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Biography

Lucas F. Jordan 

Flutist & Composer

 

An innovative and prize-winning flutist and composer in search of ever growing expressivity in both fields, Lucas Jordan crosses musical boundaries and redefines them with the aim of reconnecting music with today's society. Recognized for developing unique and exciting projects, such as “Guainumbi Ensemble”, “Città Invisibili”, “d♯Gents | re:staging music” and “Wenn heute sich mit gestern vermischt” (2009 – 2011; with support awarded by the “momento stiftung”), he is the Artistic Director of “das kurze festival” in Zurich, Switzerland, which will see its edition number two in 2018.

 

As a flutist he has performed throughout Europe and the Americas working closely with international musicians, dancers, poets and important composers of our time such as Helmut Lachenmann, Jörg Widmann, Rhian Samuel, Mario Ferraro, Klaus Huber, Isabel Mundry as well as many emerging young composers. This has lead to performances at the International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão in Brazil, the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, the National Flute Association’s Convention in Washington D. C., the International Chamber Music Festival of Cali in Colombia, at the Kings College London and the Resolution dance festival at the Place in London, Cheltenham Lunchtime concert series in UK, Dance On All Floors Festival in Rotterdam, the Tanzfabrik in Berlin, and ‘Surprise’ concert series of the Tonhalle Zurich, La Côte Flute Festival and "Zürich liest" Festival in Switzerland. He also works as a freelance flutist performing with several orchestras in prestigious concert halls in UK, such as the Barbican, Queen Elisabeth Hall and St. Johns Smith Square.

 

Teaching plays an equally important role in his career and he worked as assistant to Matthias Ziegler at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Switzerland and was Teaching Assistant and Premier Flautist at “William Bennett’s International Flute Summer School”. Since then he has given workshops and masterclasses at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, 2o Encontro de Flauta Transversal at Escola Superior de Música Lisboa, Portugal, Accademia Musicale “Il Seminario” in Norma, Italy, Escola de Música Movimento in São Paulo and Casa da Cultura in Paraty, Brazil and most recently at the “Hands On Research” Conference at the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.

 

After winning the “Audience’s Choice Prize” of the Composition Competition of the Camerata Zurich for his “three questions for string orchestra and conductor” he has been commissioned several new works, which have been performed throughout Europe and Asia including in festivals such as “Flimsklang ’06”, Switzerland, “Klever Reihenkonzerte”, Germany and  “recreate” in Austria. Most recent performances of his work include “preludiofuga n. II” by WGC Heritage, “maybe later…” by the United Instruments of Lucilin, “Song after Sacro Monte di Ossuccio” by the Offenburger Ensemble and “Platform Four” by the “Colours of Eden”. His current work includes music for the documentary film “One Girl” directed by Rosa Russo and projects that explore how to express non-musical concepts through music. This has resulted in short films for his “three miniatures”, a piece on procrastination "maybe later..."  and a violin concerto that explores contemporary human psychology (commissioned by Sebastian Bohren of the Stradivari Quartet and CHAARTS - Chamber Artists).

 

Born in Brazil, Lucas Jordan graduated from the “Royal Academy of Music” under the tuition of flutists William Bennett, Samuel Coles, Emily Beynon and Patricia Morris (piccolo) after having studied at the “Zürcher Hochschule der Künste” with flutists Matthias Ziegler, Philippe Racine, Pamela Stahel (piccolo), composers Isabel Mundry and Andreas Nick and conductors Nathan Brock and Marc Kissoczy. His musical talents were recognised early on when he was accepted into the “Kunst und Sport Gymnasium am Rämibühl” – a specialized high-school for talented young musicians and athletes in Switzerland. He is grateful to have been awarded generous scholarships from the LYRA Stiftung and Alfred und Isle Stammer-Mayer Stiftung (Switzerland).


 He currently divides his time between London and Zürich.

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