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The first „QNG-baby“ and a substitute for Hannah!

Hannah is expecting the first „QNG-baby“! We congratulate her and wish her the best for the time of pregnancy and birth!

For her time-out from performing with QNG we found a great substitute and would like to introduce Eva Gemeinhardt, a recorder player from Passau:

Eva Gemeinhardt (*1986) was taught piano, recorder and violin at music schools in Germany and Austria and participated in master classes a.o. with the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet, the Flanders Recorder Quartet and Paolo Pandolfo. Since 2006 she studies with Paul Leenhouts and Jorge Isaac at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. Eva was awarded several cultural prizes as well as first prizes at national and international recorder competitions both as a soloist as well as a member of the recorder quintet Seldom Sene and the recorder quartet Quadriga della Musica that won the SONBU recorder competition in 2004. In 2009 she received the Gerd Bucerius-Scholarship of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben. Inter alia as a member of The Royal Wind Music, Eva took part in several recording sessions. She has performed at music festivals in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain. Next to early music, Eva has special interest in contemporary solo and chamber music.

One QNG member is pregnant!!

… but WHO could it be … ? 😉

News coming soon….

We have found a substitute already and are looking forward to welcome the first QNG baby!!

Guido Hulsens

Guido Hulsens is visiting us in Berlin and shows us his new beautiful consort recorders.

Working with a composer…

During our rehearsals in Berlin we receive „visiters“ regularily – here it is Christopher Williams with whom we work on a new piece.

New review about „in vain“!

The Dutch recorder magazine „De Blokfluitist“ printed a review about „in vain“. Click here to read!

Rehearsal time in Kiel in February

QNG is testing a Mollenhauer Greatbass

QNG is „testing“ a Denner Greatbass made by Mollenhauer in some of our concerts.  Thanks! It is great that recorder makers constantly develop the recorder!!

Mollenhauer – Erik working on a recorder

Review „in vain“ in TIBIA

A great brand-new review about our second album „in vain – von der Vergänglichkeit“ you can find in German recorder magazine TIBIA.  Click here to read the article.

QNG wins „Göttinger Reihe Historischer Musik“

Foundation „Göttinger Reihe Historischer Musik“ invited selected ensembles in order to perform a concert with the topic „Händel in Germany“. QNG presented a program with works by Händel, Zachow, Pachelbel, Buxdehude, Guimaraes, Blecharz and Bach and could win the performance prize. We therefore will perform at the upcoming Händel-Festspiele in Göttingen on May 24th 2010. See here two articles in „Göttinger Tageblatt“ and in magazine „factor“ about the competition.

Review about „in vain“ on Drehpunkt Kultur

Salzburg´s cultural internet portal Drehpunkt Kultur published a review about our second CD „in vain – von der Vergänglichkeit“. Click here.