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Jeffrey Khaner: First Flutist of the Finest Orchestras

This Canadian- born flutist and Juilliard School graduate began his career as Principal Flute of the Atlantic Symphony in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, soon moving up to the big league to become Co-Principal Flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Then he was hired to play first flute in one of the world's great orchestras, the Cleveland - he was only 22, and he played with the orchestra for 8 years (1982-90). When another great orchestra, the Philadelphia could not find anyone good enough among the auditioners for first flute, then Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Riccardo Muti offered him the job. Reluctantly he left Cleveland for Philadephia. It has been his artistic home ever since.

Jeffrey Khaner also performs as a concert soloist and recitalist. He recently made his Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall debut. His other recent performances include the Lieberman Flute Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Wolfgang Sawallisch, later reprised under Charles Dutoit at the Saratoga Festival, a recital of mid-20th century sonatas in New York and Philadelphia. He is also a teacher who has been a faculty member of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia since 1985 and conducts master classes all over the world. His elegant and sensitive playing can be heard on several albums of flute music recorded by Syrinx PFC, excerpts of which can be heard here. Listen, and you'll find yourself asking for more from this flutist of the first order.