Leendert de Jonge - flute

Leendert de Jonge – flute 

Leendert de Jonge started playing the flute when he was 

eight years old. From 1975 to 1981 he studied at the 

Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Koos 

Verheul. Verheul introduced his student to a large 

repertoire and allowed his specific sensitivity for purity of 

style to develop fully. Leendert de Jonge mastered the 

many different styles of flute playing with Michel Debost 

in Paris and with Karlheinz Zöller in Hamburg. 

Leendert de Jonge has played in first-class musical festivals 

such as the Festwochen in Vienna, the Salzburg Festival 

and the Holland Festival. 

He has taken part in premières with the Ensemble Modern, 

the Nieuw Ensemble, Der Blaue Reiter, the Xenakis Ensemble 

and the Beau Hunks. 

As soloist he has played the role of Neville (Virginia Woolf 

– The Waves) in A King, Riding by Klaas de Vries and he has 

taken part in noteworthy concerts and recordings such as 

Prometeo by Luigi Nono and The Beau Hunks play the original 

Laurel and Hardy music. 

The repertoire for solo flute is the heart of L. de Jonge's 

musical career. 

He has recorded on CD the works of several composers 

who wrote abundantly for flute: 

• Incantations & Ascèses: pieces for flute solo by André 

Jolivet (first CD recording after Jean-Pierre Rampal on 

vinyl). 

• Suites & Partita BWV 1007-1013: probably first played 

on viola by Johann Sebastian Bach himself (and which 

have since become a gem of the cello repertoire). 

Leendert de Jonge reveals a myriad of new dimensions 

in these six very beautiful solo suites transcribed for 

flute. 

• Les Chants de Nectaire opus 198, 199 & 200, by Charles 

Koechlin: these three series of monodies for flute, 

similar to the said Suites of J-S. Bach, are beautifully 

rendered by Leendert de Jonge's virtuousity, his rich 

sound and extreme sensitivity. 

Leendert de Jonge is a multi-talented artist, ever open to 

the unexpected in music.