Jane Rutter: Classical trailblazer

A French-Australian flautist who is very much the household name, Jane Rutter has been a shining light of our classical music scene for well over 30 years. She’s shared billings with world renowned stars such as Lucciano Pavarotti and Michael Crawford, and performed with the full gamut of our own artists in Australia, from Tina Arena to the Australian Chamber Orchestra. She performs regularly in Paris and around the world, and more locally there are her famous Live at Lunch concerts at The Concourse in Chatswood. She’s recorded an uncountable number of albums for which she’s received four ARIA nominations. Limelight magazine called her “a leading female influence in the world of classical music." Jane shares some great stories of her journey and the people who helped shape her as a musician. She discusses some of the trailblazing she has done through her career, both willingly and inadvertently, and being at the forefront of how classical repertoire is presented in the modern era.