Profile

Wissam Boustany has established an international career as a concert artist and teacher touring South and North America, Europe and the Middle/Far East. In 1995 Wissam Boustany founded the initiative Towards Humanity which uses music as a catalyst to support humanitarian projects on an international scale.

Musical Training

1979-80	The Royal Northern College of Music Professional Perfomers Diploma - Distinction
1977-79	Chetham's School of Music, Manchester

Awards and competitions

1998	The Crystal Award Presented at the World Economic Forum - Davos, Switzerland
1997	Knighthood (Chevalier de l'Ordre du Cedre) Awarded by the Lebanese Government
1982	Madeira International Flute Competition - silver medallist
1981	London Symphony Orchestra/Shell Competition - silver medallist
1978	BBC Young Musician of the Year - 2nd Prize, woodwind section

Recordings

1998	Vivaldi's Children	(Dal Segno)
1997	Wandering Winds	(Dal Segno)
1993	Beat Furrer - Concerto conducted by Claudio Abbado	(Deutsche Grammophone)
1990	Sounds from Within	(Musica Attacca)
1985	Il Viaggio A Rheims featured with Samuel Ramey, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Claudio Abbado	(Deutsche Grammophone)

Collaborations with Composers

• Beat Furrer - Chamber Concerto
• Simon Holt - Miaistra
• Boghos Gelalian - Quatre Jeux
• Walid Howrani - Lifecycle
• Marcel Khalifeh - Love Birds
• David Sutton Anderson - A Fisherman's Flute
• Alun Hoddinott - Nocturne and Caprice
• Tarek Younis - Rising from the Ashes
• Paul Reade - Concerto
• Peter Cowdrey - Land of the Prophets
• Carl Witt - This Invisible World
• Pierre Thilloy - Les Arbres aux Étoiles
• Houtaf Khoury - Miroir D'eternite (concerto)
• Dai Fujikura - Poison Mushroom
• Michael Oliva - Fluid Cities
• Shaun Bracey - Fragments of Hope
  

Masterclasses & Current Teaching Position

Institutions:
The Royal Northern College of Music, Trinity College of Music, Royal Scottish Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Chetham's School of Music, UCLA, Illinois State University, University of Northern Carolina, University of Santa Barbara, and music schools in many of the many countries listed below.
Private courses:
'In Search of Inspiration' - regular courses held in the Lake District and Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom; Brussels; Bossut, Belgium
Current Teaching Post: Trinity College of Music

Countries toured

North America:	USA and Canada
South America:	Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
Europe:	United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Turkmenistan and Kirghystan
Middle east:	Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Palestine, Bahrain and Morocco
Far east:	China

Orchestral Experience

Former co-principal:	Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Freelance:	London Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, London Bach Orchestra, London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra