Edison Castilho Junior

WOODWIND TECHNICIAN

Edison is a renowned Brazilian woodwind technician specialising in handmade flutes and professional clarinets. He has been repairing and playing the flute for more than 15 years, and studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música ‘Manuel de Falla’ in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He has attended several international courses on advanced tuning; gold, silver and bronze welding; lathe operation; wood restoration techniques; and crafting woodwind instrument parts. With his extensive training, Edison is an expert in flute and clarinet key/parts customisation and fine gold/silver welding. He has performed modifications on a vast number of instruments used by international artists for the purposes of improving intonation and adding alternative key systems.

With more than 16 years of experience working in Latin America, New Zealand and now at Flutes & Flutists, Australia, Edison has worked alongside musicians from the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, West Australia Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and numerous other prominent jazz and classical musicians.