Hello, welcome to my website and BLOG! For the last several decades I have been focusing on contemporary music practices and the poetics of interpretation. My most recent passion has been exploring electronic composition combined with improvisation. Currently, I am flutist of the Cologne-based Ensemble Musikfabrik, coach for our youth ensemble Studio Musikfabrik and the European Contemporary Music Workshop (Warsaw), and Guest Faculty at the Lucerne Festival Academy.
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Event Highlights and Announcements
July 29 and 30, 2021 Bregenz, Austria. Michel van der Aa Upload
August 7, 2021 Darmstadt, premiere of Georges Aperghis’ The Dong with a Luminous Nose for solo piccolo
August 20 – 26, 2021 coach, Lucerne Festival Academy
September 5, 2021 Musikfest Berlin, music of Enno Poppe and Ann Cleare
September 6, 2021 Jury for the 2nd Balkan Composer Competition, Prishtina
September 17 – 18, 2021 Coach for the European Workshop for Contemporary Music, Chopin University of Music, Warsaw
September 25 – 26, 2021 Jury for the National Youth Orchestra of Germany
October 1 – 8 Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam. Michel van der Aa Upload
October 28, Flutist coaching, Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf
October 31, Essen Now Festival, new work by Simon Steen – Andersen
Not all concerts are listed, so check out our seasonal calendar from Ensemble Musikfabrik.
Free Stuff!! (more to come, so check back)
For composers, a handy presentation about composing for flute: Composing for Flute
Cheat-sheet for notation of extended techniques PDF
For flutists, a handout explaining some basic extended techniques: Extended Techniques PDF
Diminished scale exercise based on Taffanel Gaubert: Diminished Scales PDF
Exercises on harmonics: Harmonic Studies PDF
Singing and playing exercise based on Reichert: Reichert Vocalise PDF
Collection of intonation exercises: Intonation Exercises PDF