Stefanie Liedtke is a versatile musician specialising in contemporary and early music and music theatre. She studied bassoon and recorder in Germany (Stuttgart, Freiburg) and in the Netherlands (Rotterdam, Utrecht). In 1992, she was awarded second prize at the Fernand Gillet International Competition. At the beginning of her career, she was principal bassoon of Netherlands Ballet Orchestra and was later a member of the Athens Camerata in Greece. On her return to Amsterdam in 1998, she began playing more and more contemporary music projects and music theatre for children. Currently she likes to experiment with instant composing and combining different disciplines like music, movement and theatre at Moving Academy for Performing Arts (MAPA) in Haarlem (the Netherlands). Liedtke is regularly featured as a soloist at international music festivals. She was a member of the Xenakis Ensemble and appears with the Insomnio, Ostravská Banda, and Wervelwind Ensemble. Liedtke also performs with various early music ensembles, such as Eik en Linde.
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