German flutist Tatjana Ruhland holds the position of the principal flutist with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR). She was born in Regensburg and studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich with Professor Paul Meisen and Professor András Adorján, as well as at the Manhattan School of Music in New York with Jeanne Baxtresser, where she recieved the degree of "Master of Music in Orchestral Performance" and in 1998 the "Meisterklasse Diploma". She also was a masterclass student at the "Accademia Chigiana" in Siena, Italy, with Aurèle Nicolet. Tatjana Ruhland was a prizewinner at the distinguished international competitions for flute in Prague (1996) and Kobe (1997) among others and recieved a scholarship of the competition "Deutsche Musikwettbewerb". Having won distinction at the "east&west International Auditions" competition, she debuted in Carnegie Hall, New York, in 1999. As a soloist, Tatjana Ruhland has appeared with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR), the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. She holds concerts and master classes in Europe, Japan and the U.S.