"Noakes is brilliant"
BBC Music Magazine

"inspired virtuoso performances" The Guardian

Anna Noakes, flute

Anna Noakes has performed concerti with major London Orchestras as well as giving recitals, as both soloist and chamber musician, at the QEH, Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room and at many of Britain's most respected Festivals, such as Brighton, Leicester, Salisbury, City of London and Dartington.

Composers such as Martin Yates, Cecilia McDowall, Dominique Le Gendre, Elgar Howath and Simon Holt have been inspired to write for her.

Anna has recorded numerous CD's featuring solo and flute chamber music for ASV, Naxos, Dutton Epoch, Guild and Kingdom, receiving Gramophone Magazine's coveted 'Critics Choice' a number of times.

Anna broadcasts for BBC Radio3 and Classic FM and works as Guest Principal Flute with the LPO, Philharmonia, RPO, ASMF, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, together with OSJ, Manning Camerata, CLS and Briien Sinfonia.

She now spends a great deal of her time recording music for Film and TV, scores that include, Harry Potter, Shrek, Da Vinci Code, Casino Royale and Love Actually to name a few.
Anna is Professor of Flute at Trinity College of Music, and for the past eighteen years has run her own Summer School for talented flute students, A Breath of Fresh Air. She is Artistic Director of the Yoxford Arts Festival.