Karlheinz Zöller (24 August 1928 – 29 July 2005) was a German flutist, and solo fluteplayer in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra between 1960–1969 and 1976–1993.
[1] Zöller and his wife became renowned as a teaching team and one of their students later recalled, "extensive technical training, especially from her, and music and tone, from him.
These included new works by Siegfried Matthus, Diether de la Motte, Manfred Trojahn and Isang Yun.
This severely limited his lung capacity and as a result he was replaced by James Galway as principal flautist with the Berlin Philharmonic.
The operation was a success and Zöller regained his position as principal flautist with the Philharmonic, when Galway left to teach at the Eastman School of Music.