Forthcoming Performances by Wissam Boustany:
12 May 2007 at ALL DAY
Flute Day with Anna Noakes, Alan Baker and Aleks Szram.
BLACKHEATH CONCERT HALLS, LONDON
Masterclasses 9am-5pm
Concert 6-7pm
Contact
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30 May 2007 at 8pm
Recital for British Lebanese Association
Kensington Town Hall, London
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01 June 2007 at 7:30pm
Wissam Boustany - Flute
Susan Garrelts - Piano
Recital at Hamline University, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
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15 June 2007 at 7:30pm
St Paul's Church, Deptford, London
NIELSEN FLUTE CONCERTO
with
St Paul's Sinfonia conducted by Andrew Morley
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02 August 2007 at 7:30pm
Recital with Scott Mitchell
International Flute Summer School
Strathallan, Perthshire, Scotland
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28 August 2007 at 7:30pm
IN SEARCH OF INSPIRATION
Intensive Flute Course RECITAL
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"a man with vision and talent"
The Independent June 2002
"The best thing about Wissam Boustany's playing is that he is not preoccupied with being a flute player. He uses his flute to break down and transcend the barriers of music notation and always aims to communicate his vision of the music he plays to the audience..."
Pan Magazine, British Flute Society
'...But most notable among them was undoubtedly the extraordinarily fluent and forthright young flautist Wissam Boustany, who, in terms of expressive power, defies the bounds imposed by his chosen instrument...'
Daily Telegraph
"A consummate performer, Wissam Boustany is engaging to watch as he plies drama to his repertoire, literally wooing his audience. His instinctive feel for the music is a joy to behold and his sentiments are heart-warming as he richly expresses, in no uncertain terms, the power of music upon a fragile world"
Musical Opinion
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Wissam Boustany has toured South/North America, Europe and the Middle/Far East and Africa. In 1995 Boustany founded the international initiative Toward Humanity, which uses music as a catalyst to support humanitarian projects on an international scale. Born in Lebanon, Boustany moved to Britain in 1977 where he studied at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. After being awarded the Bass Concerto Award, he won the Silver Medal in the 1982 Madeira International Flute Competition, the woodwind prize in the Royal Overseas League Competition and the silver medal in the Shell/LSO Competition. He was 2nd prize winner in the woodwind section of the first BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1978. In 1997 he was awarded a knighthood by the Lebanese government in recognition of his music and humanitarian work. The next year he was presented with the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. He teaches at Trinity College of Music, London. |
