Matthias Ziegler has volunteered to act as the Extended Techniques Specialist and will respond to your questions about extended techniques and amplified flute etc.

If you have flute related questions about those topics then don't hesitate to post them in the Galway-Flute-Chat. When time permits, Matthias will respond to your questions in the Galway-Flute-Chat.

Matthias Ziegler is one of the most versatile and innovative flutists of his generation. He is committed both to the traditional literature for flute as well as to contemporary music and concepts that cross the boundaries between classical music and jazz. Accordingly, his performances take place in a vast range of contexts: he is principal flute of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, has toured with Andreas Vollenweidler and performs with the percussionist Pierre Favre. He is also a member of the "Collegium Novum Zurich", where he has worked with Maurico Kagel, Heinz Holliger and George Crumb, Concert tours have brought him to the US, Japan, Australia, South America, and Israel. Many recordings on CD document his inclusive musical interests. Searching for new sound he enormously broadened the expressive potential of the traditional flute and the electoacoustically amplified contrabass flute. Amplifying the flute allows him to increase the volume of the microsound structures of the flute to an audible level. Inspired by the new dimension of sounds of these instruments, composers such as Michael Jarrell from Switzerland, Benjamin Yusupov from Tadjikistan and the American Mark Dresser wrote flute concertos for Matthias Ziegler.