Kerstin de Witt

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Kerstin de Witt (* 1976 in Meppen ) is a German recorder player . Her focus is on early music and contemporary music .

Life

She completed her studies at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater and the Trossingen University of Music . Her teachers included Kees Boeke and Peter Holtslag.

In 1991 she was awarded the Emsland District Culture Prize. In 1998 she won the special prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned composition at the international recorder competition in Calw. In 1999 she received a Masefield grant from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS .

Kerstin de Witt gives concerts as a soloist and in various ensembles . Since 1999 she has been a member of the renowned Flautando Köln recorder quartet . She is featured in numerous radio, TV and CD recordings.

She plays in Europe (including Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , MuziekBiennale Niederrhein , MDR Music Summer , Music Festival Central Europe ), in Australia, the USA , Korea, Taiwan and Central America.

Since 1999 she has been a lecturer at the Summer Academy of Early Music in Prachatice (Czech Republic), and since 2009 Kerstin de Witt has been teaching at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama .

Discography (selection)

  • Johann Christian Schickhardt - six concertos for four recorders and bc - Ars Musici (2001)
  • How beautifully does the morning star shine - music at Christmas time - Ars Musici (2002)
  • Profile 1 - BKL (2003)
  • Charpentier: Musique sacrée - archive production (2003)
  • Musica Hispanica - Music from Spain's Golden Age - Ars Musici (2004)
  • Don Quichotte in Hamburg - Edition Raum Klang (2005)
  • Ancor che col partire - diminutions of the 16th century - Ars Musici (2005)
  • La Spiritata 2 - Recorder music through the centuries - Ars Musici (2007)
  • Violet - Conditura Records (2008)
  • Ye sacred Muses - Music from the house of Tudor - Carus-Verlag (2009)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach and Sons - Carus-Verlag (2010)

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personal data
SURNAME Witt, Kerstin de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German recorder player
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Meppen