Anna Wolstenholme

Anna Wolstenholme’s hybrid career as flautist and educator spans several countries and institutions.

Having been an Associate Professor at the University of Bergen, Anna is now Lead in Artist Development at the Royal Academy of Music where she works intensively as part of a team of experts at the forefront of innovative training for the next generation of musicians. Her immersion in talent development has also led to work with YCAT, ChamberStudio, and the Drake Calleja Trust where she is now a mentor, panellist and Creative Development consultant.

Anna has held positions in orchestras from Brazil (OSESP) to Norway where she was Principal Flute of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra for a decade. Recent performance highlights include chamber collaborations with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and Hilary Hahn at her Dortmund Festival; pianist Tom Poster and the Heath Quartet; the Manchester Collective; and musicians of the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center.

She can often be heard on film and TV soundtracks and was prominently featured on the 2023 score of Mrs Harris Goes to Paris. She is currently solo flute of the Royal Ballet Sinfonia and she works regularly as a guest principal with the UK’s major symphony orchestras including the LSO, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philharmonia, BBC, Royal Opera House, Halle, Opera North, RTE, CBSO, ENO, Sinfonietta and RSNO with whom she has also toured and recorded for Chandos, BIS, NRK, Sony, Landor and the BBC for live and studio performances including the Proms.

Anna is a trustee of Empower:women in music and a graduate of Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music.