Elena Duran

Mexican-American flautist Elena Duran is one of the world's top instrumentalists. A native of Oakland, California and based In London, England, Duran has been involved with a variety of recording projects. She's performed on albums by <a href="spotify:artist:0MvSBMGRQJY3mRwIbJsqF1">Royal Philharmonic Orchestra</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2DO4p3CPDnInsJfg0jFfaF">English Chamber Orchestra</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2KuPDJp7FCpmaUy4jKcjfB">Bournemouth Sinfoniette</a>, Moscow Virtuosi, and <a href="spotify:artist:1oc023ZkcexqCzAHQ0qPbE">Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico</a>, two albums by late French jazz violinist <a href="spotify:artist:6AfbDYupHV5e6nse9W6tKG">Stephane Grappelli</a> -- Brandenburg Boogie and Bach to the Beatles, and an animated video, Rupert and the Frog Song," by <a href="spotify:artist:4STHEaNw4mPZ2tzheohgXB">Paul McCartney</a>. Turning her attention to her own heritage, she recorded a solo album, Nostalgia de Mexico.

A former student of Lloyd Gowan of the <a href="spotify:artist:1qHStDLIc8uV7hvTG6FGRJ">San Francisco Symphony</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6bwXuNL4AuC7w3AxspKXn6">Darius Milhaud</a> at San Francisco's Mills College, Duran worked briefly as a lecturer of flute at Stanford University. She resigned, after two years, to study with flute masters, <a href="spotify:artist:1CyKlAhkI1ztihZ5V0yx6s">Jean-Pierre Rampal</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:774mHr909NkDVeyyXQBQfZ">James Galway</a>. ~ Craig Harris, Rovi