Walter van Hauwe

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Walter van Hauwe
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Background information
Born (1948-11-16) 16 November 1948 (age 72)
Delft
GenresEarly music, Contemporary music, Education
InstrumentsRecorder
Associated actsSour Cream

Walter van Hauwe (born 16 November 1948) is a Dutch recorder player.

Biography and career[]

After lessons at the music school of Delft, where his father was director , Hauwe studied recorder with Frans Brüggen at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Working with Kees Boeke he developed a controversial education system called the BLOK (block) system.[1] He has been a professor of recorder at the Sweelinck Conservatory since 1971, and also teaches historical performance at the Royal College of Music in London. [2]

In 2002 he received the Dutch Prins Bernard Music Award.

Hauwe has performed or worked with , , Sour Cream, and marimba player Keiko Abe. He has recorded for Telefunken, Vanguard, Columbia-Denon, RCA, CBS, Attacca and Channel Classics/Moeck.

He is the author of The Modern Recorder Player (3 volumes), published by Schott, translated in several languages. [3][failed verification]

References[]

  1. ^ "BLOK History". Recorder Department Amsterdam Conservatory. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Walter van Hauwe Profile". Royal College of Music. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Catalogue of Recorder Repertoire". Stichting Blokfluit. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

Further reading[]

  • O'Kelly, Eve (1990). The Recorder Today. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521366607.


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