Daisy Noton is a young flautist born and brought up locally. She was a BBC Young Musician Woodwind Finalist in 2020.
Daisy Noton – Flute
Daisy studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Karen Jones and was a BBC Young Musician Woodwind Finalist 2020. She has won many international and national competitions, including First Prize in the Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition 2021.
She has performed as a soloist with the London Mozart Players, Bexhill Sinfonietta, Sussex Concert Orchestra and has performed at numerous venues in the UK including Glyndebourne, St James’ Piccadilly and St John’s Smith Square, London.
She played principal flute in the Academy Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov. In 2021 she was principal flute of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and in 2018 was principal flute of the International Composer’s Festival Orchestra. She has played with many orchestras in East Sussex, including the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra and Hastings Sinfonia.
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