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Byron
Rakitzis is a player of historical flutes and bassoons. In 1998 he
completed further studies with Dutch flutist Wilbert Hazelzet at the
Utrecht Conservatory. He has made his home on the West Coast for the
last 15 years, and has performed as a flutist and bassoonist with
Boston's Handel and Haydn Society, the Portland Baroque Orchestra,
Vancouver's Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Los Angeles' Musica Angelica, and
San Francisco's Magnificat and the American Bach Soloists.
He is often
asked about his unusual double of flute and bassoon. He began
playing the bassoon ten years ago from a wish to experience baroque
music from the bass player's perspective, and it quickly grew into a
deep interest in basso continuo and orchestral bassoon playing. It is
also in keeping with the spirit of the baroque, where doubling on
woodwinds was commonplace.
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