South African flutist Dr. Myles Roberts was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and started his flute studies at the Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre. A laureate of many prestigious competitions, he is recipient of the 2015 Sir James Galway head joint prize, 2nd prize winner of the CanAmerican Solo Artist Flute Competition 2022, 3rd prize winner of the Colorado Flute Association Solo Artist Competition 2019, 1st prize winner of multiple competitions in South Africa, and recipient of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust and the National Arts Council of South Africa fellowships. After one year of flute studies, Dr. Roberts made his solo concert debut with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hugo Lambrechts Symphony Orchestra in 2006. Since then, he has performed as soloist with some of the leading orchestras in South Africa, working with conductors including Victor Yampolsky, Theodore Kuchar, Arjan Tien, Martin Wettges and Conrad Van Alphen.
Dr. Myles Roberts has given multiple orchestral and solo performances across three continents, and has performed at the Mahler Festival, Verbier Festival, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Concertgebouw, Robeco Summer Nights, Amsterdam, Opening concert of Young Euro Classic Festival, Konzerthaus Berlin, the Holland contemporary festival in Amsterdam, and some of the leading music festivals in South Africa. His performance engagements in the USA include appearing as guest principal with the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Steamboat Opera Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony, Colorado Dance and Theatre Orchestra, and solo flutist of William Kentridge’s “The Head and the Load” at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, and the Johannesburg Theater in South Africa.
In addition to his performing schedule, Dr. Roberts is invited frequently to give masterclasses and workshops for flute players around the world. He has taught as assistant teacher at the University of Northern Colorado, Stellenbosch University, and maintains his online and private studio to flutists around the world.
Dr. Roberts studied at the Stellenbosch Konservatorium of Music and completed the Bmus and Mmus degrees with Corvin Matei, Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado a Milano with Raffaele Trevisani, Switzerland, and Italy with Sir James Galway, and in the USA with James Hall and Brook Ferguson.