THE DUO FLUTE & GUITAR
Since 2010, Anke and Danièle have been playing together intensively and have been looking
for an original repertoire through the ages. Varying from music for the unique combination
of piccolo and guitar, to American compositions and adaptations of various well-known (and
lesser known) works from the history of music. They also work together with contemporary
composers, such as Robert Groslot, who wrote a piece called “Albadoro” for piccolo and
guitar for them. In 2018 they were invited to play two concerts at the National Flute
Association Convention in Orlando (US).
Since 2010, Anke and Danièle have been playing together intensively and have been looking
for an original repertoire through the ages. Varying from music for the unique combination
of piccolo and guitar, to American compositions and adaptations of various well-known (and
lesser known) works from the history of music. They also work together with contemporary
composers, such as Robert Groslot, who wrote a piece called “Albadoro” for piccolo and
guitar for them. In 2018 they were invited to play two concerts at the National Flute
Association Convention in Orlando (US).
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After studying flute in Antwerp and Amsterdam, Anke studied piccolo at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (teacher Peter Verhoyen).
Anke won 1st prize at the Piccolo Artist Competition, organised by the National Flute Association (2010, Los Angeles, USA). She was invited to give recitals at the NFG International Flute Festival in Maastricht and at the NFA conventions in Las Vegas, Washington D.C., San Diego and Orlando (USA). Anke contributed to ‘Piccolo Polkas’ (a recital CD with Peter Verhoyen and Stefan De Schepper), ‘Kaleidoscope II’ (Arco Baleno) and ‘Welcome Stranger’ (with works by Lucien Posman). She played as a freelancer in Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Flanders, philharmonie zuidnederland, Het Gelders Orkest, Casco Phil, Flemish Opera, Orchester Philharmonique Royal de Liège and BBC Concert Orchestra. Since 2013-2014 Anke has been working as an assistant teacher of piccolo at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. |
Danièle Van Os studied guitar at the Leuven Lemmens Institute, under Godelieve Monden and Aram Van Ballaert. For her postgraduate she specialised in guitar at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien under Alexander Swete.
She won several prizes at competitions where she was praised for her musicality, timbres and personal interpretation: 2003: 2nd prize Axion Classics competition (discipline guitar) 2004: 1st prize Kiwanis guitar competition for youth in Aalst 2012: special prize of the "Fundatia Romana de Chitara" at the international competition "Eduard Pamfil" in Bukarest 2013, 2016, 2018: laureate "Cultuurmarkt Vlaanderen" 2014: semi-finalist Brussels International Guitar Competition Nicolas Alfonso 2014: laureate soloist competition JMO Antwerp 2016: laureate Poppunt Klassiek 2018: 1st prize "Classical in De Ruchte" in Someren (NL) 2018: 3th prize "Vught Klassiek" (NL) Besides her duo with Anke, Danièle regularly plays solo recitals at home and abroad, and performs as a soloist with orchestras. In 2016 she recorded her first solo CD "Little Dreams" with music styles varying from Baroque to the 20th century. She is a teacher at the Municipal Academy for Music, Word and Dance in Turnhout and Hagelandse Academie voor Muziek en Woord in Diest. |