Lynn University

Renée Siebert’s distinguished reputation is well known in the world of music, with a career that has encompassed every aspect of flute playing. Beginning with her longstanding years in the New York Philharmonic, her path has lead her to chamber music and concerto performances in America, Europe and Asia, both in the classical as well as contemporary repertoire; recordings, teaching, and writing.

The New York Times wrote of her performance of the Griffes Poem with Zubin Mehta, “It is difficult to imagine, for instance, that any famous touring flutist could give a more hauntingly lovely performance than Renée Siebert played on this occasion.”

Writing about her solo Mozart recordings, The New York Times also noted that, “Miss Siebert is a fluent technician who commands a remarkable variety of tonal coloration, and she tosses off each lilting phrase with disarming spontaneity…the set as a whole is quite irresistible.”

Siebert has collaborated in chamber music with artists such as pianists Peter Serkin and Jean-Phillip Collard; the American String Quartet; The Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society; Barge Music; and chamber music at the 92nd Street Y.

In 2000, André Previn invited her to play a piece that he wrote for soprano Renée Fleming based on a text from the novel "Out of Africa" by Isak Dinesen. It was performed on Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series and subsequently recorded by these artists for Deutsche Grammophon.

In 1991, composer Judith Shatin wrote a beautiful and haunting flute concerto, Ruah, meaning “wind of the spirit,” for Siebert, which she recorded for CRI.

A founding member of the Lucarelli-Norell-Siebert Trio, Siebert performed with that ensemble for 10 years, playing not only trios of the Baroque era for oboe, harpsichord, and flute, but also commissioned works by contemporary composers.

Siebert has taught selective students throughout her tenure at the New York Philharmonic. She continues to teach master classes at music schools such as Carnegie Mellon, Peabody Conservatory, Rice University and the North Carolina School of the Arts.

In 2002 Siebert collaborated with her friend and colleague, former New York Philharmonic Principal Flute Jeanne Baxtresser, on the book “Great Flute Duos from the Orchestral Repertoire” (Theodore Presser), which has become a staple for young flutists all over the world.

Education

• Attended Juilliard School