about

Ryu Cipris is a Japanese-American flutist; he was recently featured on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House as bansuri soloist in American Ballet Theatre’s NYC premier run of The Winter’s Tale. Ryu has performed as an orchestral principal at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam—in the US, he has freelanced with the Pacific Symphony, New Haven Symphony, NOVUS, Bard SummerScape, New York Pops, Opera Saratoga, Musica Viva NY, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. He has played various panpipes, tin whistles, recorders, and bamboo flutes on Broadway since 2014—currently subbing with The Lion King and Wicked.

Ryu was presented in solo recitals at Amsterdam’s Grachtenfestival as first-prize winner of the 2010 Dutch International Flute Competition. He received a Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Institute in Baltimore where he studied with Marina Piccinini, and a master’s from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam studying with Marieke Schneemann. Immediately following graduation in The Netherlands, he was hired for the North American tour of Les Misérables, where he met his future husband, percussionist Eric Borghi.