Fiona Kelly
Flute
Fiona has performed concertos with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Jönköpings Sinfonietta, Locrian Ensemble, Irish Chamber Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland in venues such as Köln Philharmonie, Liszt Academy Grand Hall Budapest, Heidelberg Festival and St. Martin in the Fields London. She was a soloist with Håkan Hardenberger, Antje Weithaas and Uri Caine in the Swedish Chamber Orchestra’s Brandenburg Project performing the 2nd and 5th concertos and premiering new concertos by Steven Mackey and Uri Caine, touring throughout Germany, Hungary and Poland and recording these works for the BIS label in 2017.
She held the position of principal flute of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra from 2012-2016 and has performed as guest principal flute with orchestras such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Northern Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Fiona completed her Master’s degree at The Juilliard School, New York, studying with Robert Langevin and appearing as a guest flautist with the New York Philharmonic. She won first prize in The Juilliard School Flute Competition and made her Lincoln Center debut performing Bernstein’s ‘Halil’ with The Juilliard Orchestra at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. She began her studies at the Cork School of Music with her mother Evelyn Grant and Sabine Ducrot and completed her Bachelor of Music studies at Trinity College of Music, London, with Anna Noakes. While in London she won numerous awards including 1st Prize in the British Flute Society International Competition, the Royal Overseas League Sussex Prize and the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis Scholarship.
She held the position of principal flute of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra from 2012-2016 and has performed as guest principal flute with orchestras such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Northern Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Fiona completed her Master’s degree at The Juilliard School, New York, studying with Robert Langevin and appearing as a guest flautist with the New York Philharmonic. She won first prize in The Juilliard School Flute Competition and made her Lincoln Center debut performing Bernstein’s ‘Halil’ with The Juilliard Orchestra at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. She began her studies at the Cork School of Music with her mother Evelyn Grant and Sabine Ducrot and completed her Bachelor of Music studies at Trinity College of Music, London, with Anna Noakes. While in London she won numerous awards including 1st Prize in the British Flute Society International Competition, the Royal Overseas League Sussex Prize and the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis Scholarship.
Fiona appears in Words and Music on 30 June 2018
