Gareth Davies was born in 1971 in Guildford, England.  He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a first, the highest marks in his year and the Laurie Kennedy memorial prize.
Shortly after leaving college he made his London Debut in a Park Lane recital at the Purcell Room.

At the age of 23, he was appointed Principal flute with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra where he stayed for five years before being asked to join the London Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flute. Since becoming a member in 2000, he has worked with the greatest conductors in the world, such as Previn, Haitink, Jansons, Davis, Gergiev, Boulez, Mehta, Rostropovitch and many others.

He enjoys working in schools as part of LSO Discovery education scheme, convincing young people that you don’t have to be old or boring to enjoy classical music and is in demand as a visiting professor in most of the London Music colleges.

During his time with the LSO, Gareth has performed on the soundtracks to many Hollywood films including Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Star Wars Attack of the Clones. As well as performing on several Grammy award-winning recordings with the LSO, he has also recorded with Jazz artists such as Diana Krall and the legendary Dave Brubeck.

His solo recording of the Nielsen Flute concerto is available on the Naxos Label and he recorded the whole of grades 1 – 8 flute exam syllabus for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in 2004, over 150 pieces.

Later this year his recording of Quirk, which is a concertante written for him by  Karl Jenkins will be released on EMI.

Gareth also enjoys talking and writing about music. He regularly gives pre concert talks, and interviews conductors and composers about their work. He has written several articles for British and American magazines and writes a blog for the LSO which to date has been read over 14000 times !

If he had any spare time, he would like to pursue his interest in photography, maybe even windsurfing…

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