Sir James Galway

SIR JAMES GALWAY OBE is a flutist whose recordings have sold over 30 million copies.

Galway received an OBE in 1979 and was knighted in 2001, the first wind player to receive that honour. In 2005 he won the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

When not performing, Galway draws on training at the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music, and the Paris Conservatoire under Gaston Crunelle and Jean-Pierre Rampal, and on six years as principal flutist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1969 to 1975.

James lives in Meggen, Switzerland, with his wife, flutist Jeanne Galway.

Sir James Galway’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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