Masterclass Flute
Prof. Anne-Cathérine HeinzmannCourse repertoire: freely selectable
Master class, individual instruction
Technique and interpretation, audition training
Active and passive participation possible
Target group: Professionals, students, advanced students
Course start: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:00 PM
Course end: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, after breakfast
€980.00 course fee/active for professionals
€930.00 course fee/active for students
€680.00 course fee for passive participation
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Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann enjoys an outstanding reputation as a versatile soloist, sought-after chamber musician and passionate and successful teacher.
The Hamburg native comes from a traditional family of musicians and initially studied in the internationally renowned class of Prof Jean-Claude Gérard (Stuttgart) and was later trained by equally renowned teachers such as Prof Jeanne Baxtresser (New York) and Prof Michael-Martin Kofler (Mozarteum Salzburg). She also received important impulses from Aurèle Nicolet and Paul Meisen.
She has won prizes at many national and international competitions (including the Kuhlau Competition, Flute Talk Chicago and the International Flute Competition Budapest) and has received funding from the German National Academic Foundation, the Villa Musica Chamber Music Foundation, the German Foundation for Musical Life and the German Music Council.
For many years she gained valuable experience as deputy principal flute at the Frankfurt am Main Opera and Museum Orchestra. In addition to her work as a soloist, chamber music is an important focus. Her chamber music partners include soloists from international orchestras and ensembles, and she has also performed with Paul and Gustav Rivinius, Erik Schumann, Caroline Widmann, the Mandelring Quartet, the Jacques Thibaud Trio, Gerold Huber, Thomas Hoppe and Daniel Behle. With her ensemble, the Trio Charolca, she has performed on numerous concert stages and is one of the most outstanding ensembles of its genre.
Their interest in contemporary music and their enthusiasm for new tonal possibilities form the foundation of their contrasting and intelligently designed programmes. A busy concert schedule at home and abroad has taken the flautist to venues including the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Semperoper in Dresden, the Rudolphinum in Prague, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the BBC Proms concerts in London, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Ludwigsburg Festival, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Mozartfest in Würzburg, the Munich Biennale and MusicaMallorca.
From 2009-2018, Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann was a professor at the Nuremberg University of Music, where she led an extremely successful class. In October 2018, she was appointed professor of flute at the renowned Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen (successor to Prof Gunhild Ott). Due to her passion for teaching, she has since become a sought-after teacher at numerous masterclasses in Germany and abroad and is a welcome guest on jury panels.
A first CD with works by Harald Genzmer, recorded with the Trio Charolca, was released by Thorofon in spring 2012, followed by a debut CD with the pianist Thomas Hoppe (Audite May 2013), which was immediately nominated for the ICMA (International Classical Music Award). An album BACH, Arias with obbligato flute (Daniel Behle, tenor) and the Partita for solo flute was also released by Sony Classical in March 2013 and attracted a great deal of attention. In November 2015, another CD with works from the Jewish music literature that was banned during the National Socialist era was released by Audite. This CD was nominated for the 2016 German Record Critics’ Award and received excellent reviews.
Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann plays a Muramatsu all 18 K flute.