Caroline Ansink facts for kids

Caroline Ansink (born August 8, 1959, in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a talented Dutch musician, music teacher, and composer. She writes many different kinds of music, from pieces for small groups of instruments to large works for orchestras and choirs.

Biography

Early Life and Education

Caroline Ansink studied music at the Utrechts Conservatorium, a famous music school in the Netherlands. She learned to play the flute with a teacher named Abbie de Quant. She also studied how to compose music with Joep Straesser.

She finished her studies in 1985 and 1986. After that, Caroline worked as a flutist, playing the flute in the Clara Schumann Orchestra in Cologne, Germany. She also taught music at the Utrechts Conservatorium, the same school where she studied.

Television Documentary

In 1992, Caroline Ansink and another composer named Catharina van Rennes were featured in a television show. The documentary was called I compose as a human being and was shown on NOS TV. It helped people learn more about their work as composers.

Awards and Honors

Caroline Ansink has received many awards for her amazing music. Here are some of them:

• In 1985, she won second prize at the DEDOK Mannheim competition.
• In 1988, she received the Cappella Civica award in Trieste.
• In 1989, she won the Composition Prize.
• Also in 1989, she earned the first prize GEDOK for her organ piece called Pyrrhus.
• In 1989, she also received the third prize from the Association of Hungarian Musicians.
• In 1990, she got an encouragement prize from the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst. This prize helps new artists.
• In 1990, she received an honorable mention at The Washington International Competition. This means her work was highly praised.
• In 1992, she won a prize from the city of Chard in Great Britain.

Works

Caroline Ansink writes many different types of music. She composes:

• Chamber music: This is music for a small group of instruments, like a string quartet (four string instruments).
• Orchestral works: These are pieces for a large orchestra, which has many different instruments playing together.
• Choir works: These are pieces written for a group of singers.

Here are some of her selected musical works:

• Shades of Silence for string quartet (1984)
• Pyrrhus for organ (1988)
• SkopÛs piano trio (1989)
• Night and Day (1990)
• Zeitenschrunde (1990)
• Brezze for string quartet (1990)
• Capriccio for Solo Violin
• Over the Moon
• Epitaph für Marius for flute and piano (2008)