Paul Leenhouts

Paul Leenhouts
Born 1957 (age 5758)
Genres Early music, Baroque music
Instruments Recorder
Associated acts Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

Paul Leenhouts studied music at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. In 1978 he founded, together with Daniël Brüggen, Bertho Driever, and Karel van Steenhoven, the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. He is a composer and arranger of several works for recorder. In 1986 he started the Holland Open Recorder Festival in Utrecht, and has been director of the International Baroque Institute in Boston. He has taught recorder at the Sweelinck Conservatory, is the Director of Early Music Studies at the University of North Texas, and holds master classes in different countries. His interest in music of the Renaissance led him to collaborate with different ensembles recorders and the founding of The Royal Wind Music.

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