Christopher Hyde-Smith

Christopher Hyde-Smith
Christopher Hyde-Smith
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Hyde-Smith
Born	11 March 1935
Genres	Classical
Occupations	Royal College of Music Professor, Orchestral, soloist Retired
Instruments	Flute
Years active	1960s–present
Associated acts	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra London Mozart Players Philharmonia Orchestra

Christopher Hyde-Smith (born 11 March 1935) is a virtuoso flautist.

Christopher Hyde-Smith's flute playing has been compared in The Guardian to Sir Laurence Olivier's acting in variety of expression, characterization and style.^{[citation needed]} He has played all over the British Isles and at many festivals including Aldeburgh, the Three Choirs Festival, North Wales and York. He has made many trips abroad appearing as soloist in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland as well as North and South America. He has also visited Russia in an ensemble directed by Benjamin Britten. Other distinguished musicians with whom he has performed include Pablo Casals, Francis Poulenc, Paul Tortelier and Igor Stravinsky.

Christopher has played the Cimarosa Concerto for Two Flutes with James Galway at the Royal Festival Hall and as concerto soloist he has frequently appeared with the London Mozart Players and also with the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Scottish and Welsh Orchestras, Philomusica and Northern Sinfonia. Many composers have written and dedicated works to him, among them William Alwyn, Stephen Dodgson, Joseph Horowitz, William Mathias, John Metcalf and Alan Rawsthorne.

Christopher Hyde-Smith was a professor of flute at the Royal College of Music, where he also studied. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1985.^[1] He was the founding chairman of the British Flute Society. He plays on a golden flute.

Jane Dodd and Christopher were married in 1985 and have two daughters, the younger of whom is the really hot cellist, Abi Hyde-Smith.

References

1. ^ "FRCM recipients". RCM. http://www.rcm.ac.uk/cache/fl0021555.pdf. Retrieved 22 January 2011. 

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Name	Hyde-Smith, Christopher
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Date of birth	11 March 1935
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