About
Remko Edelaar studied bassoon at the Royal Conservatory with Johan Steinmann. He followed several masterclasses with S. Azzolini and D. Damiano, among others. He won various prizes at competitions such as at the SJMN competition (1993). He also regularly took lessons with Joep Terwey and currently with Gustavo Nunez.
Remko was many times a soloist with various companies, including the Netherlands Youth Orchestra, the Dutch Opera and in June 2007 with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.
Remko is solo bassoonist of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Asko ensemble, Wendingen Ensemble and has been a member of the Farkas Quintet Amsterdam since its foundation in 1997. With these ensembles he made several recordings, including the sonata for bassoon solo by Willem Frederik Bon. He has also been a guest at the Orlando Festival several times.