An authentically modern voice and 21st century visionary, the renowned flutist Marina Piccinini’s rich artistic tapestry is woven from the multi-national, multi-lingual household where she grew up, bringing the vibrant spirit and global perspective to all of her cultural and personal endeavors. Sought after internationally as soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist, her repertoire is among the most extensive of today's celebrated artists and she has premiered works by some of the foremost composers of our time. Hailed by Gramophone as “the Heifetz of the flute,” her appearances as soloist include the Boston, Vienna, Vancouver, Tokyo, Toronto, Detroit and National Symphonies, London, Rotterdam, and Hong Kong Philharmonics. She appears regularly on major stages around the world with such artists and ensembles as the Tokyo, Brentano, and Takács Quartets, pianists Mitsuko Uchida and Andreas Haefliger, Vienna Philharmonic Principal Harpist Anneleen Lenaerts, and her trio Tre Voci, and she regularly tours with Musicians from Marlboro. She is creator and founder of the Marina Piccinini International Masterclasses (MPIMC), in partnership with the New World Symphony. She is the first flutist to win the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant, and won first Prizes in the CBC Young Performers and Concert Artists Guild International Competitions. She is on the faculty of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and appears on the Avie, Claves, and ECM labels.