ALBERT BROUWER

Albert Brouwer has been an interim associate flautist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra since 2015, he played as principal flautist during the 2019-2020 seasons and participated in tours in Nunavut, South America and Europe.  He previously held positions as principal flutist of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Massachusetts, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, N-Y as well as the Drummondville Symphony Orchestra (QC),  He was a member of the Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra, in Germany, under the direction of renowned conductors such as V. Gergiev, G. Solti, S. Bychkov and M. Rostropovich. Mr. Brouwer has participated in several recordings for different labels such as Naxos, Albany Records, Bridge and Decca. 

 

He has distinguished himself many times as a soloist in the concertos of Khachaturian, Liebermann, C-P-E Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi and Reinecke.  He also performed the Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 by Bach with renowned violinist Jaime Laredo.  Passionate about chamber music, Albert Brouwer regularly performs with numerous groups in Quebec and the United States.

 

For Albert Brouwer, training young people is an essential mission. Thus, he teaches flute at McGill University and at the Domaine Forget academy during the summer.  He was also a judge for the 2010 Canadian Music Competition Tremplin.

 

Following masterclasses in conducting with M.Alsop, A, Princiotti and K.Rhodes, Mr. Brouwer has conducted the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Dartmouth College Orchestra, the Burlington Chamber Orchestra and the from Bishops University.

 

 

 

Originally from the Netherlands, Albert Brouwer graduated with great distinction in flute from the Utrecht Conservatory of Music (Netherlands) studying with Abbie de Quant. After graduating he moved to Canada to study with Timothy Hutchins at McGill University. 

 

Since 2015 Mr. Brouwer is the interim associate principal flute of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He was acting as principal flute during the 2019-2020 season and went as such on tour through Nunavut, Europe and South America with the Orchestra.

 He held the principal flute positions of the Albany Symphony Orchestra (NY), Springfield Symphony Orchestra (Mass), Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VT) and the Drummondville Symphony Orchestra (QC). He was a member of the Schleswig Holstein festival orchestra (Germany) where he played under the baton of V. Gergiev, G. Solti, S. Bychkov and M. Rostropovich.

 

Mr. Brouwer has recorded for Naxos, Albany Records, Bridge and Decca

 

 

An active Chamber musician and soloist in the United States and Canada Mr. Brouwer appeared in the CPE Bach, Khachaturian, Liebermann, Reinecke, Mozart and Vivaldi flute concertos. He performed the Brandenburg concerto Nr. 5 with renowned violinist Jaime Laredo. 

 

Mr. Brouwer teaches flute at McGill University and in the summer at Domaine Forget.

He was a member of the jury for the 2010 Stepping stone Canadian Music competition.

 

After following masterclasses in conducting with M.Alsop, A, Princiotti and K.Rhodes, Mr. Brouwer conducted the Dartmouth symphony orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Bishops University Orchestra and the Burlington Chamber Orchestra.