Manuela Tyllack
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Even as a child, Manuela Tyllack, who was born in Hamburg in 1968, loved the beautiful sound of the flute; at the age of ten she received her first lessons on the instrument. At 15 her teacher became Michael Bardeli, then a flutist in the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, who was a profound influence and awakened her wish to become an orchestra musician. A first prize at the “Jugend musiziert” competition and other awards paved the way for her studies with Karlheinz Zoeller at the Berlin University of the Arts, followed by a scholarship of the Karajan Academy from 1992 to 1994. During these two years, she was taught by Andreas Blau and was able to join concerts and tours of the Berlin Philharmonic in North America, Japan, Israel and Europe. In 1994 Manuela Tyllack was appointed to her first principal flute job in Lübeck, followed by the engagement as associate principal flute at the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra in 1996.