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Peter Holtslag (born 1957 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch
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and
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virtuoso. Holtslag studied recorder at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam (now
Conservatorium van Amsterdam 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 ...
), Frans Brüggen being his great inspiration, graduating with distinction in 1980. He has toured worldwide as a recorder and flauto traverso player, performing with musicians such as
Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Leo ...
, William Christie and
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, as well as with ensembles such as
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,
Orchestra of the 18th Century The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century () is a Dutch early music orchestra. Frans Brüggen and Lucy van Dael co-founded the orchestra in 1981. Sieuwert Verster became financial manager in 1984. Although he did not have a formal title with the or ...
, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, La Fontegara Amsterdam and Trio Noname. He has recorded numerous CDs for major labels, including Hyperion, DGG/Archiv, Globe, Aeolus and Chandos. In 2011, he recorded a CD on the Aeolus label entitled ''Awakening Princesses'', using original 18th-century recorders from the
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of
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as a documentary-research project. In 2016 a Bach CD was released (also on Aeolus), using an original transverse flute from Bach's times. From 1984 to 1988, Holtslag taught at the
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in London and was a lecturer at the City University, London. In 1988, he was appointed a professor both at the
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in London and the
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. He was awarded an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (HonRAM) in 2013.


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Hyperion Records biographyRoyal Academy of Music biography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holtslag, Peter Living people 1957 births Dutch recorder players Baroque-flute players Musicians from Amsterdam Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni Academics of the Royal Academy of Music Academic staff of the Academy of Music in Kraków