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Contemporary Flute Music by Asian Women Composers
Happy AANHPI Heritage Month!
At the end of last year, I went through the music in the Virtuosa Flute Solos database with the goal of including a wider representation of women composers from underestimated demographics in the section on living composers.
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This month, I want to take a moment to share some of the highlights from the contemporary flute solos by Asian women composers.
Flutes have a long history in Asian cultures, and many have their own traditions in their respective forms of classical music.
That said, I intend this list as an introduction to music from the Asian diaspora for flutists trained in the Western classical tradition. Neither tradition is any more or less valid than the other – but since the flute has variations from all around the world, it makes our instrument particularly versatile for musical cultural exchange.
However, much of the music that’s most accessible to Western performers c