Philip Achille

British harmonica player

Philip Achille is a British harmonica player who attended Solihull School, a British private school in the West Midlands.

His achievements include:

National Harmonica League Player of the Year 2005 ^[1]
World Youth Solo Chromatic Harmonica Champion 2005 ^[1]
World Open Harmonica Champion 2005 ^[2]^[3]
Tabor Foundation Award 2006 ^[1]
Birmingham International Jazz Festival Young Musician 2006 ^[4]
Achille played the introduction section for Jon Bon Jovi's finale of the Royal Variety Performance 2007.^[5]
Achille also played at Andrew Lloyd Webber's birthday celebration in Hyde Park in September 2008.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "BBC - Young Musician of the Year - Tabor Foundation Award". BBC. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
^ "Teen brings harmonica to the masses". SecEd. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
^ "Philip's hitting the high notes". Birmingham Mail. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
^ "Featured Performers: Philip Achille, Harmonica". Channel 4. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
^ "Philip's Royal Variety Performance, December 2007". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "BBC - Radio 2 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's Birthday in the Park". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2020.