Musicians of the New York Philharmonic – Flute and Harp Concert

Mindy Kaufman – Flute

Solo piccolo and flutist Mindy Kaufman joined the New York Philharmonic in 1979. At the time, she was the youngest member of the orchestra, and the 13th woman out of 106 members. Ms. Kaufman has appeared as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of former Music Directors Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, and Lorin Maazel. Ms. Kaufman performs chamber music regularly with her New York Philharmonic colleagues, and has also performed at the Moab Music Festival, Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. In 2019, Ms. Kaufman traveled to Cuba where she taught and performed. Ms. Kaufman has recorded more than 45 film soundtracks, including The Cotton Club, The Untouchables, Julie and Julia, and many others. Ms. Kaufman is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where she studied with Walfrid Kujala, James Galway, and Bonita Boyd.

June Han is hailed as a “true and tasteful harpist… [with] exceptionally varied phrasing and a surprising yet innate sense of timing” by the Concert Review Magazine at her debut recital in Carnegie Hall.

She is an active proponent of chamber and contemporary music and has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Speculum Musicae, Manhattan Sinfonietta, Bronx Art Ensemble, Music from Japan, the Group for Contemporary Music, Sequitur Ensemble, Ensemble 21, Mabou Mines, Alarm Will Sound, Talea Ensemble, and Jupiter Chamber Players. As an orchestral musician, she has collaborated with Orchestre de Paris, the Kirov Opera Orchestra, the Mariinsky Orchestra, New York City Opera, and frequently performs with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and the Metropolitan Opera. She has appeared as a solo artist with the Durham-Oshawa Symphony Orchestra, the Colonial Symphony, and the Aspen Young Artist Orchestra. Han has been a guest artist in summer music festivals such as Santa Fe, Norfolk, OK Mozart, Skaneateles, Moab, Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival, and Music from Angel Fire. She has collaborated with distinguished musicians, namely the Orion Quartet, the Shanghai Quartet, the Jupiter Quartet, the Johannes Quartet, Tara Helen O’Connor, Lucy Shelton, Tony Arnold, and Susan Narucki.

Han holds a Premier Prix in Harp and Chamber Music from Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, a Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School. She serves on the faculties of Yale School of Music, Peabody Institute, Columbia University’s Music Performance Program, The Juilliard School Pre-College Division, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival.