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Introduction

Bernard Blary has been involved in music from the age of four, where he studied the piano with his mother. At the age of eleven, he began his study of the flute with Marian Žekulin and Maureen Bennie until finally studying under Philippa Fitzgerald-Finch (formerly Fullerton) at the University of Calgary.

Mr. Blary has been a featured soloist with a variety of orchestras and has performed concerts in the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. As well as being a soloist, he is equally at ease in chamber and orchestral settings.  He has been principal flutist with the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra while under the direction of Leonard Camplin and principal flutist with the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra under Clyde Mitchell and Paula DeWitt.  Mr. Blary has also premiered many works by Canadian, American and European composers and his contributions can be found on numerous recordings. Most recently he made his Austrian solo recital premiere in recitals with pianist Christopher Devine and harpist Zsuzsanna Aba-Nagy in Vienna.

Bernard Blary currently resides in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, and works as a freelance flutist, teacher, and arranger.