Sofie Vanden Eynde

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Sofie Vanden Eynde
Born Lommel, Belgium.
Genres Renaissance music, Baroque music, world music
OccupationInstrumentalist
Instrument(s) lute, theorbo
Website www.sofievandeneynde.be

Sofie Vanden Eynde (also written Sofie Van Den Eynde) is a Belgian lutenist and member of the music groups Imago Mundi and Murmuring Muses and Whispering Jinn. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Vanden Eynde was born in Lommel, Belgium. [9] In 2012, she formed the ensemble Imago Mundi. [9] In 2014, Imago Mundi released the album 'Divine Madness'. [10] Vanden Eynde's album 'En Suite' recorded with Romina Lischka was chosen as the best Flemish classical CD of 2015 at the annual classical music awards organised by VRT. [11] [12] The Times of Malta described her as having gained "an international reputation as a specialist in historical plucked instruments“. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "home / imago mundi". www.sofievandeneynde.be. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sofie Vanden Eynde – Classical:NEXT". www.classicalnext.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sofie Vanden Eynde (BE), Saad Mahmood Jawad (IR) & Mahmoud Jaber (SY)". OdeGand. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ https://www.bozar.be/en/activities/109718-sofie-vanden-eynde [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ https://www.bozar.be/en/activities/5291-romina-lischka-sofie-vanden-eynde [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Radio Swiss Classic – Music database – Title". www.radioswissclassic.ch. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  7. ↑ "home / imago mundi". www.imagomundi.be. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mumuring Muses and Whispering Jinn" . Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 "Highlights from the Valletta International Baroque Festival". Times of Malta . 12 January 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Divine madness". De Standaard (in Flemish). 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  11. ↑ Van Eyndhoven, Pieter (30 January 2016). "Dit zijn de winnaars van de Klara's" [These are the winners of the Klara's]. VRT Radio (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Beste Vlaamse Klassieke CD 2015: En Suite" [Best Flemish Classical CD 2015: En Suite]. Klara (in Dutch). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2020.


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