Abbie de Quant (born 1946,

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) is a Dutch

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. She taught at the music academies of

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and

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and had her own bi-annual concert series at the

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. Abbie de Quant studied with Koos Verheul at the Music Academy of

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and graduated

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in 1970. She took a masterclass at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in

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with

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, where she received the ''Di Onore'' diploma. As a soloist, De Quant has performed with nearly all Dutch orchestras. She won prizes at many national and international competitions. De Quant performs with

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s Elizabeth van Malde, Bart Berman, and Bernd Brackman, and with other instrumentalists and vocalists. Among her many students are Caroline Ansink, Karin Bastings, Anne Brackman, Albert Brouwer, Felicia van den End, Herman van Kogelenberg, Marilou Krouwel, and Eleonore Pameijer.

Discography

1960s & 1970s

* 1966 Ton de Leeuw: Night music for flute (Composers' Voice) * 197?

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: Flute Concerto in G major (EMI) * 1972 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for flute, strings and harpsichord in D minor (EMI) * 1973 Opus 72: An anthology of new Dutch music that made its mark in 1972 (Radio Nederland) * 1975 Works for flute and harp (

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) * 1976 Otto Ketting: Time machine (Composers' Voice) * 1976 Opus 75: Dutch avant-garde music that came to prominence in 1975 ( Radio Nederland)

1980s & 1990s

* 198? Sonata for flute and piano ( Composers' Voice) * 1981 Flute music (Composers' Voice) * 1987 Transcriptions & variations for flute and harp (A-Selectie) * 1993 Concertos for flute and oboe (Voorzieningsfonds voor Kunstenaars) * 1993 Caroline Ansink, Lucebert: Oh beminnelijk litteken (Erasmus) * 1995 Philippe Gaubert: Sonata (Erasmus) * 1998 Kanzone: Romantic music for flute and piano (Etcetera) * 1998 Huub Oosterhuis: Groter dan ons hart (Leerhuis en Liturgie)

2000s

* 2000 Sunday afternoon concerts in the Amstelkerk (Brigadoon Vocal) * 2002 Serenade – Songs without words ( Etcetera) * 2006 Hommage à Poulenc (FineLine) * 2009 Music in Motion (FineLine)

References

External links

Official Website of Abbie de Quant (Dutch and English)
* 1946 births Living people Dutch flautists Dutch classical musicians Dutch women flautists Musicians from The Hague Academic staff of the Utrecht School of the Arts Academic staff of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Musicians from Amsterdam {{flautist-stub