Annette Kruisbrink
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Life
She studied the guitar with Pieter van der StaakPieter van der Staak
Pieter van der Staak was a Dutch classical guitarist, composer and professor of music.-Education:...
at the conservatory of Zwolle and attended masterclasses by Leo Brouwer, John Mills, Toyohiko Satoh. She is an autodidact on the flamenco guitar and vihuela. She studied composition with Alex Manassen and attended composition classes run by Nigel Osborne and Claudio Prieto
Claudio Prieto
Claudio Prieto is a Spanish composer. He was born in Muñeca de la Peña in the province of Palencia on the 24th November 1934.He began his musical career as a boy in the mid 20th century playing various musical instruments for the municipal band of Guardo...
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She composed over 200 compositions that were published in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Canada and the United States.
She was commissioned by the Dutch broadcaster NCRV, Huismuziek, Guitar Festival Zwolle, Theatre Odeon Zwolle, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst and Novam.
Annette Kruisbrink gave recitals and masterclasses in guitar and composition, throughout Europe and Argentina. With the Belgian guitarist Arlette Ruelens, she formed The Anido Guitar Duo. With the Dutch soprano Franka van Essen, she formed the duo Kruisbrink & Van Essen.
She currently teaches guitar at the Anido Guitar School and ethno music at the Conservatory of Music in Zwolle
Zwolle
Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...
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She is the producer of 18 CDs with her compositions.
Awards
- 1991 first prize (audience award) during The seventh International Congress on Women in Music in Utrecht (Holland) * 1992 second prize for composition, organized by SACEM and CMAC in Fort de France, Martinique (France)
- 1994 first prize ex aequo in the previous mentioned competition with her composition "Homenaje a Andrés Segovia" for solo guitar.
- 1998 second prize with her composition “10 Miniaturas” for guitarquartet in the 2º Concorso Internazionale di Composizione per Chitarra Classica "Michele ittaluga", Italy.