Paul Edmund-Davies

PAUL EDMUND-DAVIES, ARCM, AGSM, Hon ARAM

Paul Edmund-Davies established his international reputation as a flautist and soloist during the twenty years he served as Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra and a further five years at the Philharmonia Orchestra. He has performed concerti with Leonard Bernstein, Slava Rostropovich and Pierre Boulez.

In June 2007 his book The 28 Day Warm up Book for all Flautists… eventually! was first published. This 150-page technical book, now in its sixteenth edition, has been translated into Japanese, Spanish and Russian and has reached flutists around the world.

As a result of the success of this book, Paul launched a flute-focused online educational website. Simply Flute (www.simplyflute.com) is a platform dedicated to providing instruction and exercises to help flute players of all levels and ages on their musical journey. Over the past two years it has steadily become an online flute method.

His second book, A Consequence of Sequences, was published in February 2018, with his third, Coffee Noodles, in 2021.

Paul’s fourth method book, Daily Exercises, A Progressive Journey For Flute, Vol. 1, a 144-page practice book, was released in April 2024 and has received critical acclaim.

He is a Professor of Flute holding the only named chair (Charles Nicholson) in the department at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Paul has also performed on many Hollywood blockbuster film soundtracks, from Star Wars and the early Harry Potter films to Mission Impossible, Interstellar, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Beauty and the Beast, Wonder Woman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Victoria and Abdul, and more recently Godzilla, Shazam, Angry Birds 2, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Wonder Woman 1984 and the James Bond film No Time to Die. His most recent film score work includes Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3, Wonka, Wicked, Beetlejuice 2 and Lion King, Mufasa.

He is also very honoured to be an Officier de l’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne.

Paul plays an Altus AL II Flute, and here you can read why.