Gareth Davies is one of the flautists of his generation. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and shortly after graduating was appointed Principal flute in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at the age of 23. In 2000 was invited to become Principal flute with the London Symphony Orchestra.
He has recorded concerti by Nielsen, Karl Jenkins and Douglas Knehans and can be heard with the LSO on many recordings, movie soundtracks (Harry Potter and Star Wars), video games (Genshin Impact, Battlefront) and TV series as well as performing on the soundtrack and appearing in the movie, Maestro with Bradley Cooperplaying Leonard Bernstein.
As well as performing, Gareth is in demand as a teacher. He is visiting professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and regularly coaches woodwind students on the Orchestral Artistry Postgraduate course.
Gareth also works as a writer and presenter. He has written for the LSO and BBC Music Magazine, has written and presented programmes on Radio 3 as well as a documentary for Classic FM. His first book, The Show Must Go On – on tour with the LSO, published by Elliott and Thompson was chosen as a book of the year in the Financial Times and Classical Music magazine.
Gareth is passionate about sharing great music and has written several concerts for children with his collaborator, Victor Craven, which have been performed by the LSO in London and on tour in the USA. They feature a wide variety of challenging repertoire which children take in their stride. During the pandemic, they wrote an online guide to the orchestra, Where’s Simon? Featuring Sir Simon Rattle and the whole LSO performing at home on their mobile phones, the film has recently been included in the British Film Institute Archive for posterity.
In March 2026, he will be giving the UK Premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s 2nd flute concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Gareth is a Wm. S Haynes Artist
