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Winner Special Prize - Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition 2022
A Special Prize was awarded, offering a trip to the Buffet Crampon factory to choose and bring home a brand new clarinet, developed by Buffet Crampon and donated by Buffet Crampon and the Martin Fröst Foundation.

Podium Witteman May 8th 2022 - 18:10 NPO2
Florence Price - Adoration
in collaboration with ADAM quartet

Nominee of the Grachtenfestival Award 2022
Performance dates - more info soon:
May 19 - Clarinet quintet with ADAM quartet
June 8 - Chambermusic
August 15 - Solo Recital
August 16 - Chambermusic with ADAM quartet
August 18 - Avond van de Genomineerden

Schiermonnikoog Internationaal Chambermusic Festival
March 2022 - Performances of Colridge-Taylor clarinet quintet, Florence Price: Adoration and Sarah Feigin sonata for clarinet and piano.
Together with ADAM string quartet and Caspar Vos, piano.

New chamber music performance recordings
Mozart Basset Horn Trio's: 5 Divertimenti KV 439 (1803)
&
L. Janacek Sextet: 'Mladi' (1924)

Live NPO Radio 4 Earbites
Cottage Ensemble live radio performance at Earbites, NPO Radio 4 and Grachtenfestival Amsterdam in the 'Groote Industriële Club' combined with a summer series in 'Het Boterkerkje' Oirschot.
Performance link at Find Out More

Music Academy of the West
Two months fellowship at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.

Gerbrich Meijer in Podium Witteman 18:10 NPO 2
Guest at the Dutch TV-show Podium Witteman. She performs after het interview with Pau together with members of ensemble Fuse. Go to find out more to see the livestream!

Theater on wheels by 'De Wijk de Wereld'
Outreach concerts in a tiny theater on wheels, that is Covid-proof! Next concerts will be April 16. Organisation: De Wijk de Wereld

Newly appointed clarinet teacher BLUME Haiti
'BLUME Haiti’s mission is to work with Haitian and international partners to develop leadership skills, awaken individual potential, and create opportunities for civic collaboration and economic development through the shared pursuit of musical excellence.'

First column of 2021 is out
Since 2019 Gerbrich has been a columnist for the Dutch music magazine De Klarinet. Here she writes about her experiences as a young professional musician.
Download column here.

Winner London Symphony Orchestra - Keston MAX fellowship
Residency with the London Symphony Orchestra which includes private lessons, chamber music with LSO musicians, mock auditions, seminars with artists and administrators, participation in LSO Discovery outreach activities, and appearances with the orchestra.
Due to COVID-19 residency will take place in 2022.

Cottage Ensemble in Eindhoven
Two sold-out concerts in the concertseries Muziek in De Cathrien Eindhoven.

Thanksgiving PLOG
The best kind of a video blog - a performance Log! As the inventor of the Performance Log of Groningen (PLOG), Gerbrich created a Thanksgiving edition for the Music Academy of the West and its patrons.

1,5 meter - Summer concert tour
Six COVID-proof concerts within three days at 6 different concert locations throughout the Netherlands. With hese concerts the ensemble is aiming to achieve their goals: bringing high quality concerts close to the local community. This performance was live-streamed by Midvliet TV.