Katy Bircher is established as a specialist
of early flutes and as such has worked with most of the UK-based
early music groups in repertoire ranging from Dowland to Wagner. As
a soloist she has performed alongside Emma Kirkby, James Bowman,
Robert Levin, Pavlo Beznosiuk and Nigel North, and has played
concertos with the Kings Consort, La Serenissima, Florilegium and
Concerto Copenhagen, appearing in concerts across Europe, the
United States and the Far East.
In 2007 Katy took part in a world-wide tour
and award -winning recording of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos under
the direction of Trevor Pinnock. As principal flute of the Gabrieli
Consort and Players she has contributed to many other award -
winning recordings, notably Bach's Easter Oratorio and St Matthew
Passion, and Mozart's C minor Mass and Haydn’s Creation on the
Deutsche Grammophon label.
Katy teaches baroque flute at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama and the Royal Welsh College of Music
and Drama, and has given masterclasses in the UK and
abroad.