Barthold Kuijken (; born 8 March 1949, Dilbeek) is a Belgian flautist and

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player, known for playing

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on historical instruments and particularly known for pioneering this manner of performance with his brothers,

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and viol player

Wieland Kuijken Wieland Kuijken (; born Dilbeek, 31 August 1938) is a Belgium, Belgian musician and player of the viola da gamba and baroque cello. Biography Kuijken started his career in music in 1952 with the Brussels Alariusensemble of which he formed part un ...

and violinist Sigiswald Kuijken, and the harpsichordist

Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Leo ...

. He studied the modern flute at the Bruges Conservatory and the Royal Conservatories of Brussels and The Hague. For playing early music he originally turned to the recorder. Research on authentic instruments, frequent collaboration with various flute and recorder makers, and assiduous study of sources of the 17th and 18th centuries have helped him to specialize in performance on original instruments. For many years he played in the

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Collegium Aureum Collegium Aureum was a chamber orchestra founded in Cologne, Germany, in 1962, which later focused on historically informed performance. Playing typically without conductor, they recorded for three decades, and performed concerts on international t ...

and La Petite Bande. He plays chamber music concerts all over the world, extending his repertoire to early 19th-century music, and has recorded extensively. He teaches baroque flute at the Royal Conservatories of Brussels and The Hague. In 2007 he was the first musician in Belgium to obtain a doctorate in arts ("Doctor in de Kunsten") at the VUB (Free University of Brussels); title of the dissertation (essay): "The Notation is not the Music – Reflections on more than 40 years intensive practice of Early Music." Since 2008, he has been artistic director of the

Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra is a Baroque orchestra dedicated to performing music of the 17th and 18th centuries using period instruments and historically informed performance practices to enrich, educate, and inspire the Indiana community a ...

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''The recorder player and the flute master - Encounters with Barthold Kuijken''
by Bill Blackford * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuijken, Barthold 1949 births Living people Belgian classical flautists Flemish classical musicians Belgian performers of early music People from Dilbeek Recorder players Academic staff of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni