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Irena Grafenauer
12+ albums
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Irena Grafenauer, (born June 19, 1957 in Ljubljana, Slovenia), is a Slovenian flute player and soloist, a pupil of Karlheinz Zöller and Aurèle Nicolet. Irena Grafenauer started her musical education at the age of 8. After graduating from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana in 1974, she continued her studies with Karlheinz Zöller and Aurèle Nicolet. She won First Prize in three international competitions: in Belgrade (1974), Geneva (1978) and Munich (1979). From 1977 to 1987 she was principal flautist with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik and Sir Colin Davis. On October 1987 she was appointed Professor at the Salzburg Mozarteum. She has successfully toured most European countries, the United States, Japan, and Australia as a soloist. She has performed regularly at Gidon Kremer’s Lockenhaus Festival since 1981 and toured extensively with ”Kremer & Friends”. Irena Grafenauer formed a duo with the harpist Maria Graf, with whom she has enjoyed a long and harmonious partnership. She has also worked regularly with the Berlin Philharmonic Duo Jörg Baumann and Klaus Stoll, pianists Oleg Maisenberg, Robert Levin, and Helmut Deutsch, Guitar-player Eliot Fisk, and the Cherubini String Quartet Irena Grafenauer records exclusively for the Philips label. She has been contracted to record concertos and quartets by Mozart with members of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the French album with music by Debussy, Ravel, Ibert and Roussel. She currently teach
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Le Carnaval des Animaux : Aquarium
3152Le Carnaval des Animaux : Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux - Aquarium
2473Mozart: Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313 - 2. Adagio non troppo
1934J.S. Bach: Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - 7. Badinerie
1675Le Carnaval des Animaux : Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux: Aquarium
1316Mozart: Concerto in C for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, K.299 - 2. Andantino
1177Pavane pour une infante défunte - Transcription for Flute and Harp
1128Sonata No.2 in E flat major, BWV 1031 - For Flute and Harp: 2. Siciliano
1029Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313 - Cadenza: Irena Grafenauer: 3. Rondo (Tempo di menuetto)
9310Mozart: Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313 - Cadenza: Irena Grafenauer - 3. Rondo (Tempo di menuetto)
90albums
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Bach for Breakfast - The Leisurely Way to Start Your Day
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Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Organ Symphony
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Mozart for Meditation - Quiet Music for Quiet Times
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Bach at Bedtime
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Mozart in the Morning
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100 Classical Favourites
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Lullabies for Lovers
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Carnaval De Venise
Bach, J.S.: Sonatas & Partitas for flute & harp
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Showpieces
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Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals / Meschwitz: Tier-Gebete / Ridout: Little Sad Sound
Mozart / Stamitz / Mercadante: Flute Concertos