute studies at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris under the tutelage of Raymond Guiot and Catherine Cantin, drawing inspiration from the famed French school of flute playing, and obtained there Premier Prix de la Flute Traversiere (2005-2008). She says about her serendipitous discovery of the flute: 'When I decided to be a flautist I had never seen a flute. I was seven years old playing in the garden on our farm when Jean-Pierre Rampal’s recording of the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto came through my parents’ speakers. The second movement of that concerto rendered me speechless. Every decision from that moment on led me to the flute, to Paris… to Mozart... A long way from the flies and the dust!'
After her studies, Ana de la Vega played as Associate Principal Flute in Philharmonie der Nationen (May 2008-Jun 2010); and Principal Flute in Europa Philharmonie EPK (Feb 2008-Sep 2010). The began a caree as flautist soloist. Recent and forthcoming performance highlights include concerto performances with the Lucern Festival Strings, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, English Chamber Orchestra, Prague Royal Philharmonic, Bremen Philharmonic, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Bochum Symphoniker, Dresdner Kapellsolisten, Zagreb Soloists, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Auckland Philharmonic, and Trondheim Soloists. In the last 12 months she has made debut appearances at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wigmore Hall & Cadogan Hall London, Essen Philharmonie and Munich Philharmonie Gasteig.
Her debut recording of W.A. Mozart and Mysliveček flute concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra won Classic FM’s ‘Best Albums of 2018’ No.3, reached No.1 on Amazon’s Classical Best Seller chats, and won CD of the week seven times over. Now her second album of Haydn and Stamitz concertos with oboist Ramón Ortega Quero and the Trondheim Soloists, makes a similar splash with international press unanimously marvelling at their ‘Perfect Harmony’ (NDR) and ‘grace and elegance’ (WELT): ‘the harmony between the two soloists… is almost dizzying’ (RBB). ARTE has now filmed a documentary called ‘Ana de la Vega und die Flöte’ to be aired on the 1st November.
Ana de la Vega's has a new series on IDAGIO Live called “Flute Reboot” where she walks her viewers through the rich history of the flute and other classic music fables. She is also the worldwide ambassador for Altus hand-crafted Japanese flutes. She currently lives in Berlin, Germany. |
