Marieke Schneemann is fast being regarded as amongst the most distinguished and versatile flute virtuosi in the world.

Marieke studied with Karl-Friedrich Mess at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and with Frans Vester at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where she was awarded the soloist's diploma cum laude. Marieke Schneemann was Principal Flautist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Valery Gergiev and member of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and the Fodor Quintet. As a recitalist she performs with pianist Marietta Petkova, harpist Godelieve Schrama and cimbalom players Michiel Weidner and Jan Rokyta. With Ralph van Raat she focuses on the performance of contemporary music and together they have recorded solo works by Rudolf Escher. With Marietta Petkova she has recorded a CD devoted entirely to songs by Gabriel Fauré. She has performed at international festivals and appeared as a soloist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam , Ulster Orchestra and I Solisti di Zagreb under the conductors Edo de Waart, Roy Goodman, Marc Minkovsky, Thierry Fischer, Ivan Fischer, Iwaki Hirokami and George Benjamin. She teaches as a Professor at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.

With her duo partner, Marietta Petkova, Marieke recorded a highly acclaimed CD for Challenge Classics of Fauré songs she had transcribed for flute and piano.

Klas Torstenson and Matthias Kadar will write a flute concerto dedicated to Marieke for the season 2009.

Marieke is also an accomplished period woodwind instrum ent player, and her perform ances of the Mozart flute quartets with The Mozart Quartet are legendary.

'Song lovers, refrain from singing along with this: the flute and piano will take your breath away' Luister on the Faure CD