List of women classical flautists
The following is a list of women classical flautists by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of classical music.
Australia
- Jane Rutter, classical and jazz flautist, chamber musician
- Linda Vogt, classical and jazz flautist, educator
Chile
- Viviana Guzmán, prominent soloist, composer and recording artist
Denmark
- Ulla Miilmann, principal flautist of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Michala Petri, recorder virtuoso, broadcaster and recording artist
France
- Patricia Lavail, recorder player and educator
- Sarah Louvion, award-winning classical flautist, soloist and chamber musician
Germany
- Dorothee Oberlinger, recorder player, soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and educator
- Dorothea Winter, recorder player, chamber musician and educator
Hungary
- Noémi Győri, soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and educator
India
- Rasika Shekar, Indo-American flautist who plays the classical Indian bansuri
Israel
- Drora Bruck, recorder player, soloist, chamber musician and educator
- Tamar Lalo, recorder player specializing in early music, now based in the Netherlands
- Sharon Bezaly, flute player, soloist, now based in Sweden
Japan
- , soloist, recitalist, recording artist and academic
Korea
- Jasmine Choi, Korean-born, educated in the U.S., living currently in Austria; soloist and recording artist
Mexico
- Elena Duran, Mexican-American flautist, concerto appearances and recordings with major orchestras
Netherlands
- Eleonore Pameijer, soloist, recitalist and artistic director
- Kathinka Pasveer, classical flautist and educator
- Abbie de Quant, soloist, recording artist and educator
- Marion Verbruggen, leading recorder soloist, chamber musician and conductor
Norway
- Ingrid Søfteland Neset, award-winning classical flautist
- Gro Sandvik, soloist and chamber music performer
Poland
- Jadwiga Kotnowska, soloist, recitalist, recording artist and chamber musician
Serbia
- Sanja Stijačić, soloist, chamber musician and academic
Slovenia
- Irena Grafenauer, soloist, chamber musician and educator
Switzerland
- Caroline Charrière, composer, conductor, flautist, chamber musician and educator
Turkey
- Şefika Kutluer, award-winning soloist and Baroque specialist
United Kingdom
- Rachel Begley, recorder and Baroque bassoon virtuosi now based in New York
- Lisa Beznosiuk, flautist specializing in Baroque and historical works
- Laura Cannell, composer, recorder player, violinist and broadcaster
- Marianne Davies, flutist, singer, harpsichordist, and glass harmonica player
- Lorna McGhee, Scottish flutist and educator, chamber musician
- Susan Milan, classical performer, composer and academic
- Hilary du Pré, flautist and memoirist
United States
- Jeanne Baxtresser, recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, educator and recording artist
- Frances Blaisdell, early American professional flautist and educator
- Vicki Boeckman, recorder player, performer and educator
- Claire Chase, recitalist, recording artist and arts entrepreneur
- Valerie Coleman, flautist and composer contributing to chamber music
- Elena Duran, Mexican-American flautist, concerto appearances and recordings with major orchestras
- Cynthia Folio, composer, flutist, music theorist and academic
- Jeanne Galway, American-born flautist and educator now based in Switzerland
- Marianne Gedigian, recitalist, principal flute of major orchestras
- Katherine Hoover, composer, flutist, music theorist and educator
- Catherine Ransom Karoly, principal flute and soloist, chamber musician
- Anne La Berge, flutist and composer now based in Amsterdam
- Anne McGinty, flutist, composer and music publisher
- Marina Piccinini, Italian-American virtuoso flautist specializing in Mozart and Bach
- Amy Porter, soloist, chamber musician and educator
- Gwyn Roberts, recorder and traverso soloist, chamber musician and educator
- Paula Robison, soloist and music educator
- Mindy Rosenfeld, flautist, piper and harpist
- Elaine Shaffer, principal flautist, soloist and chamber musician
- Mimi Stillman, concert flutist, chamber musician and educator
- Carol Wincenc, soloist, chamber musician and academic
- Eugenia Zukerman, flute virtuoso, writer and journalist