Abbie de Quant

Abbie de Quant is a renowned Dutch flautist. She teaches at the music academies of Amsterdam and Utrecht and has her own bi-annual concert series at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam.

Abbie de Quant studied with Koos Verheul at the Music Academy of Tilburg and graduated summa cum laude. She took a masterclass at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena with Severino Gazzelloni, where she received the "Di Onore" diploma.

As a soloist, De Quant has performed with nearly all Dutch orchestras. She won prizes at many national and international competitions. De Quant performs with pianists Elizabeth van Malde, Rudolf Jansen and Bart Berman, harpist Masumi Nagasawa and soprano Jannie Pranger.

Among her many students are Caroline Ansink and Felicia van den End.

Discography

* 2006 Hommage à Poulenc (FineLine)
* 2002 Serenade songs without words (Etcetera)
* 2000 Sunday afternoon concerts in the Amstelkerk (Brigadoon Vocal)
* 1998 Kanzone: Romantic music for flute and piano (Etcetera)
* 1998 Huub Oosterhuis: Groter dan ons hart (Leerhuis en Liturgie)
* 1993 Lucebert to music of Caroline Ansink: Oh beminnelijk litteken (Erasmus)
* 1995 Philippe Gaubert: Sonata (Erasmus)
* 1993 Concertos for flute and oboe (?)
* 1987 Transcriptions & variations for flute and harp (A-Selectie)
* 198? Sonata for flute and piano (Donemus)
* 1981 Flute music (Composers' Voice)
* 1976 Otto Ketting: Time machine (Composers' Voice)
* 1976 Opus 75: Dutch avant-garde music that came to prominence in 1975 (Radio Nederland)
* 1975 Works for flute and harp (EMI)
* 1973 Opus 72: An anthology of new Dutch music that made its mark in 1972 (Radio Nederland)
* 1972 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Concert for flute, strings and harpsichord in d (EMI)
* 1966 Ton de Leeuw: Night music for flute solo (?)

External links

* [http://www.abbiedequant.nl Official Website of Abbie de Quant (Dutch and English)]
* [http://www.notesonfranzschubert.com/duodqb.htm Abbie de Quant at Notes on Franz Schubert (English)]