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Scene from Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale. Photo: Nir Arieli, courtesy of American Ballet Theatre
Ryu Cipris is a Japanese-American flutist working in New York City; he was recently featured on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House as bansuri soloist with American Ballet Theatre. Ryu has performed as an orchestral principal at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and has freelanced with the Pacific Symphony, New Haven Symphony, NOVUS, New York Pops, Opera Saratoga, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular among others. 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 degrees from the Peabody Institute and Amsterdam Conservatory studying with Marina Piccinini and Marieke Schneemann, respectively. Directly 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.
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