Eva Amsler, Flute

After 20 years of orchestra playing in Switzerland and serving on the faculty of the Vorarlberg State Conservatory of Music in Feldkirch, Austria, Eva Amsler retired in May 2021 as Professor of Flute at Florida State University. In this position she was teaching, Flute, Flute pedagogy, Baroque Flute, Dynamic Integration and directed the Flute Graduate Ensemble. 

As pioneer on authentic interpretation of Baroque Music on modern flute and advocate of New Music (including piccolo, alto and bass flute) she enjoys a worldwide career as a performer and teacher. Eva Amsler tours and performs with The Dorian Consort and Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord. She loves all sorts of chamber settings, enjoys being a soloist and was Principal Flutist in the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra (2001-2021). She has appeared at concert venues nationally and internationally, including Carnegie Hall, Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the Belk Theatre in Charlotte during the NFA Convention 2011 and European Flute Festivals such as the German Flute Fest, the Spanish Convention, Flautando, Switzerland, and in South America at the Bolivian Flute Convention in La Paz, Bolivia and the Peruvian Flute Festival in Lima, Peru. 

She also regularly holds master classes in Europe (like at MUK Vienna, Austria), the United States (for example Julliard School of Music), South America, and Asia. Eva Amsler’s summer classes in Arosa, Switzerland and Tuscany, Italy are well known and liked as a special time for deep and holistic learning as a human being, musician and flutist. 

Her CD recordings have been released on the ‘ambitus’ and Cavalli labels. 

As founder and past president of the European Flute Association “syrinx” (Society for Sponsorship and continuing Education of Flutists in Austria) she was responsible for programming the yearly Flötenfest for 15 years. With Traverso Colore she is, together with FSU Alumni, enjoying Baroque flute performances and educational events. She also regularly performs on Baroque flute with Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord, and with Bach Parley, Tallahassee, FL and played with Ensemble Corund, Switzerland.

She served on the Board of the National Flute Association and served in many NFA Committees in the past. She has hosted Flute days and Flute Festivals at Florida State University, including “Different Generations”, “Flute - Health and Healing from the Americas”, “Baroque Day”, “Wood Wind Days”, “Flute Summit – the 21. Century musician”, and more. 

Amsler’s teachers include Günter Rumpel, Aurèle Nicolet and André Jaunet on modern flute and Chris Krueger, Na’ama Lion and Liane Ehlich for Baroque flute. She loves Miksang Photography, Astrology and to walk on the beach, hike in the mountains or hang out with family, friends and colleagues.