Philippa Davies Since her celebrated performance of Mozart’s Concerto in D major at the BBC Proms in 1988, Philippa Davies has established an international reputation as one of the finest flautists currently performing ; a ‘first-rate virtuoso’ with ‘exceptional eloquence’.

She plays and broadcasts throughout the world and has just returned from Brazil and USA performing concertos and masterclasses. Her many concerto performances and recordings with orchestras in the UK, Europe and North and South America have earned her an avid following.

After lessons with Douglas Whittaker and William Bennett, she was flautist with the Fires of London and Albion Ensemble and Principal Flute with the London Mozart Players. Now as the flute soloist in the Nash Ensemble, London Winds and her own group Arpège , she continues her love of chamber music .

She has duos with Jan Willem Nelleke (piano) Maggie Cole (harpsichord) and has played many world premières and made many recordings.

She has recorded Mozart’s entire original concertos and quartets for Regis, ASV and Virgin, the Romance of the Flute and Harp with Thelma Owen , all Peter Maxwell Davies’s solo flute works for the internet as part of Max Opus, and more recently Bach Flute Sonatas with Maggie Cole (AVIE) and William Alwyn’s flute music (Dutton )

In 2009 she visits Spain, Germany and USA performing and giving masterclassesI, and plans to record the flute concerto of the British composer Paul Reade .

She is a flute professor at the Guildhall School of Music, London.