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principal flute
Kersten McCall
The son of composer Brent McCall, the German flautist Kersten McCall grew up in Donaueschingen, where the Donaueschingen Festival for contemporary music is still held every October. It was in this rich musical environment that McCall took up the flute at the age of nine. He later studied with Felix Renggli at the Schaffhausen Conservatory in Basle and with Renate Greiss and Aurèle Nicolet at the Karlsruhe Hochschule für Musik.
He won first prize at the 1997 Kobe International Flute Competition in Japan and third prize at the 2000 ARD International Music Competition.
McCall served as principal flautist of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, also having played in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He was appointed principal flautist of the Concertgebouworkest in November 2005.
McCall is also a world-renowned chamber player, having co-founded the Ensemble est!est!!est!!! for new music in 1995 and serving as a member of the Linos Ensemble since 2000.
The Foundation Concertgebouworkest commissioned the Dutch flute maker Eva Kingma to build a bass flute in C for the flute group in 2015.
The son of composer Brent McCall, the German flautist Kersten McCall grew up in Donaueschingen, where the Donaueschingen Festival for contemporary music is still held every October. It was in this rich musical environment that McCall took up the flute at the age of nine. He later studied with Felix Renggli at the Schaffhausen Conservatory in Basle and with Renate Greiss and Aurèle Nicolet at the Karlsruhe Hochschule für Musik.
He won first prize at the 1997 Kobe International Flute Competition in Japan and third prize at the 2000 ARD International Music Competition.
McCall served as principal flautist of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, also having played in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He was appointed principal flautist of the Concertgebouworkest in November 2005.
McCall is also a world-renowned chamber player, having co-founded the Ensemble est!est!!est!!! for new music in 1995 and serving as a member of the Linos Ensemble since 2000.
The Foundation Concertgebouworkest commissioned the Dutch flute maker Eva Kingma to build a bass flute in C for the flute group in 2015.
The son of composer Brent McCall, the German flautist Kersten McCall grew up in Donaueschingen, where the Donaueschingen Festival for contemporary music is still held every October. It was in this rich musical environment that McCall took up the flute at the age of nine. He later studied with Felix Renggli at the Schaffhausen Conservatory in Basle and with Renate Greiss and Aurèle Nicolet at the Karlsruhe Hochschule für Musik.
He won first prize at the 1997 Kobe International Flute Competition in Japan and third prize at the 2000 ARD International Music Competition.
McCall served as principal flautist of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, also having played in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He was appointed principal flautist of the Concertgebouworkest in November 2005.
McCall is also a world-renowned chamber player, having co-founded the Ensemble est!est!!est!!! for new music in 1995 and serving as a member of the Linos Ensemble since 2000.
The Foundation Concertgebouworkest commissioned the Dutch flute maker Eva Kingma to build a bass flute in C for the flute group in 2015.
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Kersten McCall image: Mladen Pikulic -
Kersten McCall with a pupil from an Amsterdam youth orchestra image: Anne Dokter -
Principal flute Kersten McCall backstage before an open air concert at Auditorio Ibirapuera in Parque Ibirapuera in São Paulo. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest -
After the rehearsal, conductor George Benjamin flautist Kersten McCall discusses a passage from György Ligeti's 'Double Concerto'. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest -
Kersten McCall is the winner of the Prix de Salon 2020 image: Dirk de Graaff -
Flutist Kersten McCall, bassoonist Gustavo Nuñez and clarinetist Olivier Patey work on intonation after a rehearsal. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
