BIO

After graduating summa cum laude from the Music Conservatoire of Pescara, Italy, Paulo Ghiglia went on to study at the Ecole de Musique et Danse of Aulnay-sous-Bois, Paris, with renowned flautist and conductor Patrick Gallois, and was awarded the prestigious Prix d’Excellence à l’unanimité in 2013. Paulo later completed his MA studies in Gothenburg, Sweden, under the guidance of Norwegian flautist Håvard Lysebo. Paulo has held the position of Principal Flute of the Jyvaskyla Sinfonia from 2016 to 2019 and has performed with numerous Orchestras and Ensembles throughout Europe and Scandinavia, including the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Opera, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaasa Sinfonietta, Kymi Sinfonietta, Italian International Orchestra, the New English Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Abruzzo. He has been fortunate to share the stage with some of the best conductors and musicians in the world, such as Fabio Luisi, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Klaus Makela, Barbara Hannigan, Michel Tabachnick, Eva Ollikainen, Pablo Fernandez, Joana Carneiro, Jasmine Choi, Vikingur Olafsson, Patrick Gallois and several others.

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Paulo is also an avid chamber musician, often performing in duo with guitar (Letizia Guerra, Oscar Ghiglia, Giuseppe Ficara) and in duo with piano with Jingle Gawley, and has performed in numerous concerts in Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, the United Kingdom. Paulo has also taken part in several orchestral CD recordings for Warner Music Finland, BIS Records, Ondine Records, Alba Records and has performed live on Finnish national Television YLE and National Italian Radio RAI Radio3.

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Paulo also enjoys teaching and has been professor of Flute for the Music Conservatoire of Cosenza, Italy, and teaches at the Stamford Schools, at St. Francis’ College, at Newnham Croft Primary School and privately.