Flutist | Composer
Meet Kelly
Kelly Watson Woelffer is a versatile flutist and composer based in Berlin. She is the flutist and founder of Hear Now Berlin, a contemporary classical sextet at the forefront of the contemporary classical scene in Europe. Hear Now Berlin released their critically acclaimed debut album in 2023, Music in Circles (Backlash Music). The Guardian described the album as “an intriguing gem…from punchy and energetic…to shadowy sounds of the night… this is one of the most interesting chamber music albums I’ve heard recently.”
As a composer/performer, Kelly finds herself most at home in music written by living composers, where genres are fluid and musicians are challenged to bring unique and personal contributions to the performance. As a bandleader, Kelly released two albums of original music: From the Shelf (CD Baby, 2006) and dear and bare (Phonector, 2008). Her piece, the (un)raveling can be found on Music in Circles.
In 2024 Kelly was named a Wm. S. Haynes Artist and plays a 14K custom gold flute which she discovered with Adam Workman at Flutistry Boston.
 
        
        
      
    
    UPCOMING EVENTS
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LISTEN
LATEST RELEASE
César Franck
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Kelly Watson Woelffer, flute
Allison Gagnon, piano
RECORDINGS
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      mvt. I Moderato Kelly Watson, Flute Angela Gassen-Huber, Piano Recorded by Daniel Weingarten. Berlin 2010 
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      mvt. II Scherzo Kelly Watson, Flute Angela Gassen-Huber, Piano Recorded by Daniel Weingarten. Berlin 2010 
ORIGINALS
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      Kelly Watson Woelffer, Flute Jens Thoben, Bass Clarinet Paul Hübner, Trumpet Meike-Lu Schneider: Violin Alexina Hawkins, Viola Edward King, Cello Recorded live at Heimathafen, 2022 Mixed and mastered by Justus Beyer Released on Backlash Music 
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      Kelly Watson, Flute Alexander Glücksmann, Clarinet Uli Kempendorff, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone Benedikt Reidenbach, Guitar Benedikt Bindewald, Violin Neta Rudish, Violin Maria Jadziewicz, Viola Tabea Schrenk, Cello Live from Berlin's Serious Series, 2012 
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AS FEATURED IN
“So too is another gem for the music lover who has everything – but who won’t have this […] playing works by five living composers including Caroline Shaw and Kelly Watson Woelffer.”
- Fiona Maddocks (2023)
 
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
             
            
              
            
            
          
            