Jane Rutter
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Jane Rutter is an Australia
n musician - a classical
flautist
with the ability to cross over into jazz
and pop
. She has performed in the UK, Europe, US, South-East Asia, the South Pacific, South America and China. Since 1990, she has appeared on every major Australian television show. She studied with Alain Marion
and Jean-Pierre Rampal
in Paris, after which she returned to Australia to lecture in flute and chamber music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
.
She has performed many times at the Sydney Opera House
, toured extensively, widely performed her one woman show Tutti Flutti, played at the 1999 National Flute Convention in Atlanta, US, and in 2000 was international guest artist at the International Flute Festival, Brazil. In 2005 she was the patron of the Australian International Flute Convention.
Rutter has also presented on Channel Nine
’s Getaway, winning a "Peoples' Choice" award, and has received critical acclaim as a composer. She collaborated with Oscar
nominee David Hirschfelder
. She played the role of Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream
at the Karnak Playhouse.
Rutter appears as guest soloist with many prominent artists across different styles, including Richard Bonynge
, Christopher Hogwood
, Michael Crawford
, The Manhattan Transfer
, David Helfgott
, Peter Cousens
, Tina Arena
, Rick Price
, Slava Grigoryan
and Simon Tedeschi
. She performs with many Australian symphony orchestra
s, the Australian Chamber Orchestra
, and the City of Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra.
's Classics label.
These include:
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n musician - a classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
flautist
Flautist
A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...
with the ability to cross over into jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
. She has performed in the UK, Europe, US, South-East Asia, the South Pacific, South America and China. Since 1990, she has appeared on every major Australian television show. She studied with Alain Marion
Alain Marion
Alain Marion was a French flutist, and considered one of the world's best flute players of the late twentieth century.-Biography:...
and Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century."-Early years:...
in Paris, after which she returned to Australia to lecture in flute and chamber music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
.
She has performed many times at the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
, toured extensively, widely performed her one woman show Tutti Flutti, played at the 1999 National Flute Convention in Atlanta, US, and in 2000 was international guest artist at the International Flute Festival, Brazil. In 2005 she was the patron of the Australian International Flute Convention.
Rutter has also presented on Channel Nine
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
’s Getaway, winning a "Peoples' Choice" award, and has received critical acclaim as a composer. She collaborated with Oscar
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
nominee David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder is an Australian film score composer and performer.Hirschfelder was born and raised in Ballarat, Victoria....
. She played the role of Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
at the Karnak Playhouse.
Rutter appears as guest soloist with many prominent artists across different styles, including Richard Bonynge
Richard Bonynge
Richard Alan Bonynge, AO, CBE is an Australian conductor and pianist.Bonynge was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Boys High School before studying piano at the Royal College of Music in London. He gave up his music scholarship, continuing his private piano studies, and became a coach for...
, Christopher Hogwood
Christopher Hogwood
Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood CBE, MA , HonMusD , born 10 September 1941, Nottingham, is an English conductor, harpsichordist, writer and musicologist, well known as the founder of the Academy of Ancient Music.-Biography:...
, Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford OBE is an English actor and singer. He has garnered great critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which covers radio, television, film, and stagework on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City...
, The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...
, David Helfgott
David Helfgott
David Helfgott is an Australian concert pianist. He is as well known for having schizoaffective disorder as he is for his piano playing. Helfgott's life inspired the Oscar-winning film Shine, in which he was played by Geoffrey Rush....
, Peter Cousens
Peter Cousens
Peter Cousens is an Australian actor, born in Tamworth NSW.He attended The Armidale School in Armidale and then Gordonstoun School, Scotland. He then spent a year reading Arts at St Paul's College, Sydney University before studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art , graduating in...
, Tina Arena
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
, Rick Price
Rick Price
Rick Price is an Australian singer and songwriter.-Early life:Price was born in Beaudesert, a small country town near Brisbane, Queensland. He began playing music at the age of nine appearing with his family band "Union Beau". "It was kinda weird I guess...
, Slava Grigoryan
Slava Grigoryan
Slava Grigoryan is an Australian classical guitarist and recording artist of Armenian heritage.He was born in Kazakhstan to Eduard and Irina Grigoryan, both professional violinists. His family emigrated to Australia in 1981 and he was raised in Melbourne. Grigoryan began to study guitar with his...
and Simon Tedeschi
Simon Tedeschi
Simon Tedeschi is a Boston-based classical pianist from Australia.-Life and career:Simon Tedeschi was born in Sydney to Mark Tedeschi QC, the New South Wales Crown Prosecutor and a prominent photographer and Vivienne Tedeschi, who is the daughter of a Polish Holocaust survivor, Lucy Gershwin,...
. She performs with many Australian symphony orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
s, the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Australian Chamber Orchestra was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appointed Artistic Director....
, and the City of Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra.
Quotes
"I have the greatest pleasure in recommending Jane Rutter’s warm and sensual flute playing. She is a generous and brilliant flautist of the highest calibre." – Jean-Pierre Rampal
"A new star of the flute." – London Daily Mail
"Rutter is technically brilliant. She brings to her instrument a feel, an emotion, almost an impressionism that greatly adds to her hold over the listener." – Herald Sun
"Rutter's playing is persuasively phrased, delivered with flexible lungs and nimble fingers and a quicksilver accuracy." - Sydney Morning Herald
"A Jane Rutter speciality is sparking flute playing. Her strength lies in a dexterous brilliance which scoffs at the need to breathe." - Sydney Morning Herald
"I feel distinctly privileged on the eve of Mozart's bicentenary to record these enchanting works. To work with Jane Rutter has been pure joy. Her innate musicality and incredible energy inspired us all." - Richard Bonynge
"Jane Rutter is the Bette Midler of the flute. "The divine Miss R". She's a classical siren in whose hands the flute becomes an instrument of seduction and sensual pleasure." - Weekend Australian
" A spunky, dazzing female version of James Galway who dances while she plays." - Vogue Magazine
Recordings
Rutter has released 11 solo CDs, including several with the Australian Broadcasting CorporationAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
's Classics label.
These include:
- Embraceable You - Jane Rutter plays the Gershwin Songbook (2007)
- The very best of Jane Rutter (2005) - video
- Fire and Water: an Irish Fantasy (2004) - video
- Brazil (2004) with Slava Grigoryan (Guitar) that was nominated for a 2004 Aria AwardARIA Music AwardsThe Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
for Best World Music Album - Verse 1 (2002)
- Romancing The Flute (1998)
- Blo (1996)
- Apasionada (1992)
- Jane Rutter plays Mozart (1991)
- Mozart's Flute (1990)
- Nocturnes And Preludes For Flute (1989)