Fast becoming an exciting ambassador of the flute, Australian flautist Ana de la Vega is attracting unbridled attention for her recent recording of Mozart & Myslivecek’s Flute Concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra.
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The album was awarded Classic FM’s CD Of The Week, NDR Kultur’s CD Of The Week, BBC Scotland’s CD Of The Week, Amazon Best Seller (number one in Classical Concertos) and three of the tracks were added to Apple Music’s Classical A-List.
NDR Kultur acknowledged her ‘velvety tone’, commenting that her vital interpretation “would certainly have inspired Mozart”.
“I am thrilled and totally overwhelmed by the international response to my Mozart and Myslivecek CD,” de la Vega said.
“The press and acclaim continues to come in and every time I receive a new review, I think of where it all started with flute lessons on Saddleback Mountain and Kiama Primary School band.”
Born to Australian/Argentinian parents, de la Vega grew up on a farm in Kiama.
At just seven years old and with no musical heritage, she coincidentally heard Jean Pierre Rampal’s recording of the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto KV219 (Erato) while playing in the garden.
“When I decided to be a flautist, I had never seen a flute. I didn’t know what an orchestra was and I had certainly had never been into a concert hall,” she said.
“The second movement of that concerto rendered me choice-less, a physical reaction, an infiltration of body and soul.
“Every decision from that moment on led me to the flute, to Paris and to Mozart. A long way from the flies and dust.”
de la Vega became a student of Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, after moving to France upon the completion of her undergraduate's degree at the University of Sydney.
Upon arrival, she was able to convince flautist master Raymond Guiot to give her lessons in preparation for the school’s audition, despite her knowing no French and Guiot’s decision to stop regular teaching.
At the age of only 23, she won the position of Principal Flute with the Orquestra Sinfonicado Norte in Portugal, before founding the London International Players, a compelling London ensemble which brings together the finest musicians of her generation.
Her premiere of Mysliveček’s lost flute concerto was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, made Critics’ Choice in London TimeOut and received rave reviews in BBC Magazine and Gig Magazine.
Ana de la Vega is now one of the very few flautists of her generation that has performed so extensively worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician.