Philippe Boucly

Performing on Sankyo Flutes since 1988

Since 1988, Philippe Boucly has been solo flutist of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Prior of this appointment he was principal flute of the German Opera Orchestra of Berlin and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. He has also performed with such major orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Munich Philharmonic.

Born into a family of musicians in Mulhouse, France, Philippe Boucly was trained by such renowned flutists as Marcel Moyse, Roger Boudin, Sir James Galway and Michel Debost. As a pupil of Jean-Pierre Rampal, he won the first prize in 1980 at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris.

Besides his orchestral activity, Philippe Boucly performs in solo and chamber music concerts and was a member of the Linos Ensemble for many years.

Philippe Boucly gives regular master classes at home and abroad (Europe, Japan, Korea, etc.). From 1992 until 1995 he was an instructor at the Academy of Music and the Performing Arts in Frankfurt on the Main. From 1994 to 2008 he served on the flute faculty at Munich's Richard Strauss Conservatory. Since 2008/2009, Philippe Boucly has been on the faculty at Munich's Academy of Music and Theatre.

His new original text edition of the six quartets (Hob. 11) for flute violin, viola and cello by Franz Joseph Haydn, was published in 1999 by Edition Molinari in Regensburg.