Ray Zheng is a flutist from Ottawa, Canada and started playing the flute when he was thirteen years old. Throughout his education, he has had the privilege of collaborating with world-renowned conductors, including Gustavo Gimeno and Alexander Shelly, and Alain Trudel. Ray has been nurtured by and worked with esteemed flutists such as Mathieu Dufour, Robert Langevin, Lorna McGhee and Michael Cox. In recent times, he had the privilege of participating in the National Academy Orchestra of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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