Flautist Henrik Wiese was born in Vienna in 1971 and has grown up in Hamburg. After having taught himself to play the flute at the age of ten, he had lessons from Professor Ingrid Koch in Hamburg. Later he studied with Paul Meisen in Munich where, after five university semesters, he was given a contract as principal flautist at the Bavarian State Opera.
Henrik Wiese is prizewinner of the German Music Competition in 1995 and the international competitions in Kobe in Japan in 1997, Markneukirchen in 1998, Odense (Carl Nielsen) in Denmark in 1998 and Munich (ARD) in 2000.
As chamber musician, soloist and teacher he has travelled through the Far East (Japan, Taiwan and India) and Europe. He has recorded the Mozart flute quartets and Bach flute sonatas on CD. Please visit his website www.henrikwiese.com.
Email Henrik Wiese
zauberfloete@henrikwiese.de
last updated 17 June 2002