Philippa Davies

Since her acclaimed performance of Mozart’s Concerto in D major at the BBC Proms in 1988, Philippa Davies has built an international career. She has performed and recorded concertos with the New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, all the BBC Orchestras, the English Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia and the London Mozart Players. She plays with the Nash Ensemble and London Winds, has a duo with Jan Willem Nelleke (piano) and Maggie Cole (harpsichord) and regularly plays as guest principal flute with London orchestras.

Her numerous recordings include Mozart’s entire original concertos and quartets, Bach’s flute sonatas, William Alwyn’s flute music and the recent release on Signum of Paul Reade’s Flute Concerto and the Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden. Her commitment to contemporary music has attracted commissions and dedications from leading composers including Peter Maxwell Davies, Harrison Birtwistle, Robert Saxton, Jonathan Harvey and Giles Swayne.

Philippa is a Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She runs her own international flute course in France each summer and for the last five years she has taken part in Improvisation Projects in Den Haag, Tallinn and Finland; she is a Licensed Andover Educator teaching the Art of Movement in Music.