LESLIE NEWMAN | FLUTE
“…an object lesson in how to give life to music”
- PAN (Journal of the British Flute Society)
“…an object lesson in how to give life to music”
- PAN (Journal of the British Flute Society)
biography
“To play as powerfully, as sensitively and as flawlessly as flutist Leslie Newman did… is to write the book on stamina and musical excellence. Bottom line: one of the highlights of the season.” This is how critics have described Leslie who, since her Toronto Symphony Orchestra debut at the age of eighteen, performing Carl Nielsen’s formidable Flute Concerto under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis, has developed a loyal audience with her lyricism, technical command and musical integrity.
Leslie is the principal flute with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, a post she has held since 2008. As guest principal flute, she has played with the Hallé Orchestra under Kent Nagano, the Bournemouth Symphony, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, National Ballet Orchestra and Esprit. She has toured through Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Europe and the U.S. with Sir Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
gallery
recordings
OPERA FANTAISIE WITH JOHN LENEHAN, PIANO
“…faultless, perhaps even definitive readings of repertoire from the ‘golden age of the flute’.”
- Wholenote Magazine
BEYOND THE IRON CURTAIN
"...an immensely worthwhile contribution to the catalogue.”
- GRAMOPHONE Magazine
CINÉMATIQUE THE MUSIC OF JIM McGRATH
Leslie Newman and the Montréal Chamber Orchestra
calendar
Noon | 23 July | 2020
University of Toronto Alumni Relations and the Faculty of Music.
Summer Thursdays at Noon: Leslie Newman | Hosted by Korin Thomas-Smith
26 September | 2020
Joyful Mozart | Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
W.A. Mozart | Flute Quartet in D-major, K 285
Alberto Ginastera | Duo for Flute and Oboe, op. 13
October 17th | 2020
Whimsical Woodwinds | Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
Samuel Barber | Summer Music
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang | On Light and Birds
Sigried Karg-Elert | Sonata Appassionata, op. 140 for solo flute
Iman Habibi | Surge for solo flute
8 PM | December 11th | 2020
Press Play | Continuum Contemporary Music
Kaija Saariaho | NoaNoa
Elena Firsova | Starry Flute
Anna Höstman | Fern
Iman Habibi | Surge
