Biography
Elisabeth was born in Germany and started to play the recorder at the age of five at her local music school. Later on her passion for music - particularly baroque music - led her to enrol for Early Music Studies at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. There, she studied recorder with Anna Januj as well as baroque flute with Marcello Gatti and Anne Freitag. She took part in master classes with Maurice van Lieshout, Dorothee Oberlinger, Barthold Kujken and Nikolaj Ronimus among others. Her interest in folk music also led her to taking lessons in Irish flute and Tin whistle with Alan Doherty. In 2014 she was awarded the scholarship "Deutschlandstipendium". During her studies, Elisabeth undertook courses in music education and graduated with a pedagocical profile. She has over 10 years of teaching experience. Elisabeth is dedicated to using improvisation - not just in performing, but also teaching music. She has performed, amongst others, with ensembles such as the Leipziger Barockorchester, Exxential Bach, Irish Baroque Orchestra, the Cork Baroque Players, Camerata lipsiensis/ Gewandhaus choir and Capella Arnestati. Elisabeth graduated from HMT Leipzig with two B.mus., in baroque flute and recorder.
Elisabeth specializes in repertoire from the 16th until the 18th century, as well as traditional Irish music and other types of folk music. Recently she particularly began to explore a fusion of traditional Irish music with baroque music with her ensemble "No hard borders". She also plays Irish and international folk music with her trio "Floatsome".
Instruments
Elisabeth plays a copy of a Wjine flute made by Simon Polak, a Ganassi recorder by Endre Pásztor, a baroque recorder by Hiroyuki Takeyama, Irish Whistles by John Swayne and Irish flutes by Ralph Sweet and Arie de Keyzer.