Sir James Galway (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish

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flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". He established an international career as a solo

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. In 2005, he received the

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at the

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Early life

Galway was born in North Belfast as one of two brothers. His father, who played the flute, was employed at the

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shipyard until the end of the Second World War and spent night-shifts cleaning buses after the war, while his mother, a pianist, was a winder in a flax-spinning mill. Raised as a

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and surrounded by a tradition of flute bands and many friends and family members who played the instrument, he was taught the flute by his uncle at the age of nine and joined his fife and drum corps. At the age of eleven Galway won the junior, senior, and open Belfast flute Championships in a single day. His first instrument was a five-key

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, and at the age of twelve or thirteen, he received a

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instrument.

Education and career

Galway was educated at Mountcollyer Secondary Modern School in Belfast. He left school at the age of fourteen and worked as an apprentice to a piano repairer for two years. He subsequently studied the flute at the

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under John Francis and at the

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under

Geoffrey Gilbert Geoffrey Winzer Gilbert (28 May 1914 – 1989) was an English flautist, who was a leading influence on British flute-playing, introducing a more flexible style, based on French techniques, with metal instruments replacing the traditional wood. H ...

. He then briefly studied at the

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under

Gaston Crunelle Gaston Crunelle (18 August 1898 in Douai – 13 January 1990) was a French classical flautist and teacher. From 1941 to 1969 Crunelle trained more than 135 first prizes of flute at the Conservatoire de Paris. Jean-Pierre Rampal (premier prix 1 ...

. While in Paris, he asked for lessons from the celebrated French flute player

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, who offered him advice on his playing, but felt he was already too good a flute player to need lessons from either Rampal or the conservatory. He left Paris to take up his first orchestral flute-playing job at

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in London. He went on to spend fifteen years as an orchestral player. In addition to Sadler's Wells, he played with

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, the

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and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He auditioned for the

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under

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and was principal flute in the orchestra from 1969 to 1975. To Karajan's surprise and dismay, after a period of some disagreement, Galway decided that he would leave to pursue a solo career. In addition to his performances of the standard classical repertoire, he features contemporary music in his programmes, including new flute works commissioned by and for him by composers including

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, John Corigliano,

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, Dave Heath,

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and

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. The album ''James Galway and The Chieftains in Ireland'' by Galway and

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reached number 32 in the

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in 1987. Galway still performs regularly and is one of the world's best-known flute players. His recordings have sold over 30 million copies. In 1990, he was invited by Roger Waters to play at ''

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'' concert, held in

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; he played Pink Floyd's songs " Goodbye Blue Sky" and " Is There Anybody Out There?". Galway performed for the Academy Award-winning ensemble recording the soundtracks of Peter Jackson's ''

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'' film trilogy, composed by Howard Shore. In June 2008, he was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame along with Liza Minnelli and B. B. King. He performs on Nagahara flutes, as well as some

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produces his line of flutes, "Galway Spirit Flutes". Galway is president of Flutewise, a global charitable organisation that supports young flute players, run by Liz Goodwin. In 2003 he formed the Music Education Consortium together with

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, and

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to pressure the British Government into providing better music education in schools. He is an Ambassador for the National Foundation for Youth Music, a UK charity. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1977, and was knighted in 2001, the first wind player ever to receive that honour. He is a National Patron of

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, an international professional music fraternity. In December 2013 Galway launched ''First Flute'', an online interactive series of lessons for beginning flute students of all ages. He received the 2014 Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award.

Personal life

Galway has been married three times. His first marriage, to a Frenchwoman, produced a son. He married his second wife, Anna (Annie) Renggli, a daughter of a well-known Swiss architect, in 1972, and moved from Berlin to Lucerne, Switzerland, her hometown. The couple had twin daughters and a son. In 1978 he recorded for her an

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version of John Denver's "

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". It peaked at no. 3 in the

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. After this divorce, he moved to

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, Switzerland, a village next to Lucerne, where he resides now with his third wife, the American-born flutist Jeanne Galway (née Cinnante), whom he married in 1984. They often tour together, playing duets. In addition, they give masterclasses and lectures. Galway is a devout Christian who visits various types of churches while travelling (as long as they are not modern and "happy-clappy") and prays before his concert performances. He also wears a cross pendant, about which he says, "It's not jewellery. It's something that reminds me of what I should be doing and how I should be behaving." In August 1977, Galway was run over by a speeding motorcycle in Lucerne, breaking his left arm and both legs and required a four-month hospital stay. He has the eye condition

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, and is a patron of the Nystagmus Network, a charity that supports people with the condition. In December 2009, he fell down a flight of stairs at his home, fracturing his left wrist and breaking his right arm. Appearing on '' The Nolan Show'' in June 2015, Galway stated that he views his national identity as Irish. He was critical of the actions of the Northern Irish government during his childhood, and singled out prominent Unionist figures such as Ian Paisley whom Galway blamed for fostering the divisions that led to

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. His comments were criticised by prominent Unionist politicians, among them Sammy Wilson. Describing Northern Ireland as "the British-occupied part of Ireland", Galway further elaborated he would like "Ireland to be Ireland" and that when people ask him where he comes from he says "Ireland" and when asked if he is "Irish", he replies affirmatively. He did, however, accept substantive British honours, first an OBE, and later a

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. His younger brother, George (1940–2020), was a

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musician ( clarinet, flute, and

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) and teacher based in

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, England. George's elder child and James's nephew,

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, is a musician known for his work on Commodore 64 computer game music in the 1980s.

Discography

NOTE: All release dates for non-compilations below are taken from the liner notes for ''The Man with the Golden Flute – The Complete RCA Collection'' (71 CDs and 2 DVDs box set) (2014). * ''Sonatas for Flute and Piano'' (with

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; November 1975) * ''Man with the Golden Flute'' (with the

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, Charles Gerhardt, conductor; May 1976) * ''Mozart: The Two Flute Concertos, Andante for Flute and Orchestra'' (with the Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner, conductor; March 1977) * ''Vivaldi: The Four Seasons'' (with the

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; May 1977) * ''The Magic Flute of James Galway'' (with the New Irish Chamber Orchestra, André Prieur, conductor; March 1978) * ''James Galway Plays Bach'' (with

, Tonko Ninić, concertmaster; September 1978) * ''Annie's Song and Other Galway Favorites'' (with the Harp Ensemble,

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, director;

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, bodhrán (Irish drum); and the

, Charles Gerhardt, conductor; January 1979) * ''James Galway Plays Mozart'' (with

, harp, and the

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, conductor; May 1979) * ''James Galway Plays Rodrigo'' (with Philharmonia Orchestra,

, conductor; August 1979) * ''James Galway Plays Telemann'' (with the

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, concertmaster; October 1979) * ''Song of the Seashore'' (with

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, koto; Ayako Shinozaki, harp; and the Tokyo String Orchestra,

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, conductor; February 1980) * ''Sometimes When We Touch'' (with Cleo Laine; June 1980) * ''French Flute Concertos'' (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conductor; October 1980) * ''James Galway Plays Stamitz'' (with the New Irish Chamber Orchestra, André Prieur, conductor; January 1981) * ''Songs of the southern cross'' (with The Sydney Symphony Orchestra,

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, conductor; 1981) * ''James Galway Plays Reinecke'' (with

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, piano, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra,

, conductor; May 1981) * ''Pachelbel Canon'' (June 1981) * ''Galway Plays Mayer: Sri Krishna'' (with

, piano; John Mayer, tanpura; and the London Philharmonic Orchestra,

, conductor; 1981) * ''Bach: Trio Sonatas'' (with

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, violin;

, harpsichord; and Moray Welsh, cello continuo; February 1982) * ''The Wayward Wind'' (September 1982) * ''Mozart: The Two Flute Concertos'' (with the New Irish Chamber Orchestra, André Prieur, conductor; October 1982) * ''Nocturne'' (August 1983) * ''James Galway Plays Schubert'' (with

, piano; August 1984) * '' In the Pink'' (with

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, conductor; August 1984) * ''Lennox Berkeley -- The Complete Works for Flute'' (April 1985) * ''Vivaldi: 6 concerti opus 10'' (with Malcolm Proud, harpsichord, and the New Irish Chamber Orchestra; April 1985) * ''Phoenix -- Australian Flute Concertos'' (April 1985) * ''James Galway Plays Khachaturian'' (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-whun Chung, conductor; October 1985) * ''Clair de lune'' (with

, harp, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; April 1986) * ''James Galway's Christmas Carol'' (August 1986) * ''Italian Serenade'' (with Kazuhito Yamashita; October 1986) * ''In Ireland'' (with

; January 1987) * ''James Galway Plays Nielsen'' (May 1987) * ''John Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy'' (October 1987) * ''Mercadante: Concertos for Flute and Orchestra'' (April 1988) * ''Sonatas by Dvorak, Feld, and Martinu'' (September 1988) * ''James Galway Plays Mozart'' (2 CD set) (with

, harp, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; December 1988) * ''Vivaldi: 6 Concertos'' (with I Solisti Veneti,

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, conductor; September 1989) * ''James Galway Plays Beethoven'' (February 1990) * ''The Enchanted Forest – Melodies of Japan'' (with Hiro Fujikake; March 1990) * ''Over the Sea to Skye -- The Celtic Connection'' (with

; January 1991) * ''C.P.E. Bach: 3 Concertos'' (August 1990) * ''Quantz: 4 Concertos'' (March 1991) * ''In Dulci Jubilo: Christmas with James Galway'' (August 1991) * ''The Wind Beneath my Wings'' (September 1991) * ''James Galway, Kazuhito Yamashita, and Joseph Swensen Play Giuliani'' (with Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar, and

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, violin; July 1992) * ''J.S. Bach: Suite No. 2; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord'' (July 1992) * ''Beauty and the Beast: Galway at the Movies'' (July 1992) * ''Italian Flute Concertos'' (July 1993) * ''Mozart Flute Quartets'' (with the

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) (1993) * ''The Lark in the Clear Air'' (July 1994) * ''Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299; Sonatas for Flute and Piano, K. 296 and K. 376'' (with

; July 1993) * ''Danzi'' (with

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, clarinet; July 1994) * ''Wind of Change'' (July 1994) * ''Bach Sonatas'' (February 1995) * ''Bach, Vol. 2: Trio Sonatas'' (with

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, violin; Jeanne Galway, flute;

, harpsichord; and Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba; October 1996) * ''The French Recital'' (with

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, piano; July 1995) * ''The Celtic Minstrel'' (with

July 1995) * ''Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp; Concerto No. 1 and Concerto No. 2'' (with

, harp, and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with

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, conductor; October 1996) * ''Legends'' (with

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, piano; February 1997) * ''James Galway Plays the Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold'' (with

, piano, and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with

, conductor; October 1997) * ''Music for my Friends'' (with

, piano, and Jeanne Galway, flute; December 1997) * ''Winter's Crossing'' (with

, piano, and

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, narrator; August 1998) * ''James Galway Plays Lowell Liebermann'' (with Hyun-sun Na, harp, and the

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with

, conductor; 1997) * ''Tango Del Fuego'' (February 1999) * ''Un-Break my Heart'' (with Jeanne Galway, flute; September 1999) * ''Hommage à Rampal'' (with Jeanne Galway, flute, and the

; October 1999) * ''Music for my Little Friends'' (with

, piano, and the

; May 2002) * ''A Song of Home: An Irish American Musical Journey'' (with

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, fiddle; Molly Mason, guitar, piano, and vocals;

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, mandolin and guitar; Steve Rust, bass; Ruth Ungar, harmony vocals; and Michael Merenda, shaker; September 2003) * ''O'Reilly Street'' (with

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; August 2008) * ''James Galway and

-- In Ireland'' (DVD, 1991) * ''Dudley Moore Introduces Concerto! Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp'' (DVD) (with

, harp, and the

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, conductor; 1993) Compilations: * ''Greatest Hits'' (1988) * ''The Concerto Collection'' (1990) * ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' (1992) * ''The Essential James Galway'' (2-CD compilation) * ''The Classical James Galway'' (1993) * ''Greatest Hits Vol. 3'' (1998) * ''Sixty Years – Sixty Flute Masterpieces Collection'' (1999) * ''The Very Best of James Galway'' (2002) * ''The Essential James Galway'' (2006) * ''Vivaldi – Concerti for Flute'' (DVD) (2008) * ''Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites'' (2009) * ''James Galway Plays Flute Concertos'' (12 CD box set) (2011) * ''The Man with the Golden Flute – The Complete RCA Collection'' (71 CDs and 2 DVDs box set) (2014)

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;Notes ;Sources * * *Galway, James. (1982). ''Flute''. Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides. London: Macdonald. (cloth); (pbk.) New York: Schirmer Books. Reprinted 1990, London: Kahn & Averill London: Khan & Averill

External links

* * IMGArtists.com 15 September 2008. * AllAboutJazz.com 5 August 2008. * *
Full Biography
* ttp://www.bruceduffie.com/galway.html Interview with Sir James Galway April 21, 1989 {{DEFAULTSORT:Galway, James 1939 births Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Alumni of the Royal College of Music Classical flautists from Northern Ireland Conservatoire de Paris alumni Deutsche Grammophon artists Easy listening musicians Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music Irish classical flautists Irish Presbyterians Knights Bachelor Living people London Symphony Orchestra players Musicians awarded knighthoods Musicians from Belfast Officers of the Order of the British Empire Players of the Berlin Philharmonic