Philip Achille

Philip Achille is a British harmonica player who attended Solihull School, a British independent school in the West Midlands. He is currently studying chromatic harmonica at the Royal College of Music.

Achille is also able to play the bass and the saxophone, as well as the piano, employing both jazz and classical styles.

His recent 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]
• Eurovision Young Musician of the Year Finalist 2008
• Achille was featured on the soundtrack for the 2007 movie Mr. Bean's Holiday.
• Achille played Larry Adler's theme music from the British film comedy "Genevieve" with John Wilson's Ochestra at the BBC Proms at the Albert Hall, London, in 2007.
• 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]
• Achille performed with Lionel Richie during 2012 for his performance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and for a radio programme appearance on Heart FM
• Achille appeared on the CBeebies program ZingZillas on the episode "The Z Factor".

References

1. "BBC - Young Musician of the Year - Tabor Foundation Award". BBC. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
2. "Teen brings harmonica to the masses". SecEd. 2006-02-02. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
3. "Philip's hitting the high notes". Birmingham Mail. 2006-01-25. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
4. "Featured Performers: Philip Achille, Harmonica". Channel 4. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
5. "Philip's Royal Variety Performance, December 2007". YouTube. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
6. "BBC - Radio 2 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's Birthday in the Park". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2020.