Michael Matsuno is a flutist based in Los Angeles whose musical life integrates work in performance, research, and education. As a soloist and chamber musician, Michael is committed to bridging the flute’s expansive 20th century repertoire to new and evolving ways of playing and writing for the instrument. He has given first performances of music by Alvin Lucier, Terry Riley, and Jürg Frey, and has commissioned many new works by composers including Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Wilfrido Terrazas, Eva-Maria Houben, and Berglind Thomasdottir. Michael can often be heard performing with Echoi, resident ensemble of the Monday Evening Concert series (est. 1939). He has made guest appearances with professional groups across the country, ranging from symphony orchestras to established chamber ensembles. His diverse work has led him to collaborating with cutting edge musicians in a variety of supported contexts, including the Aspen Music Festival, June in Buffalo, ISSUE Project Room, Harvard Group for New Music, Jacaranda Music, Neofonía Festival de Musica Nueva Ensenada, High Desert Soundings, La Rara Noche, TIME:SPANS, Piano Spheres, and the Ojai Music Festival. Michael enjoys teaching across Southern California, directing the New Music Ensemble at Cal State Long Beach, teaching music psychology and first-year seminars at Chapman University, and serving as a flute instructor at CalArts and Los Angeles Valley College.