“Fine works demonstrating even better playing by the Ensemble Diderot. Both fiddles play with persuasive mastery, but the finest moments arrive with the ravishing transverse flute playing of Kristen Huebner.”
- AUDIOPHILE AUDITION
About me
Bio
Originally from the United States, Kristen Huebner now bases her musical life in the Netherlands and Europe. Kristen received her first Bachelors Degree in Music Performance from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis studying with Immanuel Davis. After hopping the pond to the Netherlands in 2009, she has since become an avid specialist on the baroque flute, holding both Bachelors and Masters Diplomas from the Utrecht Conservatory (BM) and The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (MM), where she studied with Wilbert Hazelzet and Kate Clark. Kristen currently tours Europe with Ton Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir and has collaborated alongside members of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Frans Brüggen. Performances for Radio France with L’Orchestre Français des Jeunes led to further collaboration with Johannes Pramsohler’s Ensemble Diderot , including performances at festivals such as Musikfest Erzgebirge, Goethe Institut Paris, and Bach Biennale Weimar. In addition Kristen appears on the ensemble’s 2016 CD recording of the Mondonville Trio Sonatas on Audax Records. Collaborations with several European historically-informed ensembles have included performances at Wigmore Hall, Bachfest Leipzig, Valletta International Baroque Festival, and the Utrecht Early Music Festival,
Kristen’s research on Empfindsamkeit in the chamber music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach has been adapted into an article for the online journal Music & Practice, published in 2015. Kristen joined the teaching team at the 2022 Zutphen Summer Academy, where she led the traverso masterclass. Kristen is currently exploring the repertoire for flute and clavichord with Greek clavichordist Alex Mastichiadis. Their debut recording is set to release in the fall of 2025. Alongside a busy performance schedule, Kristen also enjoys a bustling private teaching practice for both historical and modern flutes in Utrecht, NL.
Publications
In addition to playing music, I’m also deeply invested in writing about it. Check out my interview for the Traverso Practice Net!
My Masters research on the chamber music of the Empfindsamkeit was published by the online peer-reviewed journal ‘Music and Practice’… Read it here!
Press
Press for Ensemble Diderot’s Mondonville CD and Concerts:
“The finest moments of this recording arrive with the transverse flute playing of Kristen Huebner…Her tone on the instrument is ravishing and provides more vivid contrast in the melodic voices.”
-Fritz Balwit (December 18, 2016)
Ensemble Diderot CD Review on Audiophile Audition“The Ensemble Diderot perform with historical awareness and enthusiasm. Their commitment to this music, receiving its first recording, is persuasive and their flawless precision is compelling.”
-Stephen Greenbank
Ensemble Diderot CD Review on Music Web International
Praise for Ensemble Diderot Concerts, December 2016:
“Betörend elegant in den federleicht und höchst beweglich dahingeträllerten Vogelstimmenimitationen und ausdrucksreich und gefühlvoll in den lyrischen Passagen.”
-Hans Jürgen Kugler (December 6, 2016)
Bad Krozingen Concert Review in Badischen Zeitung“Das Concerto à 4 parties in a-Moll von Michel Blavet glänzte durch seinen tänzerischen Auftakt. In den heiter und unbeschwert aufspielenden Flötenpassagen brillierte Kristen Huebner in spannungsreichen Improvisationen über tiefen Cello-Liegetönen. Berührend der langsame Mittelsatz als innig-sinnliches Duett von Flöte und Violine in vollkommener Harmonie, die durch einen stürmisch wie ein Sommergewitter hereinbrechenden Finalsatz virtuos zu Ende geführt wird.”
-Hans Jürgen Kugler (December 6, 2016)
Bad Krozingen Concert Review in Badischen Zeitung“La sonate en trio op. 2 n°5 de Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville ouvre le répertoire à la flûte chaude et envoûtante de Kristen Huebner.”
-Bertrand Ferrier (December 17, 2016)
Concert Review of Ensemble Diderot Paris CD Release Concert
Teachings and Contact
Teachings
I’m passionate about teaching the historical and modern flutes and exploring genres both close to my heart and stretching outside my comfort zone.
Check out my traverso and modern flute teaching pages at Vivaldi Music Lessons.
Contact
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