Ron Korb Biography

Flutist Ron Korb been travelling for years collecting and studying indigenous woodwinds from South and North America, China, Indonesia, Cambodia and Ireland. His music is steeped in the diverse cultural traditions and experiences of his travels and evokes images from around the world.

After graduating with honors from the University of Toronto with a degree in music performance, he began studying Asian bamboo flutes with masters from many countries. At the same time, Ron was writing songs for major artists in Hong Kong such as Alan Tam, Stephanie Lai and Yvonne Lau. One of his songs reached double platinum status and another song written for Roman Tam won the award for “Best Original Composition” by RTHK (Radio and Television Hong Kong).

Ron has played on dozens of major motion picture soundtracks many of which have won Gemini awards and several that have been nominated for Academy Awards and awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Some of the films have included Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm and Ride with the Devil, Robert Lepage’s NO, Atom Egoyan’s Exotica, Sweet Hereafter and Felicia’s Journey, Mira Nair’s Kama Sutra John Woo’s Blackjack and the 3D IMAX film Space Station narrated by Tom Cruise. More recent credits include The Snow Walker and Return To Kandahar, Being Julia and James Ivory’s The White Countess starring Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave which takes place in 1940s Shanghai.

Ron has performed twice at The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC and The Glastonbury Festival in England. Other major concerts include Madison Square Gardens in New York, The National Theatre in Panama City, The World Art Stage in Edinburgh, Arnhem Cathedral in Holland, Heian Shrine in Kyoto and The Century Theatre in Beijing. Ron has also toured in Taiwan, China, Singapore and in Japan where he represented Canada at Expo 2005 in Nagoya. 

Ron Korb has recorded fifteen solo albums release internationally as well as recording with other many other artists including Liona Boyd, Jim McCarty from the Yardbirds and Olivia Newton John. He has been featured on many television and radio programs throughout the world and has performed for Queen Elizabeth, Princess Takamado, Peter Gabriel, and was featured on the World Youth Day recording for Pope John Paul as well as The Dalai Lama’s Sacred Music Festival in Chiang Mai Thailand. He also performs with orchestra and was a featured soloist in The Lord Of The Rings Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto.