| The Royal Wind Music | |
| Origin: | The Netherlands |
| Years Active: | –present |
| Label: | Lindoro |
| Current Members: | Stephanie Brandt, Francesca Clements, Hester Groenleer, Marco Paulo Alves Magalhães, María Martínez Ayerza, Filipa Margarida da Silveira Pereira, Anna Stegmann, Paul J.W. Schauenburg, Kristy van Dijk, Juho Myllylä, Daniel Scott, Irene Sorozábal Moreno, Johanna Boehm |
| Past Members: | Petri Arvo, Kamala Bain, Verena Barié, Alana Blackburn, Andreas Böhlen, Erik Bosgraaf, Ruth Dyson, Belén Nieto Galán, Eva Gemeinhardt, Arwieke Glas, Karin Hageneder, Dianne Heijstee, Sarah Jeffery, Dorottya Kis, Matthijs Lunenburg, Amy Power, Monika Ruusmaa, Yi-Chang Liang, Hidehiro Nakamura |
The Royal Wind Music is a Dutch recorder consort.
Founded by Paul Leenhouts in 1997, The Royal Wind Music is a consort of thirteen former students of the Amsterdam Conservatoire. They use a large range of Renaissance recorders by Adriana Breukink and Bob Marvin, from a 15 cm sopranino to a 3m (10feet) sub-contrabass. They have performed throughout Europe and the United States, including the Boston Early Music Festival.[1] Since 2010, they have performed without a conductor.
With the goal of bringing Renaissance music to life, they perform arrangements of music originally composed for other instruments from the period 1520-1640[2] and have become one of the leading examples of the recorder orchestra movement.
In 2006, they won the Noorderkerk prize at the Vriendenkrans concours, jointly organized by the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In 2012, they organized the a four-day festival and competition Open Recorder Days Amsterdam, as well as a second festival in 2015.
They record for Lindoro, including: