Winfried Michel

Born 1948 in Fulda, Germany, practised during his schooltime on the violin, the piano and later on the recorder. He studied the recorder with Ingetraud Drescher (Kassel) and flute with Nikolaus Delius (Freiburg) and finally with a scholarship of the DAAD at the Royal Dutch Conservatory in The Hague with Frans Brüggen, where he got his solo diploma.
Other important subjects where "Generalbass" on the harpsichord (lessons with Bob v. Asperen) and autodidactical studies of the counterpoint.
Nowadays Michel teaches at the Hochschule für Musik in Münster and the Akademie of music in Kassel recorder and chambermusic.
He composed instrumental and vocal works (published by Amadeus-Verlag, Ricordi and Mieroprint) and edited many compositions of the 17th and 18th century. He was invited for giving concerts and lectures in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Since 1988 he is artistic director of the annual "Tage Alter Musik" in Kassel.

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