Linde, Hans-Martin

Linde, Hans-Martin, German-born Swiss flutist, recorder player, conductor, pedagogue, and composer; b. Werne, May 24, 1930. He was a student of Gustav Scheck (flute) and Konrad Lechner (composition) at the Freiburg im Breisgau Hochschule für Musik (1947–51). He played solo flute in the Cappella Coloniensis of the West German Radio in Cologne, and from 1955 he toured as a soloist throughout Europe and abroad. In later years, he appeared with his own Linde Consort. From 1957 he was active in Basel, where he served on the faculty of the Academy of Music. He served as director of its Cons. (1976–79), and then director of its choral music department at its Inst. He also was conductor of its Hochschule chorus (to 1991) and chamber chorus (to 1995). From 1980 he pursued an active career as a conductor. In 1993 he was awarded the German Handel Prize. He publ. Kleine Anleitung zum Verzieren alter Musik (1958) and Handbuch des Blockflötenspiels (1962; Eng. tr., 1967).

Works

Trio for Recorder, Transverse Flute, and Harpsichord (1963); Serenata a tre for Recorder, Guitar, and Cello (1966); Consort Music for 4 Instrumentalists (1972); Fairy Tale for Recorder (1981); Music for 2 for Recorder and Guitar (1983); 5 Studies for Recorder and Piano (1985); Browning for Recorder Quintet (1986); Una Follia Nuova for Recorder (1989); Suite for Recorder Quartet (1991); Carmina pro Lassum for 5 Recorders and Percussion (1992); 3 Sketches for Recorder, Violin, and Piano (1993); Concerto for Recorder and String Orch. (1994).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire