Walter van Hauwe

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Walter van Hauwe
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Born (1948-11-16) 16 November 1948 (age 76)
Delft
Genres Early music, Contemporary music, Education
Instrument Recorder

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

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Biography and career

After lessons at the music school of Delft, where his father was director Pierre van Hauwe, 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] [2] 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. [3]

In 2002 he received the Dutch Prins Bernard Music Award.

Hauwe has performed or worked with Quadro Hotteterre, Little Consort, Sour Cream, Maarten Altena Ensemble 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. [4]

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References

  1. "BLOK History". Recorder Department Amsterdam Conservatory. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. "Recorder legend Walter van Hauwe!". YouTube . 19 November 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. "Walter van Hauwe Profile". Royal College of Music. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. van Hauwe, Walter (1984). "The Modern Recorder Player". Schott. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

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