About
British flautist Lloyd Hampton enjoys a diverse career in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance - most recently winning 2nd Prize at the Liverpool International Flute Competition. During the ’25-26 season he is a Flute Fellow at Sinfonia Smith Square (formerly Southbank Sinfonia), an orchestra formed each year by 34 of the world’s most promising musicians.
He has worked with the Britten Sinfonia and Knussen Chamber Orchestra and played side-by-side with the Philharmonia, Hallé, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Lloyd’s recent engagements include concerto appearances with Sinfonia Smith Square and Cornwall Concert Orchestra and playing for the St Albans International Organ Competition as a collaborative flautist. Other competition successes include being Highly Commended at the British Flute Society Competitions and CUMS Concerto Competition. Lloyd has also been a semi-finalist in the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition and a finalist in the RPS/Duet Group Prize for Young Instrumentalists.
Lloyd graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with an MA with Distinction and DipRAM, where he studied with Karen Jones, Laura Jellicoe, Anna Noakes, and Keith Bragg - his studies were generously supported by the Charlotte Fraser Foundation. He completed his undergraduate studies at Girton College, Cambridge, where he held a University Instrumental Award for Chamber Music, Daphne Bird Instrumental Award and won the London Girton Association Music Award. His time in Cambridge led him to perform for HIH Princess Takamado and he was invited to perform as a guest soloist with the Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Further to his studies, Lloyd has performed in masterclasses with Sir James Galway, Emmanuel Pahud, Emily Beynon, Silvia Careddu, and Michael Cox.
At the Academy, Lloyd played principal flute of Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Manson Ensemble, and the Soloists Ensemble, with whom he recorded an album of Bach with Trevor Pinnock. Alongside this, Lloyd is active in collaborating on new music: he has worked side-by-side with CHROMA Ensemble and with composers Judith Weir and Dusan Bogdanovic. Lloyd is also a member of the Albeo Trio (flute, viola, harp) - founded while he was at the Academy - whose aim is to present lesser-known works to wider audiences. The trio have recently performed at Regent Hall, Benslow Music and for the Elgar Society.
Lloyd is a Talent Unlimited artist.