Dorothee Oberlinger (born 2 September 1969) is a German

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player and professor.

Biography

Dorothee Oberlinger was born in

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and raised in Simmern. At the

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, she studied music education and German studies. After university, she studied

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and

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. Her teachers include Günther Höller (

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music () is a public university of music and dance located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Established in 1850 as the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln, it is one of the largest music academies in Europe, w ...

), Walter van Hauwe (Amsterdam) and Pedro Memelsdorff (Milan). In 1997 she won the first prize at the international " Moeck" UK / SRP competition. In 1998, she made her solo debut at London's

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. As a soloist, she has performed with internationally renowned ensembles and baroque orchestras, such as the Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca,

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, and the

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. In 2002, she founded the chamber group Ensemble 1700. They have received several prizes and awards for their recordings Since 2004, Oberlinger has been professor at the

Mozarteum Mozarteum University Salzburg ( German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the "Mozarteum" name in Salzburg municipality; the International Mozarteu ...

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and director of the Institute for

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and first deputy director of the Institute for New Music. Since 2009, she has also been director of Arolser Baroque Festival.

Discography

* 2001: ''A. Vivaldi – Concerti Per Flauto'' (Ornamente 99) * 2004: ''Peripheries – Contemporary and Medieval music for Recorder'' * 2005: ''Vivaldi – Concerti Per Flauto E Flautino'' (Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca) * 2007: ''Italian Sonatas'' * 2008: ''Telemann'' (Ensemble 1700) * 2009: ''Blockflötenkonzerte – Telemann, Graupner, Schultze'' (with Reinhard Goebel, Ensemble 1700) * 2010: ''French Baroque – Versailles 1700–1740'' (Ensemble 1700) * 2012: ''Flauto Veneziano'' (Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca) * 2013: ''Telemann – 12 Fantasias'' * 2014: ''The Passion of Musick'' (Ensemble 1700, Vittorio Ghielmi, Il Suonar Parlante Orchestra) * 2017: ''Bach – Small Gifts'' * 2022: ''Pastorale'' (Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Mields, Li piffari e le muse)

Awards

ECHO Klassik The Echo Klassik, often stylized as ECHO Klassik, was Germany's major classical music award in 22 categories. The award, presented by the , was held annually, usually in October or September, separate from its parent award, the Echo Music Prize ...

2008 "Best Instrumentalist of the Year" for ''Italian Sonatas'' *

Diapason d'Or The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of '' Diapason'' magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the ...

for ''Flauto Veneziano'' * ECHO Klassik 2013 "Concert Recording of the Year" for ''Flauto Veneziano'' * ECHO Klassik 2015 "Chamber Music Recording of the Year (17th/18th century music , Mixed ensemble)" for ''The Passion of Musick'' * Georg-Philipp-Telemann-Preis der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg 2020 * Officers Cross of the

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

2021

References

External links

Dorothee Oberlinger's personal website

Discography at Discogs
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