Biography
Angela Firkins, née Tetzlaff, grew up in a musical family in Hamburg and discovered her love of music at an early age.
She studied with Professors J.-C. Gérard in Hamburg, W. Bennett in Freiburg and P. Meisen in Munich.
After winning several first prizes in the Jugend musiziert competition, she received a prize at the German Music Competition in 1985 and first prize at the competition of German music colleges in 1986.
Angela Firkins has been a member of the Albert Schweitzer Quintet since its foundation in 1978. Among its many distinctions, the ensemble was a prizewinner at the ARD International Music Competition in 1985 and received the German Record Critics’ annual award in 1989 for its complete recording of Anton Reicha’s wind quintets.
Following many years in Germany’s National Youth Orchestra, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the European Community Youth Orchestra, she served as principal flute of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra from 1988 to 1993 and became principal flute of the NDR Radio Philharmonic in Hanover in 1994.
Since 1997 she has led a successful flute class as a professor at Lübeck Academy of Music. She regularly teaches chamber music courses and masterclasses and serves on competition juries.
Her international concert work with various chamber music ensembles complements her teaching at the academy.
Angela Firkins, née Tetzlaff, grew up in a musical family in Hamburg and discovered her love of music at an early age.
She studied with Professors J.-C. Gérard in Hamburg, W. Bennett in Freiburg and P. Meisen in Munich.
After winning several first prizes in the Jugend musiziert competition, she received a prize at the German Music Competition in 1985 and first prize at the competition of German music colleges in 1986.
Angela Firkins has been a member of the Albert Schweitzer Quintet since its foundation in 1978. Among its many distinctions, the ensemble was a prizewinner at the ARD International Music Competition in 1985 and received the German Record Critics’ annual award in 1989 for its complete recording of Anton Reicha’s wind quintets.
Following many years in Germany’s National Youth Orchestra, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the European Community Youth Orchestra, she served as principal flute of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra from 1988 to 1993 and became principal flute of the NDR Radio Philharmonic in Hanover in 1994.
Since 1997 she has led a successful flute class as a professor at Lübeck Academy of Music. She regularly teaches chamber music courses and masterclasses and serves on competition juries.
Her international concert work with various chamber music ensembles complements her teaching at the academy.