James Galway

James Galway gained fame as one of Ireland's most popular flutists in the late '70s. Over the next two decades, his smooth, lightly Celtic instrumental stylings were internationally popular, selling tens of millions of records and earning him several awards. Galway began playing music with penny whistles and mouth organs as a child, soon moving to flute. At the age of ten, he was the winner of all three classes of the Irish Flute Championships, which earned him a BBC radio session as well as a spot in the Belfast Youth Orchestra. Galway earned scholarships first at London's G...