Eleonore Pameijer (born 1960) is a Dutch musician who studied

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with Koos Verheul at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she received her solo diploma ''

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''. She continued her studies with Abbie de Quant (Utrecht, the Netherlands) and with Sue Ann Kahn at Bennington College (Vermont, U.S.A.), also following master classes with Julius Baker, Samuel Baron and the legendary French flutist Marcel Moyse. After returning to Europe, she studied with Severino Gazzelloni at the Academia Chigiana (Italy). She followed special courses for Baroque Music with Jos van Immerseel, Bart Kuyken and Ton Koopman. Pameijer gave her debut recital in the

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and was prize winner of the Frank Martin competition. In 1985, she became principal flutist of the ASKO/Schönberg-ensemble, a 20th-century music ensembles in Europe. Pameijer has performed as soloist with many orchestras and ensembles led by conductors such as

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, Arthuro Tamayo,

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, Ton Koopman, Oliver Knussen, Jaap van Zweden, Kenneth Montgomery, Ingo Metzmacher, Peter Eötvös, Philippe Entremont and Alexander Vedernikov. She has also given recitals with chamber music featuring composers such as Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Steven Mackey and Isang Yun. Numerous compositions have been written especially for Pameijer, including flute concertos by Jeff Hamburg (US),

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(NL), Joep Straesser (NL),

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(US), Peter van Onna (NL), Joost Kleppe (NL), Paul Termos (NL) and Guus Janssen (NL). Dutch publishing house Donemus published two books with solo flute repertoire all composed for Pameijer. Presently, Pameijer is the artistic director of th
Leo Smit Foundation
an organisation dedicated to rediscovering suppressed and forgotten composers in the Netherlands.

Selected recordings

* ''Flute and Gamba'' - Eleonore Pameijer & Ralph Rousseau 2017.
Eleonore Pameijer-wooden flute & Ralph Rousseau-viola da gamba
* ''Romances – French Flute Sonatas (Pameijer, flute and Frans van Ruth, piano) * ''Reveries'' – French Impressionism (Pameijer, flute and Frans van Ruth, piano) * ''Treasures'' – Rediscovered jewels by suppressed Jewish composers (Pameijer, flute and Marcel Worms, piano) * ''Lowlands'' – Dutch Flute Sonatas (Pameijer, flute and Frans van Ruth, piano) * ''Between Danube and Volga'' – Eastern European Flute Sonatas (Pameijer, flute and Marianne Boer, piano) * ''From Italy'' – Italian Virtuosi performed on authentic 19th century instruments (Pameijer, flute and Dario Macaluso, guitar) * ''Spanning the Globe'' – Music From Six Continents, recorded in celebration of the 60th anniversary of

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(Pameijer, flute and Marcel Worms, piano)''Spanning the Globe''
/ref> * Reprise – Compositions from the Netherlands written for the Duo Barwahser-Berghout, on their original instruments (Pameijer, flute and Erika Waardenburg, harp)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pameijer, Eleonore Dutch flautists Living people 1960 births Place of birth missing (living people) Women flautists Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni