Ian Clarke is acknowledged as one of the leading player/composers in the flute world. His compositions have been performed across five continents on stages ranging from London's South Bank to the Glastonbury Rock Festival and have been featured in the last four BBC Young Musician Woodwind finals. These published works are establishing themselves as some of the most exciting flute repertoire of today and are being embraced by internationally acclaimed performers, teachers, colleges & students alike.
Ian has been invited to perform as a featured guest soloist at conventions in Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Netherlands and numerous times in the USA and the British Flute Society. In addition he has performed in Iceland, Canada, France and has regularly toured the USA. His acclaimed CD 'Within' has been one of the flute world's best sellers. He has given masterclasses at the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Northern, and Trinity College of Music. He was recently Flutewise artist of the year; Flutewise members premiered his new ensemble piece 'Zig Zag Zoo' at the Barbican, and Ian appeared as guest artist with Ian Anderson and his group Jethro Tull. Along with Clare Southworth, Ian will lead the 2010 Woldingham International Summer School and will join Wissam Boustany for the 2010 Scottish Summer School.
A prize- winning student, Ian studied with Simon Hunt, Averil Williams and Kate Lukas of the Guildhall School of Music, London. He concurrently studied Mathematics at Imperial College, London graduating with Honours. Ian is professor of flute at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Ian works extensively with musician/composer Simon Painter writing, producing and performing music for film & television under the name of Diva Music with numerous recordings between them and applications from Microsoft to Oprah Winfrey!
Learn more at: www.divamusic.co.uk
Ian is an International Miyazawa Flute artist. |
