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Artist
Linda Wetherill
6+ albums
fluteinstrumentalcontemporary classicalexperimentalNorth American
about
Linda Wetherill is founder/director www.Counterpoint-Italy.com International competition for composers and Lucca International Festival for chamber music based in Lucca' Oratorio Degli Angeli Custode in Tuscany and also in New York. Counterpoint-Italy, her competition to further musical language for soloists and also small chamber ensembles has had annual premiere performances to excellent reviews in NYC and Italy since 2009. Linda also participates in several of NYC's finest small ensembles, and is professor of music topics and Professor of flute at St. John's and Adelphi Universities. Ms Wetherill has toured as soloist cultural ambassador, collaborating and premiering modern composers' works and researching traditional musics since her selection by U.S.I.S to be featured recitalist for the 40th anniversary celebration in Frankfurt of German-American peace. Hans Stuckenschmidt called her "a brilliant flutist." She was the first American to be honored as featured soloist at the World Peace Festival of Langollen, Wales; and presented the first public concerts for mixed audiences by a woman in Saudi Arabia during her tours of the Middle East. Linda was the first American flutist to tour and teach in Central China in 2002. In 2003, her solo CD of collected compositions was placed on a short list of "Top Solo Flute Recordings Of All Time" by Amazon.com. Linda has raised the profile of concert flute repertoire to include the exotic compositions gathered dur
