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Fie Schouten
12+ albums
contemporary classicalClassicalclarinetdutchamsterdam
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Fie Schouten, born in Amsterdam and still living there, performs in various formations at many different podia and festivals. She has performed in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, England, Estonia, Poland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia. She plays all types of clarinet, with a preference for the low ones. She studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where she received her Bachelor's Diploma in clarinet and bass-clarinet and a Master's Degree in bass-clarinet with Harry Sparnaay, Tom Sieuwerts, and Herman Braune. She has participated in masterclasses in Austria (Impuls, Summer Course for Contemporary Music) and Germany (Darmstadt Festival for New Music 2000/2002), where she had lessons with clarinettist Ernesto Molinari. As a specialist in performing new music, she can be heard extensively with her own ensembles To be Sung (trio), Kassandra (reed trio), Kaida (duo) and also in duo with accordeonist Marko Kassl. Many new pieces are written for and premiered by these groups by composers with very diverse styles and of very different backgrounds and nationalities. Free improvisation appears in many of the pieces.Many of these performances have been broadcast by the 'Concertzender'. Kaida received the Tera de Marez Oyens Prijs in 2002 (NL). It won prize for best improvisation at the International Gaudeamus Competition (NL'03), best wind ensemble at 13th International Chamber Music Competition Illzach (F'03). CDs 'Of Villages and Spaces' 2005 (KAIDA) and 'Am
