Laura Lentz

Laura Lentz is a flutist, composer, educator, and author of Modal Flute Warmup, known for her expressive playing, innovative teaching, and vibrant curiosity. Praised for her “striking, meticulous flute playing” (Take Effect) and “enviable control and supple phrasing” (Sequenza21), she has commissioned, premiered, and recorded dozens of works by leading composers including JacobTV, Missy Mazzoli, Marc Mellits, and Roberto Sierra.

Several works have been written for or dedicated to her, including JacobTV’s Serendipity2 and Marc Mellits’s Discrete Structures, with her performances broadcast on Performance Today. With nearly 15 releases as a soloist and as founding flutist and Artistic Director for fivebyfive, she has championed over 75 new works in the past decade, and appeared with fivebyfive on #2 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Charts in a recent release.

www.lauralentzflute.com