Friday, 15 April 2016

Michael Flatley - ITM Irish flautist

Michael Flatley many people know as an exceptional dancer and choreographer, but few people know that it is also an excellent flautist.

His motto is:
 

"Nothing is impossible follow your dreams."  

This is perhaps the reason why it is so successful at what he does.He is born July 16, 1958 in Deitroitu Michigan as the second of five children - later the family moved to Chicago in the state Illinoi. His parents arrived in the USA from Ireland in 1947.Parents tried to keep the Irish tradition. His father had a stack of LPs  with Irish music at home. - Seamus Tansey, Kevin Henry, Matt Molloy, ... His first Irish wooden flute got Michael at age 10 from his father and learned to play it by listening to LPs ITM. *In 1975, at the age of 17 years, he won the Irish Championship flute - All-Irish Flute Champion. At the same time, he won the first American World Cup World Irish Dance - All-World Irish Dancing Champion.Practical experience gathered while performing tour in 1978 and 1979 with a set of Green Fields of America and in 1980 with the band Chieftains, where he met with Matt Molloy.
Michael released two albums: One Whispering wind and a diffrent note.Among my favorite tunes include:


The Old Timber Flute
Wild Horses
One More Time
Bad Weather 


 Other tunes found on https://play.spotify.com/album/28UbPxt7USquXYYSB0P4qj

Bonus 2 Video

Duet with Matt Molloy



Sessions with Michael Flatley. Patrick's Day 2014 in Cork

 

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