British flutists biography
British flutists biography
British flutists biography book.
James Galway
Irish flute player (born 1939)
Musical artist
Sir James GalwayOBE (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish[1][2]virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute".[3] After several years working as an orchestral musician, he established an international career as a solo flute player.
In 2005, he received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music at the Classic Brit Awards.
Early life
Galway was born in North Belfast as one of two brothers. His father, who played the flute, was employed at the Harland & Wolff shipyard until the end of the Second World War and spent night-shifts cleaning buses after the war, while his mother, a pianist, was a winder in a flax-spinning mill.
Raised as a Presbyterian and surrounded by a tradition of flute bands and many friends and family members who played the instrument, he was taught the flute by his uncle at the age of nine and joined his fife and drum corps.