ANNE ALLEN    M.A.Cantab,    PG Dip. RNCM (dist.)

Flute, piccolo, alto flute

email and website

 

‘Anne Allen… played the flute with sweet clarity every night’  The Times Nov. 2006

 

 

SOLO WORK

 

  • Computers In Personnel Open International Concerto Soloist Competition Winner 2007
  • Blackheath Young Artist 2003/4                           with Yeu Meng Chan, piano
  • Solo Recitals                                                      Flute and Piano duo recitals across England

e.g. for the Schubert Society of Great Britain

  • The Ancora Duo                                                            Flute and Guitar duo with Mitch Dalton
  • Threes’ Company                                               Trio performing for corporate events, functions etc
  • Corporate/Private Events                                     Inc. playing for Members of the Royal family,

                                                                                         David & Victoria Beckham, Tony & Cherie Blair,

                                                                              Ken Livingstone, Michael Portillo      

  • Cruise Entertainment                                           QEII, Swan Hellenic, Saga
  • Music in Hospitals Charity                                   (Hospices, Terminal Wards, care homes etc)
  • Three Piece Sweet                                              (All female wind trio)
  • BBC session work                                              inc. BBC Radio 3, BBC TV
  • Session work                         e.g.Academy Of Contemporary Music & composers recording new works
  • Haydn Flute Concerto performance for the International Olympic Committee in Singapore, 2005
  • Extemporisation for performance artists eg professional storyteller at the Lamont Gallery, Kensington
  • Pop music concerts - flute soloist                                    inc. Bush Hall performance with James Carrington
  • Cabaret                                                             Inc. performing with the John Lenehan Jazz Trio
  • Guest soloist and workshop leader at the Tanglin Trust, Singapore

 

 

SOLO RECORDINGS

 

  • Gentle Dreams (2001)                                         Burton, Poulenc, Faure, Rutter etc.     
  • Duologue (2003)                                                Reinecke, Czerny, Telemann, Donizetti etc
  • The Relaxing Flute (2007)                                   Faure, Bach, Saint-Saens, Elgar, Gershwin etc.

 

 

CONCERTOS  (with Orchestral Accompaniment)

 

  • BBC Concert Orchestra               (Enesco Cantabile et Presto, Gossec Tambourin, Flight of the Bumble Bee)

(Queen Elizabeth Hall) 

  • Southbank Sinfonia                                             Frank Martin Ballade, (Cadogan Hall, London)
  • London Soloists Chamber Orchestra                     Telemann Flute Concerto (St Martin in the Fields)
  • Bampton Classical Opera                                     Bach Suite in B minor                
  • Gli Amici della Musica                                        Martin Ballade              
  • Bridport CO / Cambridge Uni SO                         Mozart Flute Concerto in D                      
  • B’mouth Rehearsal Orch                                     Hüe Fantaisie,  Mozart Concertos in G&D

·         New Hall Orchestra                                            Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto        

·         Chatsworth Ensemble                                         Chaminade Concertino

·         The Parry Strings                                               Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5

 

 

PUBLICATION ARTICLES

 

  • BBC Classical Music Magazine front cover CD      (Nov. ’03)
  • MUSO Magazine article
  • Reviews in Pan Magazine, for the British Flute Society
  • Articles and reviews in many newspapers including Sunday Telegraph, the Times, the Daily Mail
  • Oldie Magazine feature- performing with Richard Ingrams
  • Interviews on Classic FM, Radio 3, Radio Solent, 2CR BBC Radio, Cambridge Radio etc

 

COMPETITIONS

 

  • International Concerto Competition Gold Prize Winner 2007
  • Blackheath Young Artists’ Platform 2003/4           One of six performers chosen from the UK
  • Winner of Norfolk Young Musician of the Year
  • Radio 2 Young Musician finalist
  • Eastbourne Young Musician finalist

 

ORCHESTRAL WORK           

 

  • English National Ballet                                         Trial for Principal Flute
  • English National Orchestra                                  Principal Flute                           
  • Southern Sinfonia                                               Principal Flute
  • Northern Chamber Orchestra                               Co-Principal Flute                      
  • Orchestra of the World                                       Co-Principal Flute
  • English National Orchestra                                  Flute/Picc
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra                               Flute/Picc
  • Britten Sinfonia                                                  Flute/Picc                     
  • London Festival Orchestra                                   Flute/Picc
  • London Concertante                                           Flute/Picc
  • Philharmonia Concert Orchestra                           Flute/Picc                                 
  • 10:10                                                                Flute/Picc                                             
  • Various Choral Societies                                     Flute/Picc                                 
  • South Bank Sinfonia                                           Flute/Picc                                 
  • Britten-Pears Orchestra                                       Flute/Picc         
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra                      Piccolo dbl flute
  • National Symphony Orchestra                             Piccolo dbl flute                        
  • London Soloists Chamber Orchestra                     Flute/Piccolo & Alto
  • New Ensemble                                                   Flute/Piccolo & Alto                              
  • Musicians’ Benevolent Fund concert, Royal Opera House   Alto flute & flute
  • Tour Concerts for Katherine Jenkins and Hayley Westenra

 

Also on ‘extra’ lists for:

BBC NOW,  BBC Scottish,  Liverpool Philharmonic, Northern Ballet, Scottish Ballet, WNO

 

OPERA/SHOWS

 

  • Royal Opera House                                             Principal(fl&picc)
  • Opera UK                                                          Flute & Piccolo
  • Bampton Classical Opera                                     Principal(fl&picc)          
  • Cambridge Arts Trust                                         Principal
  • Pegasus Opera                                                   Principal(fl&picc)
  • Hackney Empire productions                               Principal(fl&picc)
  • The Big Little Theatre Company                           Principal(fl&picc)
  • Stray Dogs Theatre Company                              Principal(fl&picc)                      
  • Britten-Pears Opera                                            Principal(fl&picc)
  • British Youth Opera                                            Principal                       

 

ORCHESTRAL RECORDINGS

 

  • Orchestra of the World                                       Sky TV conducted by Valery Gergeiev
  • Aldeburgh Festival Performance                           Mahler 2
  • ‘Gli Amici della Musica’                                      Nielson’s 2nd Symphony                                   
  • CUMS II (Live Paris Recording)                          Rachmaninov’s 2nd Symphony               
  • ‘The Big Little Theatre Company’                        CD of Show Music       
  • Thames Festival Orchestra                                  Brahms German Requiem                       

 

EDUCATION

                       

  • Royal Northern College of Music                         (Postgrad Dip in Prof Perf (Distinction)    ’99 -’01)
  • Cambridge University                                          (Honours Degree in Music                       ’95 -’98)

                       

 

 

 

 

‘[Anne] had a profound impact on flute players and audiences alike. What has also always struck me about her flute playing is that she does not seem to have any technical problems that stand in the way of her natural, flowing style... inspiring talent... ’

                                    Wissam Boustany, International Soloist.

 

 

ANNE ALLEN quickly became recognised as an exciting young flautist, graduating from Cambridge University and the Royal Northern College of Music with Distinction.  Performing internationally, she has played in all the major UK venues and abroad in Europe, the Far East, Africa, Russia and South America. Anne has performed solo concerti with orchestras including the BBC Concert Orchestra and in June this year performed Frank Martin’s Ballade in the Cadogan Hall, London, accompanied by the Southbank Sinfonia.

 

Anne has won many prizes; in April 2007 she was chosen as the ‘outstanding’ woodwind winner of the Computers In Personnel International Concerto Competition. Anne was Norfolk Young Musician of 1997 and in 2001 she was a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year. She has also performed on Radio 3, BBC TV and Sky TV.  Anne was chosen as one of six musicians from around the country to be part of the Blackheath Concert Halls Young Artists’ Platform, 2003-4.

 

Also an accomplished orchestral player, Anne has appeared with many professional orchestras and opera companies including the BBC Philharmonic and English National Ballet.  This year Anne played with the National Symphony Orchestra on tour with Hayley Westenra and Katherine Jenkins. Winning the Audience Favour Prize in Moscow and appearing as Principal Flute in the Orchestra of the World with the Russian Army conducted by Valery Gergiev have been highlights in her orchestral career so far.

 

As a chamber musician Anne plays for many private occasions from parties and weddings to corporate events – even openings of buildings! Clients range from members of the Royal Family to companies such as Pricewaterhousecoopers. Highlights in this side of her career include performing a flute concerto to the Beckhams! Anne plays in various chamber groups that perform a wide range of repertoire in many locations and she takes great pleasure in tailoring each booking to the requirements of each client.

 

Anne enjoys the lighter side of music making, playing for shows and pop gigs and takes great pleasure in providing entertainment for a variety of occasions and events across the UK. Having spent a great deal of time in hospital recovering from a bone tumour, a highly valued side to Anne’s career is performing for the charity Music In Hospitals which brings entertainment to the ill and elderly within the community.

 

It was the wide variety of musical styles and instrumental combinations that initially drew Anne to a career as a performer and the dialogue between instruments inspired the name Duologue for her latest CD of flute and piano works. 

 

For more information, to buy CDs or to make bookings, please see Anne’s website anne-allen.com

 

 

‘Anne played the flute with sweet clarity every night’     The Times, Nov 2006

 

 

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