Wouter Verschuren

Netherlands (residence) °1973
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Wouter Verschuren graduated from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and is sought after in the Netherlands and abroad bassoonist specialized in historical instruments. Wouter is equally at home with repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the Romantic. He is principal bassoonist of The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ton Koopman, and regularly plays with other renowned period orchestras.

 

In addition, he regularly appears as a soloist, and plays in numerous international chamber music ensembles such as Caecilia-Concert, specializing in performance and research of 17th century music, The Etesian Ensemble that focuses on repertoire for winds and fortepiano and the Duo for bassoon and fortepiano with Kathryn Cok. 

 

Wouter teaches at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, The Royal College of Music in London and the Utrecht Conservatoire, and organizes the summer course Fiori Musicali for 16th and 17th music in Utrecht together with the other members of the Caecilia-Concert.

 

Wouter is also active as a researcher with the aim to rediscover forgotten repertoire for dulcian and (historical) bassoon. To support this project he received a grant in 2010 from the Charles Burney Fund.


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Exposition: Extracting violin and basso continuo parts from harpsichord suites by Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (21/02/2024) by Marta Pindór
Wouter Verschuren 29/02/2024 at 16:41

2nd supervisor approved.


Exposition: Queer and Gender-Fluid Artists in the Music Performance Universe of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries (23/02/2024) by Brian Lyons
Wouter Verschuren 29/02/2024 at 16:39

Approved accept for missing title page


Exposition: The 18th Century flutes in Barcelona, Flutes and woodturners (11/12/2022) by Daïna Mateu i López-Grado
Wouter Verschuren 28/02/2024 at 20:01

Approved


Exposition: Clarinet Pedagogy in Times of Change and Advancement: The Evolution of Amand Vanderhagen’s Méthode Nouvelle et Raisonnée pour La Clarinette (02/11/2022) by Noa Meshulam
Wouter Verschuren 22/02/2023 at 02:03

approved