about

Ryu Cipris is a Japanese-American flutist. He has worked on Broadway for the past decade, most often as a sub with The Lion King and Wicked. Ryu has freelanced as principal with the New Haven Symphony, New York Pops, Opera Saratoga, Greenwich Symphony, New Jersey Festival Orchestra, and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. He has recorded with Yale Schola Cantorum and appeared on HBO’s The Gilded Age.

Ryu studied at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore and Amsterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands. Upon graduation, he joined the 25th Anniversary production of Les Misérables where he met his husband, percussionist Eric Borghi—they toured North America for over 1,000 performances before returning to the New York tri-state area in 2013.