Andrea Ritter

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Andrea Ritter

Andrea Ritter (born December 24, 1978 in Erlangen ) is a German recorder player .

biography

Andrea Ritter received her flute training from Karel van Steenhoven at the University of Music in Karlsruhe . In 2007 she passed her concert exam there. From 2004 to 2007 she played in the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet .

In 2006 she founded the baroque ensemble Koschitzki & Ritter with Daniel Koschitzki , who had also studied flute with Karel van Steenhoven and who has played in the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet since 2001 . In 2007 the two founded the "classic band" Spark .

Since 2008 Andrea Ritter has also performed as a duo with Daniel Koschitzki. In her program Bird's Paradise , Andrea Ritter mainly plays works by contemporary composers on up to 20 different recorders, from the 25 cm long sopranino flute to the 2 m high sub-bass flute. Daniel Koschitzki usually accompanies them on the piano and only occasionally picks up the flute himself. The album Echoing Voices , released in 2011 by ARS Produktion , contains pieces from this program along with other works by contemporary composers. Andrea Ritter plays twelve different recorders from C-Bass to F-Sopranino and is accompanied by Daniel Koschitzki on the piano.

In addition to her work as a flautist, Andrea Ritter also gives master classes.

Discography

Andrea Ritter 2009 with the Ensemble Koschitzki & Ritter
Andrea Ritter 2012 with the Ensemble Spark

with Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet:

  • 2008: Fade Control (Channel Classics)

with Daniel Koschitzki

with Spark:

  • 2010: Downtown Illusions (ARS production)
  • 2012: Folk Tunes (Deutsche Grammophon / Universal)
  • 2012: New Directions In Classical Music (sampler by Deutsche Grammophon / Universal with 2 pieces by Spark)
  • 2012: A classic in itself - the best albums of 2012 (sampler from Deutsche Grammophon / Universa / Decca, annual review with 1 track from Folk Tunes)

Awards

for Andrea Ritter:

  • 1998: Concert prize at the Open Dutch Recorder Days in Utrecht
  • 2007: First prize at the International Recorder Competition in Montreal

for Koschitzki & Ritter:

for Spark:

  • 2011: ECHO Klassik in the category “Classics without borders” for the debut album Downtown Illusions

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Koschitzki & Ritter. In: Website of Andrea Ritter. Retrieved December 7, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Spark. In: Website of Andrea Ritter. Retrieved December 7, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Bird's Paradise. (No longer available online.) In: Website Opus Vivendi of the artist agency Henrike Lisch. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013 ; Retrieved December 7, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.opusvivendi.de
  4. ↑ Bird's Paradise. In: Website of Andrea Ritter. Retrieved December 5, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Echoing Voices. In: Website of Andrea Ritter. Retrieved December 5, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Bio. In: Website of Andrea Ritter. Retrieved November 30, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Spark - Downtown Illusions. In: ARS production website. Retrieved November 30, 2012 .
  8. ^ Folk Tunes. In: Universal Music Group website. Retrieved December 20, 2012 .
  9. ↑ New Directions In Classical Music. In: musik-sammler.de. Retrieved January 15, 2013 .
  10. ^ A classic for itself 2012. In: Website of the Universal Music Group. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013 ; Retrieved January 15, 2013 .
  11. ↑ ECHO-Klassik 2011 for Spark, the classic band: Classics without borders. (No longer available online.) In: Website of OPHELIAS Culture PR. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 30, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ophelias-pr.com  
personal data
SURNAME Knight, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German recorder player
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH gain