Members

Elizabeth salerno, flute

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freja katrine arendt, oboe

Freja Katrine Arendt is studying oboe in the Royal Danish Academy with teachers Max Artved and Joakim Dam Thomsen. Next to her studies she is active as a freelance musician and has performed with more of the Danish symphony orchestras, Aalborg, Odense, Sønderborg. During the last year she has also been active as an oboe teacher. Furthermore, she is very interested in chamber music.

Freja Katrine Arendt studerer obo på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium hos Max Artved og Joakim Dam Thomsen. Ved siden af studiet er hun aktiv som freelance-musiker og har bl.a. assisteret i flere professionelle symfoniorkestre, herunder Aalborg Symfoniorkester, Odense Symfoniorkester og Sønderjyllands symfoniorkester. Gennem det seneste år har hun arbejdet med formidling som underviser, bl.a. som obolærer på Orkesterefterskolen i Holstebro. Hun har desuden en stor interesse for kammermusik..

maria torres florit, clarinet

My name is Maria Torres Florit. I was born the 23rd of December 1996 in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain.

In 2014 I obtained the degree of Intermediate-level in clarinet speciality at the Conservatory of Music of Menorca with professors Tolo Mercadal and Toni Carrillos. I'm a member of different wind bands in Menorca. In 2018 I finished the Bachelor Degree of Clarinet with Professor Isaac Rodríguez at the Superior Conservatory of Liceu. I have participated in several clarinet masterclasses with Michel Lethiec, Olivier Patey, Martin Fröst, Calogero Palermo, Juanjo Mercadal, Harri Mäki, Livio Russi, Johnny Teyssier, Pedro Franco, Giovanni Punzi, Michael Wayne, Mark de Wiel and Yehuda Gilad. I have been a member of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Royal Danish Academy of Music doing concerts at the Royal Danish Opera House and at the DR Koncerthuset. I also participated with DUEN at a mini-concert tour in Moscow and Denmark during February 2019.

I am currently studying the second year of Master in Interpretation and Pedagogy at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, with Professor John Kruse .

Raul abala, bassoon

Raúl was born in Cáceres, Spain, in 1994. Started his studies at Conservatorio “García Matos” in Plasencia and continued with his superior studies at Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) where he graduated in 2017 with Salvador Sanchís.

He has been member of severals youth orchestras as Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (Jonde), Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya (Jonc), Orquesta Joven de Extremadura (Ojex) and Jove Orquestra de la Comunitat Valeciana (Jogv)

He has also participated in masterclasses with Ole Kristian Dahl, Mor Biron, Gustavo Núñez, Joost Bosdijk, David Tomás, Constantin Barcov, Magnus Koch Jensen among others.

Currently Raúl studies a Master degree at Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (DKDM) under the education of Sebastian Stevensson and Audun Halvorsen.

esben , horn

Esben Lindhardt Toft, 25 years old. Born in Vrå in Northwestern Denmark. Grew up in the British brass band tradition first playing cornet then tenor horn, but changed instrument to French horn aged 14. Went to Musical Preparatory School at MGK Nord in Aalborg, Denmark, as a student of Erik Sandberg, Principal horn of Aalborg Symphony orchestra. Studied 2 years with Thomas Kjelldén at Royal Danish Academy of music, Copenhagen, 1 year with Prof. Thomas Hauschild in HMT Leipzig, and are currently studying with Jakob Keiding, Principal horn of Copenhagen Philharmonic, at Royal Danish Academy of music, Copenhagen.