We are excited to welcome back the ultimate flute trio to Voksenåsen Summer Academy 2025 – Linda Taube Sundén, Tom Ottar Andreassen, and Gitte Marcusson!
Linda Taube is solo piccolo in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2008, and she was also a member of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in the years 2001-2008. She has played in most of the Swedish orchestras and also a lot of different projects with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Linda teaches piccolo at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and flute at Lilla Akademien. She has also been teaching at the Music Academy in Gothenburg and Birkagårdens Folkhögskola in Stockholm, and has been a guest at Voksenåsen Summer Academy for several years now.
Tom Ottar Andreassen is co-principal flute in Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and in the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. One of Norway’s top wind players, he is an often sought soloist and chamber musician, and has made a number of recordings. He is Professor of Flute at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
Gitte Marcusson is Professor of Flute at Royal College of Music, London. She is devoted to teaching and, in addition to her professorship at RCM, she coaches students worldwide in her London-based studio. She has taught many of today’s outstanding flautists, including Katherine Bryan, Principal Flute of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Adam Walker, Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra; Alex Jakeman, Principal Flute of the BBC Philharmonic; and Joshua Batty, Principal Flute Sidney Symphony Orchestra. Gitte taught at Chethams School of Music for 16 years and is much in demand as guest professor giving classes at conservatories and colleges around the world. She is founder and director of Nordic Flute International Summer School. She is a member of the faculty at Wildacres Flute Retreat, North Carolina, and Professor at the prestigious Old Ox Festival, Stockholm.
The flute course takes place August 6-10, at Voksenåsen, Oslo.
Read more about Summer Academy and apply here.
Deadline to apply is April 6th!