GARY STROUTSOS

About the Artist

The music of Gary Stroutsos, world flutist, educator, composer and performing artist, is in the spirit of acoustic based world flute music inspired from personal travels and our natural world.

He has produced and recorded over a dozen albums and has been featured throughout the world on the NPR syndicated programs Echoes with John Diliberto and Skitch Henderson's New York Evening At The Pops as well as on Ken Burns' PBS documentary, Lewis and Clark: The Journey Of The Corps Of Discovery, which led to a command performance at the White House in 1997.

Although he is best known for his playing of traditional American Indian flutes, Gary also performs on Altus Alto silver flute, contemporary clay aerophones, and Chinese bamboo Xiao and Dize flutes that are seldom heard outside of China. His repertoire is deeply respectful of ethnic cultures, and their reverence for the Earth.

Influenced by American Jazz, Afro Cuban and Native American styles, his multimedia performances of original compositions and traditional music weave delicate melodies into a global landscape with improvisation, world percussion and the sounds of nature. His music comes from the heart, his travels, and friendships made along the way.

"I invite you on your own journey through music", says Gary. "This is a music that carries a deep traditional lineage of world flute masters and composers that have come before me ... sounds that reflect a spirit of place and unity among all cultures."

Recordings