Sirius Chau

Flute

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
Principal Flute
BBC Symphony Orchestra (Principal Flute Trial, 2024-Present)
BBC Philharmonic
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Sinfonietta
English Touring Opera
Gascoigne Orchestra/ Grange Park Opera
Chromatica Orchestra (formerly Bath Festival Orchestra)
Chineke! Orchestra
Faust Chamber Orchestra
London Concertante
Pegasus Opera Company

Principal Piccolo/ 2nd Flute
English National Opera (Sub-Principal Flute Trial, 2021-24)
Glyndebourne Sinfonia
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Aurora Orchestra
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
Fidelio Orchestra
Orpheus Sinfonia

Extras List
BBC Concert Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
British Sinfonietta
Orchestra of the Swan

SOLO PERFORMANCE

Recitals at Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Bridgewater Hall, Kings Place, St George’s Bristol

BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’ and interview with Sean Rafferty

Solo Performance for King Charles III

Buxton International Festival, King’s Lynn Festival, King’s Lynn Town Hall, Lichfield Music Festival

(Concerto)

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, substitution for Emily Beynon (Principal Flute at Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

Chaminade’s Concertino with Royal College of Music Philharmonic & Holly Mathieson

Mozart’s Concerto in G Major with Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra

Ibert’s Concerto with Westbourne Orchestra

Vivaldi’s Il Gardellino with National Youth Strings Orchestra, Lake District Summer Music

Leung’s Waiting Alto-flute Concerto (world premiere) with Royal College of Music Wind Ensemble

Berkeley’s Concerto with Crendon Chamber Orchestra

AWARDS & COMPETITIONS

Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition – Wind, Brass & Percussion Winner

City Music Foundation Artist, Making Music UK Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist, Tillett Trust Young Artist, Musicus Society Artist (Hong Kong)

Carl Nielsen International Competition, Denmark – Selected Candidate

Tagore Gold Medal, Solo Woodwind, Concerto Competition (Royal College of Music) – Winner

Eugene Magalif’s Flute Concerto International Competition, USA – First Prize

Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition, Westbourne Orchestra Concerto Competition – Winner

Manchester Mid-day Concerts Series – Winner

Scholarships from Help Musicians UK, Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Zetland Foundation, Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, Drake Calleja Trust

EDUCATION
2024 - Present	Flute Teacher at Junior Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2018- 2019	Artist Diploma in Performance, Royal College of Music/Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Scholar
2016- 2018	Master of Music in Performance (Distinction), Royal College of Music/Leverhulme Arts Scholar
2012- 2016	Bachelor of Music (First-Class Honours), Royal College of Music

REFEREES

Katie Bedford | Professor of Flute, Royal College of Music

Emer McDonough | Principal Flute, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Instruments
Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo