Reza Najfar
Flute (Classical Music)
Artistic & Pedagogical Education
- Diplom (Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien)
- Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (classes of Prof Barbara Gisler-Haase and Prof Dieter Flury)
- Conservatory, Utrecht/Netherlands (class of Abbie de Quant)
- Composition studies with Thomas Christian David and Dietmar Schermann
Teaching Experience
- 2006- Prayner Konservatorium, Vienna
- 2002- Mozarteum University Salzburg (Innsbruck branch)
- 1992- Tiroler Landeskonservatorium, Innsbruck/Austria
- 1987-1992 Musikschule Mödling and Groß-Siegharts
- 1986-1987 Schubert Konservatorium and Prayner Konservatorium, Vienna
- International Masterclasses including
- China Conservatory of Music, Beijing/China
- Harder Flötentage, Hard/Austria
- Itterer Flötentage, Itter/Austria
Discography
- CPE Bach & JS Bach: Solo Alto Flute Works (Austrian Gramophone, 2018)
- Chopin/Najfar: Works for Flute and Piano (Vienna 2Day, 2011)
- Schubert/Najfar: Works for Alto Flute and Piano (La Folia Classics, 2004)
- The Rare Encore (La Folia Classics, 2002)
- Tango Appassionato (Novalis, 2001)
- Guiliani: Works for Flute and Guitar (Koch, 1998)
- Borne/Najfar: Fantaisie brillante sur l'opéra "Carmen" for flute and orchestra (Universal Edition)
- Chopin/Najfar: Works for solo flute (Ries und Erler)
- Mozart: Easy Dances for flute and guitar (Eroica Edition)
- Najfar: Sonata for flute and piano "La Parisienne" (Alphonse Leduc)
- Najfar: Flute For Fun 1-3 (Koch)
Miscellaneous
- International Recitalist
- Concertgebouw, Amsterdam/Netherlands
- Beijing/China
- New York/U.S.
- Tokyo Flute Festival, Tokyo/Japan
- 1998-1990 Principal Flutist, Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen, Vienna
- Orchestral Performances
- Ensemble "die reihe"
- Wiener Bach-Solisten