Death of a formative flute
RIPThe enterprising Rampal pupil Ginka Ortega died yesterday, aged 77.
A Bulgarian who migrated to America, she settled in Detroit and founded the Annual Michigan Flute Festival in Orchestra Hall, bringing 1,000 young American flutists to perform together with world flute masters in varied traditions.
Ginka gave recitals the world over, from Carnegie Hall to Japan, China and Jordan.
May her light shine bright and her memory be eternal