300 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, Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo; Gnessin School and Academy in Moscow, and classes and performances at the British, Australian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Norwegian, Finnish, Swiss, Hungarian, Adams and Sir James Galway Flute Festivals, as well as concerts and masterclasses across six continents.

Gareth has been principal flute of The Heritage Orchestra since 2009 - playing concerts all over the UK, Europe & The Middle East – working with numerous high profile jazz, alternative, pop, hip-hop, dance music and cutting-edge experimental artists such as DUA LIPA, Sir Elton John, RAYE, NAS, Becky Hill, Beverley Knight, Rick Astley, Candi Staton, Jessie Ware, SPARKS, Jane Birkin, Ben Folds, GOLDIE, Ibiza Classics and Jamie Cullum - frequently selling-out arenas, and recording for TV, Radio and international album releases.

As a composer and arranger, Gareth’s settings for flute & piano and flute ensemble alongside his numerous original works for flute, and flute ensemble are regularly performed all over the world - from the Royal Albert and Royal Festival Halls in London, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to the Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow and Lincoln Center in New York. 

Gareth is a Haynes Artist - playing on a one-of-a-kind Celtic themed 14K Custom Haynes Flute called the “Claimh Solais” (Sword of Light in Gaelic)