Noemi Gyori

Hailed for her “phenomenal technique and sparkling play of colours” (Opus Klassiek), her “rich tonal repertoire and enchanting melodic shaping” (Turun Sanomat), and “great skill and intensity” (Flute Journal), Noemi Gyori is a soloist and chamber musician, who has appeared on stages of 31 countries on both modern and baroque flutes.

In recent seasons, Noemi has commissioned and premiered Thaleia Concerto by Christian Mason with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Kodály Philharmonic and MÁV Symphony Orchestras and has performed Ibert’s Flute Concerto with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and the Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra. She also gave the Hungarian premiere of First Flute Concerto by Mieczysław Weinberg, appeared as a recitalist and Young Artist Competition Jury member at the NFA Flute Convention Atlanta 2025 and as a recitalist at the NFA Flute Convention Portland 2026, and has appeared at Tampere Flute Fest, Flute Days Tallinn and TFF Flute Days Budapest. She has given chamber performances with the Quatuor Danel, the Fitzwilliam Quartet, the Trio Hepp, pianists Suzana Bartal, Alexander Ullmann, Zoltan Fejervari and scent DJ Erich Bergammer.

Having graduated with honours from the Liszt Academy of Music and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, where her teachers included Henrik Pröhle, Barbara Gisler-Haase, András Adorján, Lisa Beznosiuk, and Benedek Csalog, Noemi became the first flutist in history to be awarded a PhD in Performance Practice from the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2020.

Beyond her solo career, Noemi is principal flautist of the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich and has performed with the BBC Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic (Vienna State Opera) orchestras. She has directed several festivals, including the Arcus Temporum Festival (2023), Ördögkatlan Festival (2019), and IKZE Contemporary Music Festival (2004–2009). She has also co-authored The Classical Flute and Guitar Collection, a series of transcriptions of keyboard works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven for flute and guitar, published by Doblinger Musikverlag.

Noemi is a sought-after adjudicator and masterclass leader, having taught at top conservatoires and specialist schools across three continents. In 2026, she adjudicated the final round of the Guildhall Flute Prize at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and she is a jury member of the 2027 Kodály Woodwind Competition in Debrecen. She has taught at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Junior Royal Academy of Music, the Chetham’s School of Music, the Leeds College of Music, the Royal Conservatoire in Liège, the Grieg Academy in Bergen (as Erasmus Professor), the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Bard College of Music (New York), the Conservatoire Rameau (Dijon), the Pôle d’Enseignement Supérieur de la Musique (Burgundy), the Music and Arts High School (Busan), and, in Hungary, the Liszt Academy of Music, Music Faculty of the University of Szeged, the Béla Bartók Conservatoire, and the Leó Weiner Conservatoire.

She has been a flute tutor at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music for over a decade and has taught at the University of Manchester since 2019. Her critically acclaimed discography of eight solo albums spans Rubicon, Hungaroton, and Genuin labels, with numerous recordings featured on major international radio broadcasts. In autumn 2026, she released her ninth album, Free Spirits, dedicated to the French flute repertoire and featuring works by Francis Poulenc, Cécile Chaminade, Paul Taffanel and Philippe Gaubert. Her recent recording projects include a Métier release of solo flute works by Sinan Savaşkan, nominated for a Grammy award by the Divine Art Recording Group, and The Afternoon of a Nymph (Rubicon), a cross-disciplinary project combining flute repertoire inspired by Greek mythology with poetry by Anna T. Szabó, offering a reimagining of canonical works through a female perspective. Her premiere of Christian Mason’s Thaleia Concerto was recorded and broadcast by Mezzo/Medici. In 2027, she will release recordings of Carl Reinecke’s and Franz Blodek’s Flute Concertos with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Since joining the Artistic Team of the Tampere Flute Fest in 2024, she has continued to expand her role within the international flute community. In 2026, she was appointed to the National Flute Association’s International Liaison Committee, contributing to the organisation’s international activities and connections.

Noemi has been featured as the cover artist for The Flute (Japan), The Flute View (USA), Eurowinds (Germany), Brawoo (Germany), and Gramofon (Hungary). Noemi is a Miyazawa Flutes artist, playing a 14K gold Miyazawa Boston Legacy flute, funded by the Philip Loubser Foundation. In addition to her musical endeavors, Noemi launched the Noemi Collection in 2018, a series of art objects created in collaboration with leading designers. Originally from Budapest, Hungary, Noemi resides in London with her two daughters and conductor husband, Gergely Madaras. You can follow Noemi on Facebook and Instagram!