Annemiek de Bruin (1993) studied clarinet with, among others, Herman Braune and Harmen de Boer. In 2016, she earned her bachelor’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne under Ralph Manno, and in 2018, she graduated with a master’s degree, receiving a grade of ‘excellent,’ under Arno Piters in Amsterdam.
She took master classes with Martin Fröst, Jörg Widmann, Walter Boeykens, and Charles Neidich, among others. She received chamber music lessons from Janine Jansen, David Kuijken, Håkon Austbø, and Arnau Tomas (Casals Quartet), among others. Annemiek won prizes at the Princess Christina Competition and was named “Classic Young Master” in 2013 by the foundation of the same name. In March 2015, she was selected to represent the Netherlands at the Euroconcours Clarinet.
She performed as a soloist with the Brabants Orchestra (2011), the Zeeuws Orchestra (2012), and the TY Chamber Orchestra (2014), and, at the invitation of the Dutch consulates in San Francisco, Calgary, and Vancouver, as well as the Netherlands-America Foundation, on a tour of the U.S. and Canada (2012). In 2019, she performed Weber’s Clarinet Quintet with Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
From 2014 to 2016, she performed with the Dutch Youth Wind Ensemble. During the 2018–2019 season, Annemiek was a member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Academy. In the summer of 2019, she participated in the Mahler Academy in Bolzano.
Annemiek has been a member of the clarinet section of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra since 2023. She is also a permanent member of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble. She also regularly serves as a substitute, including with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Residentie Orchestra. She has worked with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, and Daniel Harding.
In 2012, it was Chimaera Trio Founded with Irene Kok (cello) and Laurens de Man (piano). The trio has performed at events including the Utrecht International Chamber Music Festival and the Amsterdam Grachtenfestival. They have also won several awards, including at the Storioni Ensemble Competition and the Tristan Keuris Chamber Music Competition. In 2019, the trio participated in the “AVROTROS Klassiek presenteert!” talent development program, which resulted in a CD recording and several media appearances. The CD “Fin de siècle,” released in 2022, received excellent reviews both at home and abroad.
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