Fie Schouten
Fie Schouten
Genres: contemporary classical, Classical, clarinet, dutch, amsterdam
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About Fie Schouten
Fie Schouten, born in Amsterdam and still living there, performs in various formations at many different podia and festivals. She has performed in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, England, Estonia, Poland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia. She plays all types of clarinet, with a preference for the low ones. She studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where she received her Bachelor's Diploma in clarinet and bass-clarinet and a Master's Degree in bass-clarinet with Harry Sparnaay, Tom Sieuwerts, and Herman Braune. She has participated in masterclasses in Austria (Impuls, Summer Course for Contemporary Music) and Germany (Darmstadt Festival for New Music 2000/2002), where she had lessons with clarinettist Ernesto Molinari. As a specialist in performing new music, she can be heard extensively with her own ensembles To be Sung (trio), Kassandra (reed trio), Kaida (duo) and also in duo with accordeonist Marko Kassl. Many new pieces are written for and premiered by these groups by composers with very diverse styles and of very different backgrounds and nationalities. Free improvisation appears in many of the pieces.Many of these performances have been broadcast by the 'Concertzender'. Kaida received the Tera de Marez Oyens Prijs in 2002 (NL). It won prize for best improvisation at the International Gaudeamus Competition (NL'03), best wind ensemble at 13th International Chamber Music Competition Illzach (F'03). CDs 'Of Villages and Spaces' 2005 (KAIDA) and 'Amsterdam, de wereld' 2007 (To be Sung) have been published by Karnatic Lab Records. Apart from these smaller groups, Fie plays in larger ensembles as well: as a member of Axyz Ensemble, permanent guest musician in Orkest de Volharding, and the gamelan ensemble Multifoon. She has played in orchestras including Holland Symfonia, the Ensemble Modern Orchester, Klangforum Wien, Radio Symphony Orchestra and ASKO-Schönberg Ensemble, musikFabrik. As a soloist Fie performed with ASKO-Schönberg Ensemble (NL) in 'Michaels Reise um die Erde' by K. Stockhausen. With the same piece, as well as 'Clowneske Schwalbe' she performed with musikFabrik Köln in six different cities in Europe at important festivals in 2008. Fie is the owner of clarinets, bassclarinet, bassethorn and contrabassclarinet.
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