Tristan Durie is an accomplished young flautist who is currently active in a wide range of musical pursuits including composition, recording engineering and production, as well as contemporary music.
He is active as a performer in Toronto, with recent performances including, solo recitals at the University of Toronto, the 2011 world premier of Jonathan Harvey’s Vajra, a series of interdisciplinary new music concerts with “The Sixth Sphere” ensemble, young composer concerts at the University of Toronto, The Classical Music Consort's Haydn Bicentenary Celebration, C.O.C noon hour contemporary music concerts, an evening of Contemporary French Music at the Alliance Francaise, performances at “The Rex”, as well as an "Orford Sur la route” concert in Bromont, Quebec.
Tristan has performed in masterclasses for many world renowned flautists including, Emmanuel Pahud (Berlin Philharmonic), Mathieu Dufour (Chicago Symphony), Robert Langevin (New York Philharmonic), Peter Lloyd (London Symphony), Andras Adorjan (Baden-Baden & Munich), Jeffrey Khaner ( Philadelphia Orchestra), WIlliam Bennet and Trevor Wye.
He holds a Bachelor of Music Performance with a minor in Composition from the University of Toronto where he studied flute with Prof. Douglas Stewart (Principal Flute – Canadian Opera Company) and composition with Prof. Norbert Palej.