As gleaned from the below web site, Han Tol represents a new generation in the tradition of the Dutch recorder school. In addition to his duty as professor at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany, he is much sought as a teacher of master classes in Europe and the USA.
He has given courses in Vienna, Geneva, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Munich, Dresden, Leipzig, Copenhagen, Utrecht, Amsterdam and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg Han Tols concert life is many sided. His trio
La Dada (including David Mings, bassoon and Patrick Ayrton, harpsichord) founded in 1984 has set new standards in the interpretation of Italian music of the 17th century. His recorder trio
La Fontegara Amsterdam is also famous for exciting concerts of modern and old music.
Both as an orchestra musician and soloist, he has worked together with such well known musicians Leonhardt, Harnoncourt,
Frans Brüggen,
William Parrot, Goodman, McCreesh, Holman, Hengelbrock and Koopman. Han Tol has also made extensive concert tours with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
Photo: courtesy Hyperion
In accordance with the performer's wishes, his CV as of 8th December 2017 is given verbatim below.
Han Tol, recorder
Han Tol is active as a soloist, ensemble player, musical director and teacher throughout Europe, the U.S. and the Far East. He holds a professorship at the
Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany, and at the
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basle, Switzerland. He also was a guest professor at the
Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. His teaching activities include further courses at renowned music institutions in Vienna, Salzburg, Geneva, St. Petersburg, Jerusalem, Baltimore, Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong, to name a few.
Mr. Tol was a member of the outstanding
Flanders Recorder Quartet until 2007 and performed over 600 concerts around the world with them. In his orchestral work with the
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble of Freiburg, Germany, his interpretation of 17th century Italian music while clad in full clown apparel was probably the most memorable. Han Tol was their guest artistic director for the production of the highly praised CD,
Perpetuum Mobile - Kantaten und Kammermusik, with recently discovered repertory by
Georg Philipp Telemann.
A rare recorder built around 1695 by Benedikt Gahn, Neuremberg, Germany, accompanies him on his concert tours.
The German music magazine
Tibia recently published two articles by Han Tol, the result of his extensive research on the life and works of the mysterious sixteenth-century Venetian musician, printer and painter, Sylvestro Ganassi.
The artist can be heard on 40 CD recordings for such labels as Teldec, Harmonia Mundi, EMI, and CPO. Sony Music Entertainment launched a CD,
Concerti, on which Han Tol is paired with the well known gambist, Hille Perl, and the
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Telemann's double concerto for recorder, viola da gamba and orchestra.