Ron Korb

Ron Korb
Ron Korb Asia Tour press conference in Taipei
Background information
Birth name	Ronald Walter Korb
Origin	Toronto, Canada
Genres	Classical Crossover, melodic world music, jazz, Latin, Asian music, Celtic music, New-age
Occupations	Musician, composer, flutist, Recording artist, Producer, songwriter, singer, arranger
Instruments	Flute, Bass flute, Native American flute, Irish flute, tin whistle, dizi, Xun, Xiao, Bawu, Shinobue, Ryūteki, Willow flute Ocarina, Voice
Years active	1988–present
Labels	EMI (Hong Kong), Holborne (Australia), Humbledragon (North America), Jingo (Taiwan), Orange Music (Singapore), ROI (China), Starsing (China)
Website	ronkorb.com
Notable instruments
Brennan gold flute, Muramatzu flute, Altus bass flute

Ron Korb is a Canadian flutist (flautist), composer, recording artist, producer and songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is also known as Dragon Flute (Traditional Chinese: 龍笛; pinyin: Lóng-dí ) in China, Thunder Blessing (Traditional Chinese: 雷恩寇伯 ; pinyin: Léi'ēnkòubó) in Taiwan and Prince of Flutes (Japanese: furūto no kikōshi) in Japan

Ron Korb released Asia Beauty in 2015. The album was nominated for Best New Age Album at the 58th Grammy Awards.

Korb is known for writing culturally diverse music and his mastery of a wide array of world music wind instruments. His work spans a range of genres including Classical, Jazz, Latin, Asian, Celtic music, and Middle Eastern. Many of his songs are program music based on stories themes that form concept albums. The concepts often come from his exploration of his multi-cultural ancestry and extensive travel experience.

Ron Korb started on the recorder in grade school and later joined an Irish fife and drum band in his teens. While attending the Royal Conservatory of Music, he won several local music competitions. He attended York University for a year to broaden his experience of playing jazz but later earned a scholarship to study classical flute at University of Toronto where he graduated with a degree in Music Performance. His primary teacher was Douglas Stewart but he also participated in master classes with Paula Robison, Robert Aitken in Shawnigan, Raymond Guiot in Domaine Forget and Michel Debost in Assisi, Italy. After graduating with honors from University, Korb discovered Chinese flutes (Chinese: 笛子, English:Dizi, [pinyin]: dÍ zÎ). The sound of the Asian bamboo flute intrigued him so much that he moved to Japan in the early '90s to study Japanese Gagaku court music, the traditional shinobue and ryūteki bamboo flutes with Akao Michiko. Since then he has travelled around the world collecting and studying indigenous flutes. He has a collection of more than 250 flutes.([2])