Birgit Havenstein (born 4 January 1954) is a German

flautist The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

and composer. She was born in Berlin, and studied music and music education at the Städtisches Konservatorium. At the 1988 Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker she won awards for her ''Graffiti'' for flute,

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

and harp.

Selected works

*''Even the earth gave his secrets'' for violin,

alto sax The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E, smaller th ...

and piano, 1992 *''Music on an absent cellist'' for solo harp, 1993 *''Tempelglocken verstummen, Blütenduft bleibt'' for flute, clarinet, violin,

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

, cello and piano *''Graffiti'' for flute, cello and harp, 1988

References

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