Dorothee Oberlinger


Dorothee Oberlinger is a German recorder player and professor.

Biography

Dorothee Oberlinger was born in Aachen and raised in Simmern. At the University of Cologne, she studied music education and German studies. After university, she studied recorder in Cologne, Amsterdam and Milan. Her teachers include Günther Höller, Walter van Hauwe and Pedro Memelsdorff. In 1997 she won the first prize at the international "Moeck" UK / SRP competition. In 1998, she made her solo debut at London's Wigmore Hall.
As a soloist, she has performed with internationally renowned ensembles and baroque orchestras, such as the Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Musica Antiqua Köln, and the Academy of Ancient Music. In 2002, she founded the chamber group Ensemble 1700. They have received several prizes and awards for their recordings
Since 2004, Oberlinger has been professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and director of the Institute for Early Music and first deputy director of the Institute for New Music. Since 2009, she has also been director of Arolser Baroque Festival.

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