Ester van der Veen

Ester van der Veen (1981) started studying the recorder at the Conservatory in Enschede (The Netherlands) in 2001 with Marjolijn van Roon. In 2003 she studied in Bern (Switzerland) at the Hochschule der Künste with Carsten Eckert and in 2006 she finished her BA at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten  in Utrecht with Heiko ter Schegget. She participated in masterclasses (with a scholarship from the Willem Mengelberg Fonds) at the Amherst Early Music Festival in the USA, after which she started her graduate studies. For one semester she studied in Berlin, at the Universität der Künste, but this summer she finished her study with a Masters Degree at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht, with Marjolijn van Roon. Currently, she also teaches recorder at several music schools.