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 in concerts across Europe, the United States and the Far East, and gave the first performance and first recording of the newly discovered ‘Il gran mogol’ concerto by Vivaldi.

As principal flute of the Gabrieli Consort & Players, Concerto Copenhagen and Dunedin Consort, she has contributed to many award-winning recordings and boundary-breaking projects.

Katy teaches baroque flute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research at Birmingham University, and has given masterclasses in the UK and abroad.