Daisy Noton is a flautist with a wealth of solo, chamber and orchestral playing experience.

Daisy performs professionally with orchestras including the Ulster Orchestra, Sinfonia Cymru, and Pegasus Opera. She is
delighted to be on the Philharmonia Instrumental Fellowship Scheme this year. Last year, she was on the Ulster Orchestra
Professional Experience Scheme. She’s previously performed as principal flute of the Royal Academy of Music Symphony
Orchestra, University of London Symphony Orchestra (ULSO) and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYO), where she
performed at the BBC Proms.

An engaging soloist, Daisy has performed recitals at venues across the UK, including at Glyndebourne and the Barnes Music
Festival. She’s performed concertos with orchestras including the Aarhus Symfoniorkester, London Mozart Players and ULSO.
She has an upcoming performance of Arnold’s Concerto No.2 at the Malcolm Arnold Festival.

Daisy has a keen interest in contemporary music.She performed as a soloist with the Riot Ensemble in Shin Kim’s Flute and Harp Concerto,which was premiered and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. In May 2025, she performed together with the Riot Ensemble at
the Ernst von Siemens Award Ceremony in Munich.

A keen chamber musician, Daisy continues to perform in various concerts with her harp trio, the ‘Orion Trio’. She was excited to
make her Wigmore debut, playing side-by-side with the Nash Ensemble last year.

In 2020, Daisy was a BBC Young Musician woodwind finalist. Other accolades include winning the Altus William Bennet Flute
Prize, Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition and being a prize-winner at the British Flute Society’s Young Artist
Competition.

Daisy is passionate about outreach, education and maintaining wellbeing. She’s worked as assistant flute tutor for NYO and has
mentored members of the National Children’s Orchestras. Daisy champions the benefits of yoga and Alexander Technique for
musicians.

Daisy currently studies with Jacques Zoon and Salvador Martínez Tos at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. She is very
grateful to be supported by the Munster Trust and the Craxton Memorial Trust. She graduated with a first class degree from the
Royal Academy of Music in London, where she was also awarded Her Royal Highness Princess Alice’s Prize and the Irene
Burcher award for the highest final recital woodwind mark. She studied with Karen Jones, Michael Cox, Rob Looman and Helen
Keen.

Daisy plays on an Altus AL flute.