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Alan Weiss has premiered numerous compositions, notably those of Philip Glass. These performances were broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR) and excerpts used for the soundtrack of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) film Edgar Allan Poe. Weiss is the first American flutist to perform or record in concerto with the renowned George Enescu Bucharest Philharmonic since its inception of 1868. In 2001, Weiss’s compact disc for Albany Records with harpsichordist Mark Kroll (sponsored in part by a grant from the Aaron Copland Foundation) featured premier recordings of works of Robert Starer and Lester Trimble. Gramophone Magazine reviewed in its November 2001 issue, “Flautist Alan Weiss plays with appropriate understated eloquence.” Mr. Weiss has also recorded for the Carlton Classics and Dorian labels. He is a featured recitalist on a DVD for Classic Musicale of China #4106856.

A former flute and chamber music professor for a decade at the Boston University College for the Arts, Weiss is a highly regarded pedagogue and clinician. His outstanding students include: Guoliang Han, principal flutist China National Symphony and Professor of Flute, Beijing Central Conservatory; Jeanne Carere, principal flutist Atlanta Ballet, Grammy nominated flutist and composer Valerie Coleman, and Heather Holden of the award winning Arc Duo. His students have won prestigious positions in professional orchestras and competitions.

Mr. Weiss was the Director of Chamber Music and Young Artists Orchestra Program as well as a flute instructor for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Alan was an artist-in-residence at the 2000 Schubert International Music Festival and Competition (Ovada, Italy) and has performed at the Santander Music Festival (Spain). In 2003, Mr. Weiss performed solo alto flute with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s premier of Tod Machover’s Toy Symphony in New York City and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In the summer of 2004, Alan performed as soloist and in masterclasses at the China International Flute Festival in Shenyang. In 2005 he presented solo performances with the Nashua (NH) Chamber Orchestra and the Boston Classical Orchestra. He has been happily married to the talented and beautiful oboist Ann Rosandich since 1986.

Alan Weiss performs on a custom-crafted 14K gold flute made by the William S. Haynes Company of Boston as well as vintage silver Louis Lot flutes made in 1871 and 1886.

The fall of 2007, was Alan's debut performance in Tokyo, Japan with world-renowned flutist Shigenori Kudo.