Barthold Kuijken, baroque flute
J. S. Bach: Solo pour la flûte traversière BWV 1013
Allemande
Corrente
Sarabande
Bourrée angloise
G. Ph. Telemann: Fantasia VI in d minor TWV 40:7
Dolce
Allegro
Spirituoso
C. Ph. E. Bach: Sonata u a minor Wq 132
Adagio
Allegro
Allegro
S. L. Weiss: Suita in G Major, based on his compositions for lute
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Ciaccone
Peter Verhoyen, piccolo
J. Ryelandt: Sonata for Oboe
Aria
Allegretto
J. Huylebroeck: Kay’Ellem
Aragula
Burrito
Enchilada
C. Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso for piccolo and piano
Irina Stachinskaya, flute
G. Ph.Teleman: Fantasia No. 10
G.Enescu: Cantabile et presto
D. Khorov: Balkan wind
H. Dutilleux: Sonatina for flute and piano
O.Taktakishvili: Sonata for flute and piano
Allegro cantabile
Aria: Moderato con moto
Allegro Scherzando
Barthold Kuijken, a Fleming born in Belgium (b. 1949), is a prominent leader in the field of early music. While still a student of the modern flute, he discovered an original one-keyed flute from the mid-18th century, which became his most outstanding teacher. As a self-taught musician, he immersed himself in learning historical instruments and theoretical and practical sources from the 17th and 18th centuries. A virtuoso soloist on the traverso (and recorder), teacher, researcher, and conductor, he has shaped the field of historical flutes and historically informed performance over the past 40 years. In 2014, he retired as a professor of historical flutes at the Royal Conservatories in Brussels and The Hague. Countless students have been inspired by his enduring fascination with breath and sound—and thus, with personal expression. He has always taught that a deep understanding of the environment in which composers created their works leads to freedom and depth in interpretation. This belief continues to inform his concerts, recordings, masterclasses, lectures, and role as a competition jury member. His book The Notation Is Not the Music – Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance (Indiana University Press, 2013) is a skillful summary of his research, ideas, and reflections on music. In addition to his legendary performances and acclaimed recordings of flute repertoire spanning from the Baroque to Debussy—often with his brothers Sigiswald (violin) and Wieland (cello and viola da gamba)—he has collaborated with other early music specialists such as Gustav Leonhardt, Robert Kohnen, and Ewald Demeyere (harpsichord), Paul Dombrecht (oboe), and Piet Kuijken (fortepiano). Barthold Kuijken has performed and recorded with baroque orchestras such as Collegium Aureum, La Petite Bande, and Orchestra Libera Classica, and is currently the artistic director and conductor of the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. In 2007, he became the first musician in Belgium to earn a doctorate in the arts. His efforts to bridge the worlds of the "modern" flute and early music have been recognized with the Premio alla Carriera from the Associazione Flautisti Italiani in 2009, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Flute Association (USA) in 2013, and the Kuiper Prize from the Dutch Flute Society in 2022. The city of Magdeburg awarded him the Georg-Philipp-Telemann Prize in 2024.
As the solo piccoloist of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Peter Verhoyen has built a reputation as a specialist on his instrument. Since 2006, he has been developing various concert programs for piccolo and piano with pianist Stefan De Schepper. Through these projects, he demonstrates that the piccolo deserves a place on the concert stage as a recital instrument. Verhoyen has invited several Flemish composers to write new works for the instrument to add a contemporary touch. The next step was the realization of a CD series (Piccolo Tunes, Birds!, Piccolo Polkas, La Gazza Ladra, Ma Mère l’Oye, Mighty Metamorphoses, Piccolo Sonate), in which the piccolo is the central instrument. In 2020, Peter Verhoyen launched a prestigious project commissioning and recording three piccolo concertos by Flemish composers Erik Desimpelaere, Robert Groslot, and Bart Watté. He also invited Hungarian composer Levente Gyöngyösi to write a new piccolo concerto. In 2017, he received the Fuga Trofee from the Union of Belgian Composers. As of 2025, he has been appointed a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. As a piccolo expert, he regularly gives masterclasses and recitals at European conservatories (Paris, London, Brno, Hanover, Weimar, Tilburg, Milan...) and flute and piccolo festivals across Europe (BFS Conventions, Adams Flute Festival, International Piccolo Festival), the USA (NFA conventions in New York, Washington, Anaheim, Las Vegas, San Diego, Salt Lake City...), and in countries such as Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia. He teaches piccolo at his private flute studio in Bruges, at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, and at the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp. There, he developed Europe’s first diploma program in piccolo performance. The program enjoys a strong international reputation among students from Belgium to Australia. In 2022, he published the book Peter’s Piccolo World, aimed at intermediate to advanced piccolo players. In collaboration with Aldo Baerten, he is also the organizer and driving force behind the International Flute Seminar in Bruges, where flutists and piccoloists of all ages and skill levels are inspired and motivated through individual lessons, workshops, masterclasses, and chamber music.
Irina Stachinskaya became the youngest student at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and the youngest assistant principal flutist of the Moscow Philharmonic since its founding. Years later, she left her position in the orchestra to promote the flute as a solo instrument. Irina, a Doctor of Musicology, is a renowned Russian flutist, an associate professor at the Alfred Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music, and a winner of numerous international competitions. She is the artistic director of the Voice of the Flute festival in Nizhny Novgorod and the Wind Music Festival in Kaliningrad. She is the recipient of the Rising Star award presented by Sir James Galway, an exclusive Powell Flutes artist, and the founder of the Stachinskaya Flute School.
Irina regularly attends prestigious festivals such as the Kuhmo Festival, Radio France, Gongjam Festival, NFA, and Virtuosi of the Flute. She is frequently invited to perform as a soloist with renowned orchestras, including the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Khabarovsk Symphony, and Novaya Rossiya. Her recordings include a CD with Phillip Moll (2016) and another with Mikhail Turpanov (2022), both released by Melodiya Records. Her flute education was shaped by V. Kudrya, J. Galway, and J. Ferrandis.
Marina Ivanova was born in Moscow. She completed the Gnessin Music School (1998) in the class of Prof. L. Leviante, the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory (2002), and the Tchaikovsky State Moscow Conservatory (2008) in the class of Prof. I. Osipova (piano), Prof. G. Brikina (accompaniment), and Prof. T. Alikhanov (chamber music). She has won awards at various piano competitions, such as Les jeunes talents in Aix-en-Provence (France, 1996), Classical Heritage in Moscow (1999), and the J. S. Bach competition in Saarbrücken (Germany, 2001). She attended masterclasses with Prof. L. Naumov, V. Gornostaeva, V. Merzhanov, T. Zelikman, E. Monaszon (Russia), E. Golandsky (USA), A. Oland (Denmark), W. Blanckenheim (Germany), M. Hughes, P. Gulda (Austria), B. Canino (Italy), and I. Prunyi (Hungary).
She has performed solo recitals and chamber music concerts in Russia, Croatia, France, and Germany. She has also played in ensembles with violinist E. Epshtein, cellist M. Karuza, and flutist S. Careddu. She has lived in Split since 2010 and worked as an external accompanist at the Academy of Arts since 2011. In 2017, she was employed permanently.
In 2013, she was awarded the best accompanist at the "Vinko Lesić" competition. As an accompanist, she has worked at seminars such as Summer Con Spirito in Trogir, Winter Con Spirito in Vinkovci, Summer Schools in Kaštela and Pučišća, and Flute Days in Split. She has collaborated with renowned musicians such as E. Epshtein, D. Schwarzberg (violin), P. Veličković (viola), M. Karuza, O. Mandozzi (cello), R. Leone (piccolo), M. Grahek, M. Zupan, H. Schmeiser, and S. Careddu (flute). In 2015, she held a seminar for accompanists at the Josip Runjanin Music School in Vinkovci. In 2020, she gave a series of five concert lectures titled Composers for Children at the Studio 21 Art Gallery in Split.