Hans-Martin Linde

German Flautist and Early Music Expert

German flutist, born 24 May 1930 in Iserlohn, Germany, and lives in Basel, Switzerland, since 1957. He pursued his musical training at the Musikhochschule Freiburg under Gustav Scheck (flute) and Konrad Lechner (choral conducting and composition). He taught flute in his native town, were he was also active as a choral conductor. In the meantime, he dedicated himself to the recorder and the baroque traverso. Thus began a long period of recordings, which he made for the Cologne West German Radio (WDR). Since 1957, he has taught recorder, traverso and ensemble conducting at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Between 1976 and 1979 he was head of the Basel Conservatory, where he taught choral conducting and conducted the Conservatory choirs. Since the 1950s, Hans-Martin Linde has had a major influence on the historically informed interpretation of music for the recorder and traverso. He is the author of several performance handbooks, and has published numerous editions and musicological articles. He has toured the world, both as a teacher and performer, and has recorded extensively. He has been invited to conduct numerous choirs and orchestras for recordings, concerts,operas and music festivals. Between 1984 and 2000, Hans-Martin Linde conducted the Cappella Coloniensis for the WDR. This pioneering ensemble was the first baroque orchestra to play on historical instruments, and served as a model for subsequent baroque ensembles. Source: http://www.hansmartinlinde.ch