Marion Verbruggen (born 1950) is a Dutch

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player and teacher. Verbruggen was born in

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and studied with Kees Otten at the

Amsterdam Conservatory The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam ...

. She then studied at the

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with

Frans Brüggen Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch Conducting, conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the youngest of the nine children of August Brüggen, a t ...

. Upon completing her diplomas cum laude, she was invited to join the faculty at the Royal Conservatory. She is now a guest teacher there, and gives master-classes and workshops throughout the world. Marion Verbruggen is one of the world's leading soloists on the recorder. Her discography ranges from 17th-century Spanish songs and theatre music to her own

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s of the cello suites by J.S. Bach. She is an ardent advocate of contemporary music. Verbruggen made her conducting debut recently with the Portland Baroque Orchestra in

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References

External links

Short biography on the Bach Cantatas Website
accessed May 25, 2015.
Brief bio and discography
of Marion Verbruggen on th
Harmonia Mundi
site 1950 births Living people Dutch recorder players Dutch flautists Dutch performers of early music Women performers of early music Musicians from Amsterdam Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni Dutch women flautists {{flautist-stub