The Royal Wind Music

The Royal Wind Music is a Dutch recorder consort.

The Royal Wind Music
The Royal Wind Music - a Dutch recorder consort - during a concert in Kuopio cathedral, July 21, 2019.
Background information
Origin	The Netherlands
Years active	1997 (1997)–present
Labels	Lindoro
Members	Petri Arvo, Verena Barie, Stephanie Brandt, Francesca Clements, Eva Gemeinhardt, Arwieke Glas, Hester Groenleer, Dianne Heijstee, Sarah Jeffery, Dorottya Kis, Marco Paulo Alves Magalhães, María Martínez Ayerza, Filipa Margarida da Silveira Pereira, Anna Stegmann
Past members	Kamala Bain, Alana Blackburn, Andreas Böhlen, Erik Bosgraaf, Ruth Dyson, Belén Nieto Galán, Karin Hageneder, Matthijs Lunenburg, Amy Power, Monika Ruusmaa, Yi-Chang Liang
Website	www.royalwindmusic.org

Founded by Paul Leenhouts in 1997, The Royal Wind Music is a consort of thirteen former students of the Amsterdam Conservatoire. They use a large range of Renaissance recorders by Adriana Breukink and Bob Marvin, from a 15 cm sopranino to a three-meter-long (9.8 ft) sub-contrabass. They have performed throughout Europe and the United States, including the Boston Early Music Festival.[1] Since 2010 they have performed without a conductor.

With the goal of bringing Renaissance music to life, they perform arrangements of music originally composed for other instruments from the period 1520-1640[2] and have become one of the leading examples of the recorder orchestra movement.

In 2006 they won the Noorderkerk prize at the Vriendenkrans concours, jointly organized by the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In 2012 they organized the a four-day festival and competition Open Recorder Days Amsterdam, as well as a second festival in 2015.