James Galway
James Galway
Sir James Galway, OBEis an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man With the Golden Flute". Following in the footsteps of Jean-Pierre Rampal, he became one of the first flute players to establish an international career as a soloist...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionFlute Player
Date of Birth8 December 1939
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
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I practice my concerti and recitals till it looks easy.
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When you are playing your Long tones, you need to have a certain amount of tension to ensure that you flute is not moving around while you play.
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When I was a kid I was nervous too and it never crossed my mind to take drugs.
flute received
I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer.
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I always play the flute with the head-joint which comes on it.
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He was the outstanding musical genius of all time, when you think of how much he wrote and how long he lived.
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I think too much is spoken of playing things slowly.
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It is my method to apply tension at all times.
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My wife Jeane has been listening to me play the flute nearly everyday for the last 22 years or more. She thinks I sound the best on gold but that the other metals have different qualities.
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Listening to all these really fine players play I was impressed that they all sounded good no matter what they were playing upon.
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Just in case you think I play only precious metal flutes, let me tell you that I have a silver plated student model with a silver head and it is excellent.
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...I got to try the bagpipes. It was like trying to blow an octopus.
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Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.
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Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.