"THE BABEL FLUTE" - International Flute Magazine and Community
Founder, Director, web developer
Yulia Berry is Founder and web developer of the unique project The Babel Flute, International Flute Magazine & Community, created by flutists from all over the world and available in over 100 languages.
The Babel Flute is a multilingual platform where flutists from all over the world share their unique research and articles with the global flute community.
The platform offers instant and exceptional quality translations in 100 languages and aims to connect flute players from all over the world.
The Babel Flute has a magazine, forum, classifieds, job board, online store, calendar of historical flutists, flute quizzes and games.
The magazine is published 4 times a year: March - June - September - December.
Founder, E-Learning Developer
In 2022 Yulia Berry and Onorio Zaralli launched a special platform dedicated to online courses that are available in any language.
They offered two courses: The Flute of Oz and A Tale Of Music, written by Onorio Zaralli and implemented on the platform by Yulia Berry.
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WEB FLUTE ACADEMY
Founder, e-learning developer
Yulia Berry is co-founder, along with renowned Italian flutist Onorio Zaralli, of Web Flute Academy.
Web Flute Academy (WFA) is an online institution, offering an innovative way to learn the flute by blending best e-learning tools and live video meetings, while using the most advanced computer and mobile technology, as of today. Web Flute Academy is for anyone, who wants to dramatically improve their flute and performing skills, while studying in the convenient place and time.
Author of idea, creator
In December of 2022, Yulia Berry initiated the very first Global Flute Game in honor of Ernesto Köhler’s birthday. Initially, it was supposed to take place only one day. She created the game against the clock, programmed it, offered the winners personalized certificates, and advertised it extensively on social media.
The game was a huge success and had visitors from 37 countries. Many received personalized certificates that were posted on social networks.
Co-Founder, Sponsor
Young Virtuoso is an annual flute competition held in St. Petersburg (the hometown of Yulia Berry) on the basis of the State Mravinsky Music School. The author of the idea and director Irina Nekipelova.
Yulia Berry is proud to be Co-Founder and Sponsor of Young Virtuoso from the very beginning, along with the Maestro Yuri Temirkanov International Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.
The last 10th Young Virtuoso, Annual Flute Competition in Saint-Petersburg, Russia was held in February of 2020, right before the covid-19 pandemic. As of now, the competition is put on hold.
The original idea to hold it on or around February 14, Valentine's Day to celebrate love for the Flute had been carried through 10 years, proving that love always wins.
The competition was thriving and blossoming, transforming into a 2 level competition, taking place at the Mravinsky Music School and finishing the second round at the Mussorgsky Music College and The Rimsky-Korsakov Music College (alternating them every year). Among the judges were best flutists and flute teachers of Saint-Petersburg. As the competition kept growing, more flutists every year from many regions would travel to Sant-Petersburg to participate.
Every year the contestants were required to perform a solo flute music, written for the Competition.
The Author and organizer of the Competition is Irina Nekipelova. Irina is a very dedicated flutist and pedagogue, whose students won countless competitions and performed in best music venues and palaces of Saint-Petersburg. Irina had been working tirelessly on taking "Young Virtuoso" to the highest level!
Also, thank you to all volunteers and of course, the Mravinsky Music School for their strong support over the years!
In 2016 Yulia Berry was a guest judge at the 5th Anniversary Competition.
Judge, 2019
In 2018 and 2019 Yulia Berry was in the jury for the online competition My Favorite Flute, the final round of which took place in Moscow in April of 2019, during the festival "Great Flute Days 2019". Both Yulia Berry's projects "All about Flute" and "Web Flute Academy" supported this biggest flute event in Russia.
Judge, 2018
Author of the idea, organizer, sponsor, media partner, judge
Yulia Berry was the author of the innovative idea, a co-organizer and one of the judges for Eugene Magalif's Flute Concerto International Competition 2018. It was held online in November 2018. The competition received a tremendous amount of attention on social media, got over 150000 views in total and had 18 finalists from 10 countries.
2018
Learn more about our flute studio and Yulia Berry from the interview in Boston Voyager Magazine / Boston City Guide
2015
Yulia Berry's interview with The Flute View in May 2015 issue
Yulia Berry is the creator and the developer of ALL about FLUTE, a FREE Mobile app, available for iPhones and Androids.
This is a must have for flute players of all skill levels and disciplines.
With useful links, streamlining notifications, and informative articles, "ALL about FLUTE" serves as a gateway into the world of flute playing.
***The app was active in 2013-2021. In 2021 Yulia Berry switched her focus on developing The Babel Flute platform.
Schedule a lesson at Yulia Berry's Flute Studio, located in the center of Quincy, MA. Convenient for all South Shore of Boston (towns: Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth, Hull, Hingham, Milton, South Boston, Boston, etc) Near the MBTA Red Line.
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