Christine Draeger is a leading freelance flautist, composer and teacher based in Sydney. She studied with Zdenek Bruderhans at Adelaide University, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Music (Honours). A member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1981 to 1986, she has also worked with the Adelaide and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. A specialist in contemporary techniques, she played in the Sonic Art Ensemble (formerly The Seymour Group) from 1982 to 2007, and in 1992 founded the Tucana Flute Quartet. In 1999 she won the inaugural Australian Flute Composition Competition with Melusina’s Dream. In 2009 she co-founded Fluteworthy, a specialist flute publisher, and she teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium and the University of New South Wales.
