JANE RUTTER

Jane Rutter born in 1958 is an Australian musician – a classical flautist who also crosses into jazz and pop. She has performed in the UK, Europe, the US, South-East Asia, the South Pacific, South America and China. She studied with Alain Marion and Jean-Pierre Rampal in Paris, after which she returned to Australia to lecture in flute and chamber music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She has performed many times at the Sydney Opera House, toured extensively, widely performed her one woman show Tutti Flutti, played at the 1999 National Flute Convention in Atlanta, US, and in 2000 was international guest artist at the International Flute Festival, Brazil.

In 2005 she was the patron of the Australian International Flute Convention. Rutter has also presented on Channel Nine’s Getaway, winning a "Peoples' Choice" award, and has also composed several pieces. She collaborated with Oscar nominee David Hirschfelder. She played the role of Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Karnak Playhouse. Rutter appears as guest soloist with many prominent artists across different styles, including Richard Bonynge, Christopher Hogwood, Michael Crawford, The Manhattan Transfer, David Helfgott, Peter Cousens, Tina Arena, Rick Price, Slava Grigoryan and Simon Tedeschi. She has performed with many Australian symphony orchestras, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the City of Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra. From her first iconic album, 'Nocturnes And Preludes For Flute', Jane’s sublime flute playing has seen a further 23 further best- selling albums released including Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, French Kiss and Flute Spirit: Dreams and Improvisations.

ALBUMS
'Nocturnes & Préludes For Flute' (#58) 1989 WEA
'Mozart's Flute' 1990 ABC
'Apasionada' 1992 BMG
'Blo' 1996 Philip
'Romancing the Flute' (#92) 1998 Philips 
'Verse 1' 1999 Jane Rutter
'Brazil' (#66) [with Slava Grigoryan] 2004 ABC
'Embraceable You' [with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra] 2007 ABC
'An Australian in Paris' 2012 ABC
'Flute Spirit: Dreams and Improvisations' 2014 Jane Rutter
'Fire and Water: An Irish Fantasy' 2017 ABC
'French Kiss' 2017 ABC
'Evening Star' [with Peter Cousens] 2019 Jane Rutter

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Rutter