CONTACT:

Adrianna van Leeuwen

is a Canadian clarinettist specialising in period instrument performance, particularly of the Classical and early Romantic.  She has collaborated with many ensembles both locally within the Netherlands and abroad.  Most recent, include engagements with MusiceAeterna (RU), The Orchestra of the 18th Century, Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands and Les Vents Atlantiques Chamber Orchestra (NL).  Adrianna has been invited to participate at many festivals such as the Oregon Bach Festival (USA), Vancouver Early Music Summer Festival, Domaine Forget, and the Orford Art Centre (CAN).  She has also attended masterclasses with the likes of Guy van Waas, Wilbert Hazelzet, Marc Destrubé, Rainer Zipplering and Charles Niedich.

Adrianna’s passion for chamber music has culminated in the founding of two successful ensembles, one being Boxwood&Bows and the other and the Dutch based duo the Küffner Gals. Adrianna is an accomplished and experienced player, having attained her Bachelor’s degree with distinction in modern clarinet performance from the University of Calgary (CAN).

The past four years, she has been pursuing a second Bachelors on Historical Clarinet and Chalumeaux at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag, studying with Professor Eric Hoeperich.  This June she will graduate from the programme and in the fall of 2016, she will continue with her Masters.  Her research focus will be the ambivalent repertoire and development of the clarinet from the end of the Baroque to the early 1770’s. Adrianna is currently based in the city of Den Haag, The Netherlands.

Xiangji Zeng Hewitt

baroque violinist / violist, was born in Beijing. She finished her bachelor study of law at Beijing Institute of Technology, and then went to Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, where she studied musicology and violin, completing her master with research in Schubert and his contemporary sonata form.

Inspired by a recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, played by Dutch baroque violinist, Lucy van Dael, she moved to the Netherlands to study baroque violin with Lucy at Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag. In addition to solo repertoire, she plays in many early music ensembles, such as Barokensemble Eik en Linde and Concerto Valiante. She co-founded Estehaagse Ensemble, specialized in baroque and classical chamber music on historical instruments, and also works with Shanghai Camerata, the first early music ensemble in China.

She received 3rd Prize and Young Audience Award with ensemble IJ Space at the International Van Wassenaer Competition (Utrecht) in 2018. In the same year, the CD recording ‘Meli Li’, in which she participated with the first Chinese counter tenor, Meli Li, was released by Pacific Audio & Video Co. She played in many early music festivals, such as Utrecht Early Music Festival (2018, 2017) and Boston Early Music Festival (2016, with Ton Koopman, subsequently touring to New York, Den Haag, Leiden and Deventer). Collaborating with English violone player Margaret Urquhart, she played early baroque chamber music at the ‘Zhong Yin’ Double Bass Festival in Beijing (2016). She is also active as a teacher giving summer courses in Beijing.

Xiangji Zeng Hewitt

baroque violinist / violist, was born in Beijing. She finished her bachelor study of law at Beijing Institute of Technology, and then went to Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, where she studied musicology and violin, completing her master with research in Schubert and his contemporary sonata form.

Inspired by a recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, played by Dutch baroque violinist, Lucy van Dael, she moved to the Netherlands to study baroque violin with Lucy at Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag. In addition to solo repertoire, she plays in many early music ensembles, such as Barokensemble Eik en Linde and Concerto Valiante. She co-founded Estehaagse Ensemble, specialized in baroque and classical chamber music on historical instruments, and also works with Shanghai Camerata, the first early music ensemble in China.

She received 3rd Prize and Young Audience Award with ensemble IJ Space at the International Van Wassenaer Competition (Utrecht) in 2018. In the same year, the CD recording ‘Meli Li’, in which she participated with the first Chinese counter tenor, Meli Li, was released by Pacific Audio & Video Co. She played in many early music festivals, such as Utrecht Early Music Festival (2018, 2017) and Boston Early Music Festival (2016, with Ton Koopman, subsequently touring to New York, Den Haag, Leiden and Deventer). Collaborating with English violone player Margaret Urquhart, she played early baroque chamber music at the ‘Zhong Yin’ Double Bass Festival in Beijing (2016). She is also active as a teacher giving summer courses in Beijing.

Jenny Lierud

is a baroque cellist and cellist from Stockholm, Sweden. She has a broad spectrum of repertoire, from Swedish folk music to contemporary music, however Early Music has a special place in her heart. She has specialised mainly in baroque music and all it’s richness and variations, with everything from dancing melodies, dramatic and emotional Sarabandes to fiery Allegros, and it always gives her the space and inspiration to express herself musically in new ways.

Jenny enjoys playing as a soloist equally much as playing basso continuo lines, but above all she loves to play chamber music. The interaction with other musicians is one of her most important inspirations, and there are few things that can beat the feeling of joy that she finds together with her fellow musicians.

Jenny is, in addition to Boxwood & Bows, member of ensembles that plays music from different genres and musical eras; the Swedish baroque band Bastard Barock, the Belgium-Swedish quintet Laia Arkestra and the baroque cello -baroque double bass duo No Treble.

Jenny has a bachelor degree of modern cello from Norges Musikkhøgkole in Oslo. After she discovered the wonders of Early Music she studied baroque cello at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm and graduated in 2013. Then she continued to The Hague for studies in Early Music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium with Lucia Swarts, graduating in 2015. Jenny, currently lives in Stockholm and freelances throughout Europe, mostly in The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden. This has given her the opportunity to, in addition to concerts with her own ensembles, play in many different contexts and groups.