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Marten Root
Performer (flute)
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Marten Root studied the modern flute with Frans Vester and subsequently the Baroque
flute with Barthold Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. After his Baroque
flute studies he also developed a special interest in 19th-century flutes and their
repertoire.
He founded both the Biedermeier Quintet and the Ensemble Schönbrunn. With the former
he recorded wind quintets by Reicha and Danzi (Globe) and with the latter he recorded
the quartets for flute and strings by Mozart (Channnel Classics), Beethoven's
Serenades, the complete chamber music with flute by Franz Schubert, J.S. Bach's flute
sonatas and the Musical Offering, Locatelli sonatas and chamber music civertimenti for
Trio and Sextet by Joseph Haydn and Kuhlau flute sonatas with fortepiano (all on
Globe).
As a soloist and a member of the above mentioned ensembles, Marten Root has toured
extensively worldwide and has made many television appearances. The repertoire of these
groups ranges from the early 17th century (Frescobaldi) up to the first half of the
20th century (Debussy).
Marten Root is principal flute in both the Ensemble Anima Eterna directed by Jos van
Immerseel, the Barokorkest van de Nederlandse Bachvereniging and with John Eliot
Gardiner’s Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and The English Baroque
Soloists.
He performs and recordes regularly with orchestras such as Tafelmusik (Toronto) and
Anner Bijlsma’s ‘Ensemble Archibudelli’. With the former he recorded J.S. Bach's fifth
Brandenburg Concerto and with the latter Haydn divertimenti for the King of Naples,
both for Sony classical.
Marten Root teaches the Baroque flute at the Amsterdam Conservatory and holds a
position as professor for the Baroque and Classical flute at the Hochschule für Künste
in Bremen.
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