Abbie de Quant (born 1946,

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

) is a Dutch

flautist The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

. She taught at the music academies of

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

and

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

and had her own bi-annual concert series at the

Concertgebouw The Royal Concertgebouw ( nl, Koninklijk Concertgebouw, ) is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building". Its superb acoustics place it among the finest concert halls in ...

. Abbie de Quant studied with Koos Verheul at the Music Academy of

Tilburg Tilburg () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 222,601 (1 July 2021), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-larg ...

and graduated summa cum laude in 1970. She took a masterclass at the

Accademia Musicale Chigiana The Accademia Musicale Chigiana (''English'': Chigiana Musical Academy) is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi-Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Class ...

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centur ...

with

Severino Gazzelloni Severino Gazzelloni, born Severino Gazzellone (5 January 1919 – 21 November 1992) was an Italian flutist. Biography He was born in Roccasecca and died in Cassino. Gazzelloni was the principal flautist with the RAI National Symphony Orchestr ...

, 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

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

s Elizabeth van Malde, Bart Berman, and Bernd Brackman, and with other instrumentalists and vocalists. Among her many students are Caroline Ansink, Karin Bastings, Anne Brackman, Albert Brouwer, Felicia van den End,
Herman van Kogelenberg
Marilou Krouwel, and Eleonore Pameijer.

Discography

1960s & 1970s

* 1966 Ton de Leeuw: Night music for flute (Composers' Voice) * 197?

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

: Flute Concerto in G major (EMI) * 1972 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for flute, strings and harpsichord in D minor (EMI) * 1973 Opus 72: An anthology of new Dutch music that made its mark in 1972 (Radio Nederland) * 1975 Works for flute and harp (

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...

) * 1976

Otto Ketting Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

: Time machine (Composers' Voice) * 1976 Opus 75: Dutch avant-garde music that came to prominence in 1975 (

Radio Nederland Radio Netherlands (RNW; nl, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep) was a public radio and television network based in Hilversum, producing and transmitting programmes for international audiences outside the Netherlands from 1947 to 2012. Its services ...

)

1980s & 1990s

* 198? Sonata for flute and piano ( Composers' Voice) * 1981 Flute music (Composers' Voice) * 1987 Transcriptions & variations for flute and harp (A-Selectie) * 1993 Concertos for flute and oboe (Voorzieningsfonds voor Kunstenaars) * 1993

Caroline Ansink 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 Joep Straesser. After completing her s ...

Lucebert Lucebert (; Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk; 15 September 1924 – 10 May 1994) was a Dutch artist who first became known as the poet of the COBRA movement. He was born in Amsterdam in 1924. He entered the Institute for Arts and Crafts in 193 ...

: Oh beminnelijk litteken (Erasmus) * 1995

Philippe Gaubert Philippe Gaubert (5 July 1879 – 8 July 1941) was a French musician who was a distinguished performer on the flute, a respected conductor, and a composer, primarily for the flute. Biography Gaubert – commonly referred to as Gauberto – ...

: Sonata (Erasmus) * 1998 Kanzone: Romantic music for flute and piano (Etcetera) * 1998 Huub Oosterhuis: Groter dan ons hart (Leerhuis en Liturgie)

2000s

* 2000 Sunday afternoon concerts in the Amstelkerk (Brigadoon Vocal) * 2002 Serenade – Songs without words ( Etcetera) * 2006 Hommage à Poulenc (FineLine) * 2009 Music in Motion (FineLine)

References

External links

Official Website of Abbie de Quant (Dutch and English)
1946 births Living people Dutch flautists Dutch classical musicians Women flautists Musicians from The Hague Academic staff of the Utrecht School of the Arts Academic staff of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Musicians from Amsterdam {{flautist-stub