Toon Fret

Category:solist, artistiek leider, docent, muzikant, oude muziek, hedendaagse muziek, repertoire
1971
Genre(s):21ste eeuw / hedendaags, 20ste eeuw, romantiek, barok
Instrument(s):dwarsfluit
Actual/previous member of:Het Collectief, Oxalys

Biography

Toon Fret is known as the flutist of Oxalys and the Collectief, twe Belgian chamber music ensembles with an international reputation. Since 2011 he has formed a duo with pianist Veronika Iltchenko, with whom he has already recorded 2 CDs: Le temps retrouvé and Die Welt von Gestern.

Toon Fret attended his education as a flutist in Brussels, Maastricht, Paris and Basel with Gaby Van Riet, Michel Lefebvre, Barthold Kuijken, Ida Ribera and Peter-Lukas Graf. He is professor of flute and chamber music at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Liège, chamber music teacher at the Pôle d’Enseignement Supérieur de Musique de Bourgogne in Dijon and flute teacher at the Municipal Conservatory of Leuven.

Toon is active as a flutist and traverso player in various ensembles and orchestras at home and abroad. He has performed on the most important stages in Europe, America and Asia. His more than twenty CD recordings have been enthusiastically acclaimed in various international magazines such as Diapason, Classica or BBC Music Magazine.

Selective discography

OxalysOxalys (1998)
20th century
Oxalys, Martijn Vink, Koenraad Hofman, Nathalie Lefèvre, Annie Lavoisier, Frédéric D'Ursel, Shirly Laub, Sara Kuijken (...)
Sergei ProkofievSergei Prokofiev (1998)
20th century
Shirly Laub, Sergei Prokofiev, Toon Fret, Martijn Vink, Thomas Dieltjens

Selectieve discografie als medewerker

OriginsOrigins (2018)
20th century
Toon Fret, Charles Koechlin, Veronika Iltchenko, Ervín Schulhoff, Arno Babadjanian, Fikret Amirov, Béla Bartók, Paul Arma (...)
A guide to musical instruments (vol II) 1800-1950A guide to musical instruments (vol II) 1800-1950 (2013)
romanticism, Baroque, 20th century
Diverse uitvoerders, Paul Dombrecht, Diverse componisten, Octophoros, Jos van Immerseel, Ricercar Consort, Anima Eterna Brugge
Tusschen de TweeTusschen de Twee (2011)
21st century / contemporary
Oxalys, Koen De Cauter, Els Van Laethem, Dick van der Harst
Arnold Schönberg - Pierrot Lunaire / KammersymphonieArnold Schönberg - Pierrot Lunaire / Kammersymphonie (2004)
20th century
Robin Engelen, Het Collectief, Arnold Schönberg

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