about

Ryu Cipris is a Japanese-American flutist comfortable in multiple genres. He was featured on Indian bansuri with American Ballet Theatre, and has played various panpipes, tin whistles, recorders, and bamboo flutes subbing on Broadway since 2014—currently with The Lion King and Wicked. Ryu has performed as an orchestral principal at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Carnegie Hall—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.

Ryu was presented in solo recitals at Amsterdam’s Grachtenfestival as first-prize winner of the 2010 Dutch 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 husband, percussionist Eric Borghi.