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"i Flautisti – The London Recorder Quartet – are making a name for themselves by challenging preconceptions of recorder playing and delivering inspirational repertoire with imagination and creativity.

We are delighted that our debut album, Sound Clouds, is now available via all major distribution channels (Amazon / iTunes / Spotify, Supraphononline etc)! In conjunction with this, we are performing Sound Clouds live and in its entirety as a brand new concert programme. We performed snippets from the album on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ programme and ‘The Early Music Show’ in 2013 and 2014.

Our education work also continues with promoting the Recorder Rebels publication in London, and giving workshops at schools in the UK. We enjoyed hosting a celebration of this book at Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton in the spring and workshopping composition ideas at ‘The Big Blow’ in the internationally-renowned Royal Spa Centre in Leamington. ..."

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Added on: May 21, 2015 | Hits: 911

"The Flautadors Recorder Quartet is established as the UK's leading recorder ensemble having won a variety of awards since their formation in 1997. Their repertoire spans eight centuries and is performed on a huge range of instruments from the sub contra bass to the tiny garklein flötlein. Recordings of both contemporary and early music have received critical acclaim and are frequently played on the BBC as well as radio stations across Europe. Described as 'exciting', 'dazzling' and with 'phenomenal technique', concerts by The Flautadors provide a fresh insight into the music they play. ..."

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Added on: May 21, 2015 | Hits: 840

"Born on the Winter Solstice in 1963, and brought up in England’s Thames Valley, Adams initially flirted with a career in science before realising that his destiny lay elsewhere, and he embarked on a period of study with some of the leading players of the day, including Dutch pioneer Kees Boeke, winning numerous awards and competitions along the way. But he was quick to forge his own path, his natural performing flair at odds with the restrictions and traditions of the classical (and especially early) music scene.

It was a chance encounter with a group of Hungarian gypsy musicians, whilst taking part in an early music festival in Belgium, which was to provide the inspiration for Adams in the years to follow: this was music performed with unbridled freedom, heart-on-sleeve emotion and sheer, joyous virtuosity – and these facets have now become the hallmarks of Adams’ own style.

Following an acclaimed debut in London’s Wigmore Hall in 1985, and the recording of his debut disc of Vivaldi Recorder Concertos (Which CD Magazine’s ‘Concerto Recording of the Year’), Adams embarked on his mission to extend the recorder’s repertoire and reputation, resulting in a series of ground-breaking London recitals and CD recordings – including first performances of forgotten 19th century Viennese music for the czakan (keyed recorder), a revival of the important mid-20th century British recorder repertoire, and his own transcriptions for recorder and piano in the grand romantic style. ..."

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Added on: May 21, 2015 | Hits: 746

“The Washington Recorder Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to recorder playing.  WRS is a chapter of the American Recorder Society.  Currently the WRS has about 46 members.

 WRS meets twice a month for ensemble playing, instruction, and guest recorder concerts  at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-4099, from 8:00-10:00 pm.  Sheet music is supplied to participants at each meeting. These meetings are  usually on the first and third Mondays from September through May. …”

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Added on: Nov 12, 2012 | Hits: 3932

“Musical Director and founder of the world-renowned ensembles New London Consort and Musicians of the Globe, Philip Pickett is considered one of today's most eminent advocates of period performance. For the past 10 years or so he has also embarked on a flourishing new career as guest conductor, leading modern symphony and chamber orchestras as well as opera companies in Classical, Romantic and Baroque repertoires.

Philip Pickett began his musical career as a trumpeter before becoming one of Britain's leading recorder players, performing and recording as soloist with many leading UK and European ensembles. …“

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Added on: Nov 08, 2012 | Hits: 860

“Per Gross holds a Bachelor and Masters degree (Musiker/Performer Diplomeksamen) from The Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Denmark where he studied with prof. Dan Laurin. Per is currently a post graduate student in the Soloist Diploma programme at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden.

Besides his regular studies Per has also attended masterclasscourses in Sweden, Portugal, Germany, Hungary and USA. He has also participated in masterclasses with Nigel North, Emma Kirkby and Sergio Azzolini.

Per Gross is very active as a freelance musician in Sweden and abroad, and he has appeared as soloist and chambermusician with The Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra (SUSO), Tiranas Young Virtuosos (Albania) and The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. …”

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Added on: Mar 24, 2012 | Hits: 1071

“Danish recorder player Pernille Petersen (born 1983) had her debute from the soloist class at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense in September 2010. She has finished her diploma studies in 2008 at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense, Denmark with Nikolaj Ronimus. Pernille has also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Lene Langballe and a year as a guest student at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Dan Laurin. Pernille had her debute from the soloist class at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense in September 2010.

Pernille Petersen is active as a soloist and chamber musician in many constellations in Denmark and the nordic countries. Her repertoire has its base in early and contemporary music but she constantly explores new possibilities. Her regular ensembles consist of duos with harpsichord, accordion, recorder and percussion and of bigger baroque groups.

In 2000 Pernille won the gold medal prize at Berlingske Tidende’s Classical Music Competition in Copenhagen, a prestigious classical music competition for young musicians.
In 2009 Pernille was the winner of Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Competition in London. In May 2010 Pernille won the first Mieke Van Weddingen Recorder Competition in Mechelen, Belgium and was also given the audience award.

Pernille appears on recordings with Trinitatis Kantori and with Ensemble 1700. In november 2010 her first solo recording “Sonatas by Mr. Castrucci and Mr. Geminiani” was released by CDKlassisk, Olufsen Records, Denmark.”

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Added on: Mar 24, 2012 | Hits: 1388

“Bolette Roed (1979) had her highly praised debut concert from the advanced solo performance class of The Royal Danish Music Academy in Copenhagen, March 2004.

She has been teaching at the Royal Academy since 2009 and gives concerts at home and abroad.

Bolette is constantly searching to expand the recorder repertoire and works with many different instrument combinations and styles, including innovative co-operation with pianist Carsten Dahl and DJ Katrine Ring.

Bolette’s repertoire ranges from medieval to contemporary music and naturally involves improvisation, folk and world music. She can be seen performing in the unique …”

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Added on: Feb 23, 2012 | Hits: 829

“The young artist Sabrina Frey belongs to the outstanding recorder virtuosos of her generation. Born in Switzerland she completed her musical studies at the Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts, her concert and soloist diplomas at the University of Music Freiburg i. Br. and in the master class of Kees Boeke at the University of Music Zurich with honors. She has received numerous awards such as the Festa Special Award at the Osaka Chamber Music Competition, Japan, the German Erlanger Prize for the best interpretation of contemporary music, awards from the German Musikleben Foundation and First Prize from the Orpheus Konzerte in Switzerland.

Sabrina Frey has performed in concert and on tour at home and abroad. She has enthused audiences in more intimate surroundings as well as in large concert halls, enchanting and surprising with her natural elegance, virtuosity, vitality and mastery of the countless sides of her often unheralded instrument.

Sabrina Frey has performed with musicians such as Maurice Steger, Naoki Kitaya, Alexander Weimann, Fiorenza de Donatis, Mauro Valli, Marco Frezzato, Vital Julian Frey and Martin Müller. As soloist she has played with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, with leading members of some of Europe's best baroque orchestras (e.g. "I Barrochisti", "Europa Galante", "Accademia Bizzantina" "Giardino Armonico", and the "Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra"), as well as with eminent conductors such as Marcus Creed, Helmuth Rilling and Muhai Tang. She has been repeatedly recorded on television and radio and has recently published her first CD with the label Novalis: Telemann's Twelve Fantasias. …”

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Added on: Feb 19, 2012 | Hits: 1928

“According to The Independent, Maurice Steger is «the world’s leading recorder virtuoso».

With a repertoire focused on Early Music, Maurice Steger is a sought-after soloist with the leading Early Music period instrument ensembles, he also appears regularly with modern orchestras.

A major portion of Steger’s artistic activities is devoted to recitals accompanied by just a harpsichord or with small chamber orchestras. But Maurice Steger is also no stranger to contemporary music: He premiered two solo concerts for recorder and orchestra and has performed Rodolphe Schacher’s musical fairytale «Tino Flautino» over 50 times.

After studying with Marcus Creed in Stuttgart and upon Reinhard Goebel’s encouragement, Maurice Steger has now been working as a conductor for a number of years. In his position as the «Baroque Music Director» at the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, he developed and conducted concerts from the baroque and classical eras.

Among his many CD releases, the Telemann flute quartets (Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv), sonatas by Sammartini and Telemann’s suites and concerto for recorder (harmonia mundi) as well as Vivaldi’s concertos for recorder are particularly notable. Several recordings, among them the album «Venezia 1625» and «Mr. Corelli in London» (harmonia mundi) received important international awards. 

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“Born in 1988, Vincent Lauzer has studied the recorder since 1993. He has won several first prizes in regional and provincial competitions. He has also won six 1st prizes during the National Finals of the Canada Music Competition. In 2008 and 2009, he won the Grand Prize in the 19 to 30 years old category.

 Recently, he won First Prize and the Audience Appreciation Prize in the 3rd Montreal International Recorder Competition. In the 2007 edition of this competition, he was awarded the Best Canadian Recorder Player Prize. In May 2009, he was awarded the Oliver-Jones 1st Prize at the Festival de musique classique du Bas-Richelieu in Sorel-Tracy. In 2007, Vincent won the Montreal Baroque Prize for audaciousness and musicality in the Galaxie-CBC Rising Stars Competition during the Montreal Baroque Festival. In June 2003, Vincent performed in a concert of l’Alliance Musicale at Pierre-Mercure Hall.

Vincent is a member of the recorder quintet Flûte Alors! with whom he performs regularly in the Montreal area, including performances at the Montreal Baroque Festival. In August 2009, the ensemble was awarded 1st Prize in the chamber music division at the National Music Festival in Saskatoon. Lately, Vincent performed in the concert series Clavecin en concert and with the ensemble Les Idées Heureuses. He also works with The Kids and La Félicité.

A graduate of l’École de musique Vincent d’Indy, Vincent also completed his Diploma of College Studies at Cégep de Saint-Laurent with Sophie Larivière and Matthias Maute. He currently studies performance with Matthias Maute at McGill University.”

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Added on: Jan 21, 2012 | Hits: 1411

“The Austin Chapter of the American Recorder Society has been in existence since 1959, when Natalie and Don Morgan founded it. The chapter has over 30 members as of the 2007-08 season. Membership is open to all who play or enjoy the recorder; annual dues of $15 are requested for local membership, and you are encouraged to join the national ARS organization as well. “

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Added on: May 01, 2011 | Hits: 875

“Hello and welcome to the Buffalo Recorder Society. We are a group who share the love of playing the recorder.  Our group meets the 2nd and 4th Monday at Allen Hall at the University of Buffalo Main Street campus.  Our Music Director is Miranda Giangrosso. The BRS is a chapter member of the American Recorder Society.“

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Added on: May 01, 2011 | Hits: 1092

“The Farallon Recorder Quartet gives inspiring performances of a vast and varied repertoire extending across time and genre. Bach and Gershwin, Ockeghem and Serocki; sedate, wild, sublime, Farallon Recorder Quartet does it all with style, reaching out to modern audiences in an accessible and exciting manner. Farallon's debut CD, a collection of sacred and secular works by the 16th century composer Ludwig Senfl, was released in 2005. The Farallon Recorder Quartet performs on numerous types of recorder from Medieval to modern, from sopranino to contrabass, from 6 inches to 6 feet tall. While devoting much of their concert programs to Renaissance and Baroque music, Farallon Recorder Quartet is also active in performing 20th and 21st century music, both well established works, and newly composed pieces, some of which have been written for the ensemble.

Members of Farallon: Letitia Berlin, Louise Carslake, Annette Bauer, Frances Blaker …“

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Added on: Jan 31, 2011 | Hits: 1227

“This website is for those interested in the recorder; thus, students, teachers, professional and amateur musicians alike interested in creating a national (and international) relationship between them. On site articles and useful studies as well as downloadable materials can be found in order to assist learning and teaching of the recorder.“ (with aid of Google Translate)

Added on: Jun 29, 2010 | Hits: 1219

“Since October 2006, Recorder Haven has been on the internet in the form of a discussion forum. From just a few members during the first week of its existence, the forum has grown steadily each year to 300+ registered members, plus hundreds of additional visitors every week. We are still growing every month.

If you have not seen our forum yet, you can visit by clicking here. Our membership is quite diverse, varying from professional recorder players to amateurs, from recorder teachers to individuals that are just starting out. Why not become a member today?

On our brand new home-page you will find articles, featured recorder books, a list of recorder societies, lists of teachers in your area, and lots more. We have also added a modest store where you can find items available for purchase.

Whatever your motivation for being here, we hope that you will enjoy your stay and take advantage of what is offered on the website.

Thank you for visiting, and welcome!“

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Added on: Jun 28, 2010 | Hits: 1325

“In recent years the recorder virtuose Dan Laurin has performed in most parts of the world. Tours to the USA, Japan and Australia as well as appearances in the major European musical centres have confirmed his reputation as one of the most interesting - and sometimes controversial - performers on his instrument. His efforts to rediscover the sound possibilities of the recorder have resulted in a technical facility and a style of playing that have won him numerous awards including a Grammy and the Society of Swedish Composers' prize for the best interpretation of contemporary Swedish music. 

A lengthy collaboration with the Australian instrument maker Frederick Morgan resulted in a succession of reconstructions of instruments from earlier rimes, and this has greatly enriched the world of recorder music. Special mention should be made here of the instrument that was designed specifically for Dan Laurin's recording of Jacob van Eyck 's monumental Der Fluyten Lust-hof, the largest work ever written for a wind instrument.  

Besides working with early music. Dan Laurin has also premiéred numerous works by Swedish composers. His efforts to broaden the repertoire and to gain for the recorder the status of a concert instrument together with a large orchestra has resulted in several concertos that are already considered classics. Dan Laurin is professor of the recorder and teaches at Stockholm's Royal College of Music. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and in 2001 he received the medal 'Litteris et Artibus' from the King of Sweden.“

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Added on: May 03, 2010 | Hits: 1223

“Born in Amsterdam in 1957, Peter Holtslag studied recorder at the Conservatorium of his native town, graduating ‚cum laude‘ in 1980, his leading sources of inspiration being Frans Brüggen and Kees Boeke. From then onwards he has toured worldwide as a recorder and transverse flute player.

A distinguished soloist and chamber musician, playing both "early" and contemporary music, he shared the concert platform with musicians such as Gustav Leonhardt, William Christie, Roy Goodman and ensembles such as The English Concert, The Orchestra of the 18th Century, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, La Fontegara Amsterdam, Trio Noname and recorded for radiostations all over the globe ( ABC Sydney, National Radio USA, WDR Köln, NOS Holland, New Zealand Radio, BBC London etc ). He appeared at major festivals in many of the European cultural capitals like Utrecht, London, Lisbon, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen &c.

His ca. 25 CD-recordings on most major labels ( such as Hyperion, DGG/Archiv, Chandos, &c. ) have won international acclaim . ..“

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Added on: May 03, 2010 | Hits: 1194

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Added on: Apr 25, 2010 | Hits: 1196

“We are best described as a recorder ensemble, although we sometimes bring along other instruments such as dulcians, crumhorns, and drums. Our group includes members of all skill levels from beginners to professionals. We play music from a wide variety of genres, from renaissance dances to tin pan alley. Most of the music we play is from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Our monthly meetings consist of reading through music, so if you are a little rusty at sight reading, then contact Richard so that you can get ahold of next month's music before the meeting. If you have several instruments there is always the opportunity to switch parts between pieces.  ..“

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Added on: Apr 14, 2010 | Hits: 1482

“We are a recorder collective devoted to contemporary and early music. One of our biggest goals is to inspire new works and create a dynamic and exciting forum for exploring the music of our time.”

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Added on: Mar 18, 2010 | Hits: 1428

“The Worcester Hills Recorder Society was founded in 1995 by several Worcester area recorder teachers to promote the playing and enjoyment of recorders.  WHRS encourages players of all levels from beginner to advanced to participate in the society. ..“

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Added on: Feb 25, 2010 | Hits: 1190

“The Colorado Recorder Orchestra was formed in summer 2004, and had its debut performance at the Early Music Colorado “Fall Festival of Early Music” in October, 2004. In 2005 and 2006 there have been many performances in the Denver area and surrounding communities, and an appearance at the EMC “Fall Festival of Early Music” in October 2005.

The orchestra was organized by leaders from three Colorado chapters of the American Recorder Society who have formed the governing board for the orchestra. The goal was to provide a challenging musical adventure for more advanced recorder players. When first organized, the ensemble was called, “Front Range Recorder Orchestra.” This has been changed to Colorado Recorder Orchestra, since it is the only one in the state. The director of the Colorado Recorder Orchestra is Rose Marie Terada. The group is made up of volunteers. Players, board members, and the director all volunteer their time for the recorder orchestra. ..“

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Added on: Feb 13, 2010 | Hits: 1288

The Ensemble MEZZALUNA was founded in 2003 as a logical consequence of many years of musicological and organological co-operation between the Belgian recorder player Peter van Heyghen and the English recorder maker Adrian Brown. Their collaboration reached a climax in 2003, when both were asked to present papers at the "International Symposium on the Renaissance Flute and Recorder", organised by the Dutch musicological organisation STIMU. Both considered it a priority to present their ideas through a musical collaboration and thus the idea of MEZZALUNA was born.

The composition of the ensemble, depending on the programme, typically consists of three to six experienced instrumentalists from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Austria. Their aim is to interpret polyphonic music composed between ca. 1480 and ca. 1630 using historically documented performance practice.

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Added on: Jan 18, 2010 | Hits: 1455