GOUDSBLOEM TRIO
From 2016 to 2020, Mattias Spee formed an ensemble with clarinetist Ana Prazeres and cellist Hadewych van Gent. The three met as fellow students of the Conservatory of Amsterdam and proceeded to play together during some of the most formative years of their young careers. They named their ensemble after their rehearsal space, which was Mattias’s home in the student housing facility at the Goudsbloemstraat in Amsterdam.
Goudsbloem Trio at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ
Video Credits: Kees Vos (2019)
After playing the “standard repertoire”, consisting of pieces by composers like Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven and Gabriel Fauré, the trio explored some lesser-known music for this particular combination of instruments. Examples of this are the Fantasy Trio by American composer Robert Muczynski and the Clarinet Trio by Nino Rota, who was a prolific film composer, but unbeknownst to many, has written a lot of wonderful stand-alone music as well. After some succesful years as an ensemble, the Goudsbloem Trio stopped playing together when each of the members started to have more and more other engagements, but they remain close friends to this day.
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