Thank you for visiting elenayarritu.com. Experience the art of flute playing in its highest and purest form. Dr. Elena Yárritu brings the charm and beauty of the flute to San Diego, California. Yárritu can be heard in solo recitals throughout Southern California, locally with the San Diego Flute Quartet and the La Jolla Symphony.

Yárritu makes occasional appearances in the San Jose and the San Francisco Bay Area including an annual summer master held on the beautiful West Valley College campus in Saratoga, California. The July 2008 class features 10 young, talented advanced players from high school to college-age, as well as distinguished guest artists and Bay Area favorites: flutists Isabelle Chapuis-Starr, Teresa Orozco-Petersen and collaborative pianist John Randall Hawkins.

Please visit the artist page to hear Ms. Yárritu.

Rampal enthusiasts, please visit the extensive LP collection on the links page.

“A sincere musician playing with flawless technique... possessing a tone of unusual depth and brilliance...”
-Jaan Oun, Estonian National Symphony, Estonian Daily

“A remarkable interpreter.”
-Alain Marion, Paris Conservatory


Quote by Anthony Aibel, New York Concert Review
Performance at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall, Nov. 23, 2003

“One hears many flute recitals these days, but it is seldom that one gets to experience the kind of consistent polish, excitement, invention and sheer joy…

Ms. Yárritu is a superior player in more ways than one: she has an exquisitely fine tone with a rock solid, steady vibrato; she plays in tune, singing with a most elegant, expressive quality; and she is always rhythmically precise.”