Elena Yarritu

Flutist Elena Yarritu enjoys an active career as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor, and teacher. She holds an MM from Yale University School of Music and a DMA from Stony Brook University. She has studied with many distinguished flutists and musicians in the U.S. and abroad in Europe.

Elena has performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Hall in New York, and internationally in Paris, the Netherlands, Moldova, and Estonia. Her debut CD, Scree (MSR Classics), with pianist Gabriel Sanchez, received acclaim as “fearsome and adventurous” (Fanfare Magazine) and “wholesome and jubilantly virtuosic” (American Record Guide). Her second CD, Emigrantes (2015), features arrangements of Astor Piazzolla’s music and original works by Argentine composer Exequiel Mantega.

Elena maintains an active flute studio in North County, San Diego. She has taught masterclasses throughout the United States and internationally, including her hometown, San Jose, San Diego, Denton, Texas (Texas Flute Society), Prague (Czech Republic), and Seoul, South Korea. Her students are top-prize winners in competitions, including the Music Teachers’ Association of California, the National Youth Orchestra, San Diego Musical Merit, the National Flute Association High School Soloist Competition, and NPR’s From the Top.

Elena is on the artist roster for the BelCanto Performance Foundation and serves as Artistic Director of the Carmel Valley Library Family Music Concert Series. She performs with Trio Aquarelle (flute, cello, piano), as part of DUO ELENA with harpist Elena Mashkovtseva, and is a frequent collaborator with pianist Dr. Cho-Hyun Park.