Lily Josefsberg was appointed piccolo of the San Diego Symphony in January 2022, having previously held the 3rd flute/piccolo position with the South Dakota Symphony. She has played with the New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Florida Grand Opera and Richmond Symphony, among other ensembles.
Originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey, Ms. Josefsberg earned her Masters of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma in piccolo performance from Peabody Conservatory, where she was the teaching assistant and a student of Laurie Sokoloff. Her Bachelors of Music in flute performance is from Boston University, where she studied under Linda Toote and John Heiss.
She attended the Aspen Music Festival, serving for three summers as the piccolo fellow under the primary tutelage of Nadine Asin. In 2019 she won the Walfrid Kujala International Piccolo Competition.
In her free time, she enjoys experimenting with her home baking business, @Bach2baking.