Wild Flutes on the Run

New sound worlds on specially designed flutes

Robert Dick, Ned McGowan, and Anne La Berge take the stage together. These talented flutists play specially designed flutes that reflect their musical imagination. You will hear compositions and improvisations featuring bold, unique soundscapes that have already made a great impression worldwide.

Innovative flute music

Robert Dick challenges traditional flute music. He composes and plays with the idea that the flute can be more than a classical instrument. His invention, the Glissando Headjoint™, gives the flute unprecedented flexibility and expressiveness. This opens up a whole new, vocal palette of flute sounds that is sure to surprise you.

Meet Ned McGowan

Ned McGowan is an influential American-Dutch flutist, composer, and teacher from Amsterdam. He specializes in the contrabass flute and has contributed significantly to the modern repertoire for low flute. He also presents his new design of the vertical flute. Be inspired by his feedback and percussion works.

Anne La Berge creates her own worlds

Anne La Berge explores the extremes of composed and improvised music. Her work reflects social and political themes and gives her music urgency and depth. She uses a quarter-tone flute, electronics, controllers, live processing, and spoken text to create her distinctive sound world.