Birgit Ramsl

Birgit Ramsl, principal flutist at the Vienna Volksoper, studied with Wolfgang Schulz, Barbara Gisler-Haase, and András Adorján, and graduated with honors from her studies in Vienna and Munich.

She is the winner of the Mozart Prize Wiesbaden 2004 and a prize winner of numerous renowned national and international competitions, such as "Jean-Pierre Rampal" Paris and "Pacem in Terris" Bayreuth. Concert appearances as a soloist and chamber music partner have taken her to significant festivals worldwide, including the Salzburg Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Richard Strauss Festival, Grafenegg Festival, Carinthian Summer Music Festival, Liszt Festival Raiding, Rheingau Music Festival, New Music Week Shanghai, and the Festival Latinoamericano de Música Caracas.

Highlights of her recent past include solo performances with her orchestra at Suntory Hall and the Seoul Arts Center, as well as solo recitals at the Tokyo Opera City Hall and the Eslite Concert Hall in Taipei.

CD recordings of solo and chamber music, as well as radio and television recordings, document her musical work. In January 2022, her new album "The Bird of Life" featuring first recordings was released by Naxos (8.579111), for which she has received excellent reviews both domestically and internationally.   

Since 2018, she has been a board member of the Austrian Flute Society and accepts invitations to masterclasses at renowned institutions and festivals around the world.

Furthermore, she is a welcome guest on jury panels both at home and abroad.

 

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