200 Word Biography

Gareth McLearnon is an internationally renowned and multi-award-winning flute soloist, recording artist and chamber musician as well as a sought-after educator, and prolific composer and arranger.

He has given hundreds of masterclasses for thousands of flutists all over the world including at such prestigious institutions as Yale University; Manhattan School of Music, Vienna University for Music & Performing Arts, Guildhall School of Music & Drama; the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing; The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland;  The Norwegian Academy of Music; Swedish Royal College of Music; Royal Danish Academy of Music; Gnessin School and Academy in Moscow, and he has been a tutor for the Yuri Bashmet Academies in Russia since 2013.

Gareth has been principal flute of The Heritage Orchestra since 2009 - playing concerts all over the UK, Europe & The Middle East. As a composer and arranger, his settings for flute & piano and flute ensemble alongside his numerous original works for flute, and flute ensemble are regularly performed all over the world.

Gareth is European Artist-in-Residence for the Wm. S. Haynes Co. and a Haynes Artist - playing on a pair of their finest custom made solid 14K gold flutes #54321 & #54322.