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, Germany.''Hommage ä Aurèle Nicolet.''
In: Flöte aktuell 1/2016, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flöte (PDF).

Career

He was a flautist in orchestras in Winterthur and Zurich from 1948 to 1950. He was solo flautist for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1950 to 1959. He was a professor in the Academy for Music in Berlin from 1952 to 1965. He was head of the Master Class at

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from 1965 to 1981.

Awards and prizes

In 1947, at the age of 21, he was awarded First Prize for flute from Paris Conservatory. In 1948 he won First Prize at Geneva International Music Competition.

Selected discography

* Bach: The Complete Sonatas for Flute * Luigi Boccherini/ Joseph Martin Kraus: Flute Quintets * François-Joseph Gossec: 6 Flute Quartets * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 4 Flute Quartets * Anton Reicha: 3 Quartets, Op. 98 * Louis Spohr: Concertante No. 2; Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp; Oboe Concertos *

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: Flute Concertos Op. 10, 1-6 * Antonio Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op. 10

References

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Aurèle Nicolet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolet, Aurele 1926 births 2016 deaths People from Neuchâtel Swiss classical flautists Hochschule für Musik Freiburg faculty Players of the Berlin Philharmonic 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century flautists