| Ian Clarke | |
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Ian Clarke in May 2010 at Kirk of the Canongate, Edinburgh |
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| Background information | |
| Born | February 4, 1964 Broadstairs, Kent, UK |
| Instruments | Flute |
Ian Clarke (born February 4, 1964) is a British flautist and composer.
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Clarke studied music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and concurrently studied Mathematics at Imperial College, graduating with Honours.[1]
He has performed as a guest soloist for the British Flute Society and made his international debut in 2001 as guest soloist at the National Flute Association's International Flute Convention in Dallas. Clarke was the guest artist at the 2003 Hungarian National Flute Event and a headline artist in the 2005 NFA convention in San Diego. Further USA tours were made in 2006 and 2007.
Since 2000 Clarke has been professor of flute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has given master classes at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Scottish Academy, and Trinity College of Music and has led workshops for Flutewise.
In 2005, he released recordings of twelve of his own compositions, on his debut CD Within….
Clarke has composed chamber works for solo flute, for flute and piano and for "flute choir". His composing makes much use of extended techniques - jet whistles, timbral trills, alternative fingerings, and simultaneous singing and playing.[2] His has also collaborated with musician and composer Simon Painter writing, producing and performing music for film and television under the name Diva Music.
He came to greater public attention in the UK when flautist David Smith chose to perform Clarke's composition Zoom Tube[3] in the woodwind finals of the 2008 BBC Young Musician of the Year