List of flautists

This is a list of notable flute players, organized alphabetically by the musical genre in which they are best known.

Western Classical

• Richard Adeney
• Egidius Aerts
• Robert Aitken
• Wellington E. Alves
• William Alwyn
• John Amadio
• Neville Amadio
• Joachim Andersen
• Claudi Arimany
• Andrew Ashe
• Nina Assimakopoulos
• Johann Jacob Bach
• Julius Baker
• John Barcellona
• Samuel Baron
• Huáscar Barradas
• Georges Barrère
• Francesco Barsanti
• Jeanne Baxtresser
• Larry Beauregard
• Michel Bellavance
• William Bennett
• Atarah Ben-Tovim
• Henri Besozzi
• Sharon Bezaly
• Lisa Beznosiuk
• Boris Bizjak
• Frances Blaisdell
• Andreas Blau
• Michel Blavet
• Vilém Blodek
• Theobald Boehm – also inventor of predecessor of modern flute
• François Borne
• Denis Bouriakov
• Adrian Brett
• Giulio Briccialdi
• Carlos Bruneel
• Katherine Bryan
• Ferdinand Büchner
• Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin
• Marisa Canales
• Roland Cardon – alias Guy Rodenhof
• Robert Cavally
• Frédéric Chalon
• Claire Chase
• Laura Chislett
• Jasmine Choi
• Cesare Ciardi
• Ian Clarke
• Valerie Coleman
• Albert Cooper – also flute maker and inventor of Cooper scale
• Gaston Crunelle
• David Davies
• Michel Debost
• Leonardo De Lorenzo
• Jules Demersseman
• Abbie de Quant
• François Devienne
• Franz Doppler
• Karl Doppler
• Béla Drahos
• Louis Drouet
• Mathieu Dufour
• Friedrich Dülon
• Paul Lustig Dunkel
• Hilary du Pré
• Elena Duran
• Mario Duschenes
• Doriot Anthony Dwyer
• Alfred John Ellory
• Timothy Essex
• Pedro Eustache
• Bülent Evcil
• Andrew Findon
• Thierry Fischer
• Louis Fleury
• Dieter Flury
• John Fonville
• Frederick the Great – Prussian king and avid amateur
• John Frohling
• Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
• Kaspar Fürstenau
• Moritz Fürstenau
• Patrick Gallois
• James Galway
• Bianca Garcia
• Giuseppe Gariboldi
• Anna Garzuly
• Philippe Gaubert
• Severino Gazzelloni
• Paul Génin
• Jean-Claude Gérard
• Tula Giannini
• Richard Giese
• Geoffrey Gilbert
• Friedrich Hartmann Graf
• Peter-Lukas Graf
• Irena Grafenauer
• Uwe Grodd
• Ørnulf Gulbransen
• Nicholas Gunn
• Ute Günther
• Viviana Guzmán
• Rházes Hernández-López
• Gudrun Hinze
• Katherine Hoover
• Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
• Luigi Hugues
• Timothy Hutchins
• Christopher Hyde-Smith
• Gerald Jackson
• Sébastian Jacot
• André Jaunet
• Jens Josef
• Catherine Ransom Karoly
• Dirk Keetbaas
• Bettine Keyßer
• Jeffrey Khaner
• William Kincaid
• Kristiyan Koev
• Ernesto Köhler
• Jadwiga Kotnowska
• John C. Krell
• Frederich Kuhlau
• Barthold Kuijken
• Kaspar Kummer
• Michel de la Barre
• Eric Lamb
• Robert Langevin
• Sidney Lanier
• Maxence Larrieu
• Nicholas Laucella
• John Lemmone
• Hans-Martin Linde
• Nicola Lindsay
• Diana López Moyal
• Donato Lovreglio
• Kathryn Lukas
• Antoine Mahaut
• Alain Marion
• Jaime Martín
• Marya Martin
• Nicholas McGegan
• Lorna McGhee
• Demarre McGill
• Gareth McLearnon
• Victor McMahon
• Susan Milan
• Ulla Miilmann
• Claude Monteux
• Barbara Morgan – educator and former astronaut
• Tadashi Mori
• Gareth Morris
• Louis Moyse
• Marcel Moyse
• Ulrich Müller-Doppler
• Milan Munclinger
• Reza Najfar
• Ingrid Søfteland Neset
• Charles Nicholson
• Aurèle Nicolet
• Thomas Nyfenger
• Emmanuel Pahud
• Eleonore Pameijer
• Kathinka Pasveer
• Maggi Payne
• Philippe Rebille Philbert
• Marina Piccinini
• James Poke
• Claire Polin
• Ardal Powell
• Stephen Preston
• Johann Joachim Quantz – instructor of Frederick the Great, and author of important treatise
• Jean-Pierre Rampal
• Joseph Rampal
• Kurt Redel
• Jean Rémusat
• José María del Carmen Ribas
• Gwyn Roberts
• Paula Robison
• Mindy Rosenfeld
• Elizabeth Rowe
• Jane Rutter
• Gro Sandvik
• Federico Maria Sardelli
• Adolf Scherbaum
• Gary Schocker
• Karl-Heinz Schütz
• John Scott
• Johann Sedlatzek
• Elaine Shaffer
• Felix Skowronek
• Fenwick Smith
• Harvey Sollberger
• Ashley Solomon
• John Solum
• Mark Sparks
• Fritz Spiegl
• Christian Sprenger
• Simion Stanciu
• Sanja Stijačić
• Alexa Still
• Mimi Stillman
• Jiří Stivín
• James Strauss
• Lamar Stringfield
• LeoÅ¡ Svárovský
• Paolo Taballione
• Paul Taffanel
• Paul Taub
• Adolf Terschak
• Mark Thomas
• Rudolf Tillmetz
• Albert Tipton
• Manfred Trojahn
• Johann George Tromlitz
• Vladimir Tsybin
• Jean-Louis Tulou
• Owen Underhill
• Joaquín Valverde Durán
• Henk van der Vliet
• David Van Vactor
• Peter Verhoyen
• Linda Vogt
• Adam Walker
• Jim Walker
• Robert Hugh Willoughby
• Meredith Willson
• Ransom Wilson
• Carol Wincenc
• Johann Georg Wunderlich
• Charles Wyatt
• Trevor Wye
• Robert Wykes
• Carl Zerrahn
• Matthias Ziegler
• Karlheinz Zöller
• Jacques Zoon
• Eugenia Zukerman
• Ariel Zuckermann

Indian

• Devendra Murdeshwar
• Mayavaram Saraswathi Ammal
• K. Bhaskaran
• Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar
• Debopriya Chatterjee
• Hariprasad Chaurasia
• Rakesh Chaurasia
• Milind Date
• Pannalal Ghosh
• Keshav Ginde
• Pravin Godkhindi
• Steve Gorn
• Nityanand Haldipur
• Kudamaloor Janardanan
• Chetan Joshi
• Naveen Kumar
• T. R. "Mali" Mahalingam
• Ronu Majumdar
• Pandit Niranjan Prasad
• Raghunath Prasanna
• Rajendra Prasanna
• Rishab Prasanna
• Raghavendran Rajasekaran
• H. Ramachandra Shastry
• Natesan Ramani
• Thiagarajan Ramani
• Vijay Raghav Rao
• G. S. Sachdev
• Palladam Sanjiva Rao
• T. S. Sankaran
• Tiruchy L. Saravanan
• Dipak Sarma
• Sarabha Sastri
• Raghunath Seth
• B. Shankar Rao
• Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela
• Prapancham Sitaram
• T. N. Sivakumar
• Shashank Subramanyam
• Tanjore Viswanathan
• Ma Anand Yashu
• Bapu Padmanabha

Irish

• Harry Bradley
• Vincent Broderick
• Paddy Carty
• Catherine Coleman – astronaut
• Kevin Crawford
• Eddie Duffy
• Packie Duignan
• Brian Dunning
• Séamus Egan
• Brian Finnegan
• Michael Flatley
• Steph Geremia
• Carmel Gunning
• Peter Horan
• Frankie Kennedy
• Joanie Madden
• Josie McDermott
• Michael McGoldrick
• John McKenna
• Matt Molloy
• Conal Ó Gráda
• Peadar O'Loughlin
• Marcas Ó Murchú
• Francis O'Neill
• Mike Rafferty
• Micho Russell
• Seamus Tansey
• Michael Tubridy

Japanese

• Christopher Yohmei Blasdel
• Watazumi Doso
• Robin Hartshorne
• Yoshikazu Iwamoto
• Phil Nyokai James
• Kaoru Kakizakai
• Masayuki Koga
• Ron Korb – also other world flutes
• Kinko Kurosawa
• Ken LaCosse
• Riley Lee
• Kōhachiro Miyata
• John Kaizan Neptune
• KokÅ« Nishimura
• Atsuya Okuda
• Alcvin Ramos
• Rodrigo Rodriguez
• James Nyoraku Schlefer
• Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin
• Gorō Yamaguchi
• Hōzan Yamamoto
• Katsuya Yokoyama
• Masakazu Yoshizawa

Native American

• Bryan Akipa
• Michael Graham Allen
• Timothy Archambault
• Jeff Ball
• Odell Borg
• Robert Tree Cody
• Brent Michael Davids
• Joseph Fire Crow
• Mark Holland
• Al Jewer
• Nicole LaRoche
• Hawk Littlejohn
• Charles Littleleaf
• Kevin Locke
• Tom Mauchahty-Ware
• Bill Miller
• Robert Mirabal
• Michael Murphy
• R. Carlos Nakai
• Sonny Nevaquaya
• Jay Red Eagle
• Douglas Spotted Eagle
• Barry Stramp
• Gentle Thunder
• Andrew Vasquez
• Tommy Wildcat
• Mary Youngblood

Other traditional / Folk

• Altamiro Carrilho – Brazilian
• Joaquim da Silva – Brazilian
• Bora Dugić – Serbian
• Avraham Eilam-Amzallag – Israeli
• Gilbert Favre – Bolivian
• Julie Fowlis – Scottish
• Hassan Kassai – Persian
• Liu Qichao – Chinese
• Efraín Loyola – Cuban
• Fănică Luca – Romanian
• Yacouba Moumouni – Nigerien
• Chris Norman – Scottish
• Hossein Omoumi – Persian
• Hemapala Perera – Sri Lankan
• Lou Pérez – Cuban
• Pixinguinha – Brazilian
• Niyazi Sayın – Turkish
• Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Turkish
• Neyzen Tevfik – Turkish
• Henry Thomas – American
• Otha Turner – American
• Uiliami Leilua Vi – Tongan
• Gheorghe Zamfir – Romanian

Jazz / New Age

• André 3000
• George Adams
• Marshall Allen
• Curtis Amy
• Ashleigh Ball
• Phillip Bent
• Sean Bergin
• T. K. Blue
• Andrea Brachfeld
• Jane Bunnett
• Don Burrows
• Wayman Carver
• Danilo Caymmi
• Eugenio Colombo
• John Coltrane
• Charles Compo
• Hector Costita
• Charles Davis
• Jean Derome
• Robert Dick
• Eric Dixon
• Fostina Dixon
• Lyn Dobson
• Eric Dolphy
• Bob Downes
• Damian Drăghici
• Matt Eakle
• Marty Ehrlich
• Kat Epple
• Joe Farrell
• Sonny Fortune
• Peter Guidi
• Guttorm Guttormsen
• Vincent Herring
• Paul Horn
• Bobbi Humphrey
• Fred Jackson Jr.
• Bobby Jaspar
• Simon Jensen
• Tom Keenlyside
• Wouter Kellerman
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• Moe Koffman
• Joe Kučera
• Brian Landrus
• Prince Lasha
• Yusef Lateef
• Hubert Laws
• Geoff Leigh
• Charles Lloyd
• Herbie Mann
• Bill McBirnie
• Harold McNair
• Lloyd McNeill
• Chris Michell
• Bobby Militello
• Nicole Mitchell
• James Moody
• Ras Moshe
• Sam Most
• Charlie Munro
• David "Fathead" Newman
• James Newton
• Andy Panayi
• Eddie Parker
• Greg Pattillo – beatboxing while playing the flute
• Finn Peters
• Jaime Prats
• Raja Ram
• Nelson Rangell
• Niki Reiser
• Jerome Richardson
• Sam Rivers
• Ali Ryerson
• Pharoah Sanders
• Clifford Scott
• Bud Shank
• Sahib Shihab
• Ronald Snijders
• Alberto Socarras
• Les Spann
• James Spaulding
• Jeremy Steig
• Nicola Stilo
• John Stubblefield
• Rowland Sutherland
• Lew Tabackin
• Joe Thomas
• Frank Tiberi
• Fred Tompkins
• Néstor Torres
• Theo Travis
• Norris Turney
• Dave Valentin
• Harold Vick
• Miho Wada
• Jim Walker
• Carlos Ward
• Frank Wess
• Steve Wilson
• Leo Wright
• Ma Anand Yashu
• Alexander Zonjic

Rock / Pop

• Ian Anderson – Jethro Tull
• India Arie
• Kofi Burbridge – Tedeschi Trucks Band
• Barry Burns – Mogwai
• Mel Collins – King Crimson
• Burton Cummings – The Guess Who
• Charles DeChant – Hall & Oates
• Jerry Eubanks – Marshall Tucker Band
• Peter Gabriel – Genesis
• John Hackett
• Barry Hay – Golden Earring
• Tee Mac Iseli
• David Jackson – Van der Graaf Generator
• Sevan Kirder – Eluveitie
• Terry Kirkman – The Association
• Andrew Latimer – Camel
• Lizzo
• Rozalind MacPhail
• Ian McDonald – King Crimson
• Teddy Osei – Osibisa
• Walter Parazaider – Chicago
• Edwin Rist
• Florian Schneider – Kraftwerk
• Ray Thomas – The Moody Blues
• Thijs van Leer – Focus
• Tim Weisberg – jazz, rock, fusion
• Ann Wilson – Heart
• Chris Wood – Traffic

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