Annemiek de Bruin (1993) studied clarinet with, among others, Herman Braune and Harmen de Boer. In 2016, she earned her bachelor\u2019s degree at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Tanz in Cologne under Ralph Manno, and in 2018, she graduated with a master\u2019s degree, receiving a grade of \u2018excellent,\u2019 under Arno Piters in Amsterdam.
\nShe took master classes with Martin Fr\u00f6st, J\u00f6rg Widmann, Walter Boeykens, and Charles Neidich, among others. She received chamber music lessons from Janine Jansen, David Kuijken, H\u00e5kon Austb\u00f8, and Arnau Tomas (Casals Quartet), among others. Annemiek won prizes at the Princess Christina Competition and was named \u201cClassic Young Master\u201d in 2013 by the foundation of the same name. In March 2015, she was selected to represent the Netherlands at the Euroconcours Clarinet.
\nShe 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\u2019s Clarinet Quintet with Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
\nFrom 2014 to 2016, she performed with the Dutch Youth Wind Ensemble. During the 2018\u20132019 season, Annemiek was a member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Academy. In the summer of 2019, she participated in the Mahler Academy in Bolzano.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n