Katrina Penman

Katrina Penman is a flutist and composer.  Her recordings of her own compositions have won prizes at the Global Music Awards, Akademia Awards (Los Angeles), Vienna Classical Music Academy Awards, European Classical Music Awards and the World Music Gran Prix.

Her works for flute ensemble have won prizes from the Galway International Flute Festival and the Asociación de Flautistas de Portugal.  These works have been performed in different halls and conservatories in Spain, Portugal and Switzerland, among them, the Auditori in Barcelona, in collaboration with the ESMUC (Catalunya’s Superior Music Conservatory).

As a teacher, Katrina has held masterclasses and courses at different conservatories in Spain, such as the Royal Conservatory in Madrid.  In 2023 she was a member of the jury at the Spanish Flute Association’s young performers’ competition, for which she had been commissioned to write the compulsory test piece.

As a soloist, Katrina has performed her own works at the NFA Convention in Chicago (2022) together with guitarist María Elena de Prada, at the Flute Center of New York, in a variety halls in Miami and at a large number of concert halls and conservatories in Spain.  In 2023 she performed as a soloist as the Brazilian Flute Festival with the support of Powell Flutes, and at the Spanish Flute Convention in Malaga.

Katrina is a founder member of Trio Rigoletto.  They presented their album of the same name in 2014 with the support of Powell and performed that same year as guest artists at the British Flute Convention.  They carried out a concert tour the following year and a performance at the 2016 Spanish Flute Convention in Bilbao sponsored by Powell.

As a flute player, Katrina had performed with orchestras such as La Scala in Milan and the Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, as well as with numerous Spanish orchestras.  She has performed in festivals including the Proms in London and has toured in Japan, Russia and throughout Europe with the Symphonica d’Italia conducted by Lorin Maazel.

Katrina studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Jaime Martin and the la Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan with Davide Formisano.