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Tag: Eva Kingma

History of the flute

June 20, 2023
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| Edition 9 - June 2023, Flute History, The Netherlands

by Katja Pitelina As flutists, we have a repertoire of compositions spanning over 300 years, from the first publication of Michel de la Barre suites for flute and BC (1710) to the present day. If we take 1847 as the starting point for the existence of Theobald Bohm’s flute, the instrument played today, and call it the modern flute,…

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The Quarter Tone Concert Flute

March 20, 2023
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| Edition 8 - March 2023, Flute Family, Switzerland

invented by Eva Kingma with the collaboration of Bickford Brannen By Stefan Keller – What is so special about the quarter-tone flute? – Do I have to relearn everything to play this instrument? – What are the advantages of this instrument? The quarter tone flute, invented by Eva Kingma, developed and built in collaboration with Bickford Brannen & Brannen…

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