Robert Aitken
Born: 28th August 1939, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nationality: Canadian
Robert Morris Aitken is a Canadian composer and flautist. He began his career as a teenager playing in a number of orchestras, notably becoming the youngest principal flautist in the history of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 1958 at the age of 19. In 1971, he abandoned ensemble performance to pursue a highly successful solo career. He has appeared as a soloist with major symphony orchestras throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has made more than 40 commercial recordings.
Born in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Aitken has played with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, CBC Symphony Orchestra, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He is Co-Artistic Director of New Music Concerts in Toronto.
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Henry Brant: Music for Massed Flutes
Robert Aitken, Frederick Wilkins Henry Brant
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Roger Reynolds: Wisdom’s Sources / ‘o’o
Irvine Arditti (violin), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Robert Aitken (flute), Yolanda Bruno (violin), Mark Lee, Rory McLeod, Leana Rutt
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Robert Aitken (flute) Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Franco Mannino
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Stahmer: Night And Dreams
Wolfgang Weigel (guitar), Klaus Heitz (cello), Robert Aitken (flute), Dora Bratchkova (violin), Johannes Kiefel (violin), Eckart Schloifer (viola), Nikolaus Popa (cello), EsBé Quartet
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