Caroline Ansink

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Caroline Ansink (born 8 August 1959 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch musician, music educator and composer.

Biography[]

Ansink studied music at Utrechts Conservatorium, flute with Abbie de Quant and composition with . After completing her studies with Docerend Musicus (1985) and Uitvoerend Musicus (1986) degrees, Ansink worked as a flutist with the Clara Schumann Orchestra in Cologne and a music teacher at the Utrechts Conservatorium.

In 1992 Ansink and composer Catharina van Rennes were subjects of a television documentary I compose as a human being by NOS TV.[1]

Awards and honors[]

  • 1989 Composition Prize
  • 1985 second prize of DEDOK Mannheim
  • 1989 the first prize GEDOK for Pyrrhus for organ (1988), for which she *1988 Cappella Civica award in Trieste
  • 1989 third prize of the Association of Hungarian Musicians
  • 1990 encouragement prize from the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
  • 1990 honorable mention The Washington International Competition
  • 1992 Prize from the city of Chard, Great Britain[1]

Works[]

Ansink composes chamber music, orchestral and choir works. Selected works include:

  • Shades of Silence for string quartet (1984)
  • Pyrrhus for organ (1988)
  • SkopÛs piano trio (1989)
  • Night and Day (1990)
  • Zeitenschrunde (1990)
  • Brezze for string quartet (1990)
  • Capriccio for Solo Violin
  • Over the Moon[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Curriculum". Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. ^ Hinson, Maurice; Roberts, Wesley (2006). The piano in chamber ensemble: an annotated guide. ISBN 0253346967. Retrieved 11 November 2010.


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