Sir James Galway is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". After several years working as an orchestral musician, he established an international career as a solo flute player. In 2005, he received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music at the Classic Brit Awards.
Galway in 2013
Galway and his wife Jeanne at the 2007 New Year's Eve concert at Culture and Convention Centre, Lucerne
Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music
The Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music is the Lifetime Achievement award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. The honourees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.
Paul McCartney received the award in 1977 and 1983 as part of The Beatles and in 2008 as a solo artist
1998 winners Fleetwood Mac
2024 winner Kylie Minogue