' ... magic, hyperhyperconcentrated playing...'(NRC-Handelsblad) '... moments when everything seemed to be perfect ...'(NRC-Handelsblad).
Flutist Herman van Kogelenberg was born in Thorn, The Netherlands and studied with Willem Tonnaer, Abbie de Quant and Emily Beynon at the conservatories of Amsterdam, Utrecht and The Hague.
In 1999 at the age of 20 he became principal flute of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Lie`ge and in 2003 he was nomated flutist in the Royal Concertgebouw orchestra and principal flute of the Concertgebouw Chamberorchestra.
He played solo concertos from Mozart, Reinecke, Martin, Devienne, Telemann and Cimarosa. With conductors as Armin Jordan or Kenneth Montgommery and orchestras like yhe Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege or the Orchestre de Chambre Charlemagne in Brussels.
Herman is a very enthousiastic chamber musician, mostly with his Farkas Quintet Amsterdam, but also regularly with his collegues of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Also contemporary music is a well known business for Herman van Kogelenberg, playing regularly in the ASKO-Schoenberg ensemble, founded specially for this purpose.
