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Vytenis Gurstis - Flute Lessons - Central London

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Marylebone (NW1) View on map
Last Logged In: 15 Mar 2012
Sex: Male
Web site: www.musicperformers.lt/vid.php3?lang=en&m...

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Royal Academy of Music
British Flute Society
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Flute £30.00/hr

Personal Message: Originally from Lithuania, currently studying in London, I am very excited to share the information I have been fortunate to receive and implement from all the great Teachers in my life.
Which subject(s) do you teach?: I teach the modern flute - classical, jazz, contemporary, the piccolo, as well as theory, harmony, Solfège and aural.
Tell me about your qualifications.: I graduated from "Ąžuoliukas" Music School with honours, currently on my last year of studying at the Royal Academy of Music with William Bennett.
What kind of experience do you have?: Masterclasses with R. Greiss-Armin (Germany), B. Gissler-Haase (Austria), R. Aitken (Canada), M. Ziegler (Switzerland), L. McGhee (Scotland), W. Bennett (England), E. Beynon (Wales), E. Pahud (Switzerland).

Solo and Chamber Music
2010 - UNICEF Charity Concert with Julian Rachlin and Friends, narrator Sir Roger Moore.
2010 - Soloist with the Royal Academy of Music Concert Orchestra
2008, 2006 - Soloist with the Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra
2006 - Soloist with the Lithuanian National Symphony
2005 - Soloist with the MasterWorks Festival Orchestra
2004 - Soloist with the Vilnius St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Recitals, concerts, international festivals in Lithuania and foreign countries – Germany, USA, England, Norway, Switzerland, Latvia, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine.

Orchestral Experience
2010 - Principal Flute with the Royal Academy of Music Concert Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davies
2009 - Principal Flute with the Royal Academy of Music Concert Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Aimard
- Piccolo with the Royal Academy of Music Concert Orchestra, conducted by Sir Mark Elder
2008 - 2nd Flute with the Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra
2004, 2005 - Flute and Piccolo with the MasterWorks Festival Orchestra USA and Europe.
How much do you charge?: 25-35£/hour
Where do you teach?: I teach at the Royal Academy of Music (NW1 5HT, London), also am willing to travel to the student's home within travel zones 1-3. Contact me and I'm sure we can work something out.
When are you available?: 2011-2012 - unavailable during some of December and April.
Which ages and levels do you teach?: Any level or age. Everyone can improve!
Which qualifications do you prepare your students for?: Any grading standard.
Do you have an up-to-date CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) disclosure certificate?: No.
Where and with whom did you train?: In Lithuania with Prof. Valentinas Gelgotas, principal of the LNSO- http://www.musicperformers.lt/vid.php3?lang=en&menu_id=9&at_id=251
At the Royal Academy of Music in London - with William Bennett - http://williambennettflute.com/bio.htm
Tell me about some of your current students.: I enjoy working with students of various levels, backgrounds and methods. In the beginning I usually assess what the needs and expectations of the student are and once the direction set, we start work. I emphasize the basics - beauty of tone, unity of the body and instrument, free and comfortable breathing and the vocal quality of the tone of the flute, which I think is what a lot of us are attracted to about the flute. I believe that no matter how 'musically' one wants to play, he also has to have the right tools to express that music with, and to have a vision or an idea behind every note played, a balance between logical and emotional in grounding of your musical ideas.

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Flute Website Links

For a start, I would like to recommend you check out these websites: First of all, my professor's website: http://williambennettflute.com/ There's a very insightful interview with him on the following page, with lots of tips for playing the flute: http://www.williambennettflute.com/profile.htm I also recommend the YouTube channel of Denis...

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William Bennett and his assistants at his Summer School in 2011
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Teaching flute basics class with Michie Bennett
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From a photoshoot
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CV
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Biography
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From a competition at the Royal Academy of Music in 2010
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Taken from a concert in Ukraine in 2009 - Bach Chaconne - Transcription for the flute
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