Marjolein Vermeeren

Dutch classical flutist and conductor, born on December 28, 1991, living in Gothenburg, Sweden. She plays 2nd flute, with piccolo, in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra since 2018. She completed her Master’s degree with distinction from the Royal Academy of Music in London (2015) where she studied the flute with Karen Jones and William Bennett, piccolo with Patricia Morris and baroque flute with Lisa Beznosiuk. She was awarded the DipRAM, the Academy’s highest award for an outstanding performance in the final recital and the Katie Thomas Award for a combination of good work, conduct and general achievement. She won the Jonathan Myall Piccolo Prize in 2015 and recently Marjolein was awarded Associateship of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), an honorary degree for former students who have distinguished themselves in the profession. In The Netherlands she completed a double bachelor degree at the Fontys School of Arts in Tilburg, studying the flute with Leon Berendse and Edith Van Dyck, as well as wind band conducting with Hardy Mertens and Louis Buskens. She has been assistant professor of flute at this conservatory from September 2016 until she moved to Sweden.