Annette Kruisbrink
Conventional
Dutch guitarist and composer Annette Kruisbrink has composed over 400 works, primarily for solo guitar and guitar with other instruments. Her compositions have been published by Les Productions d’OZ, Canada and Digital Music Print, Belgium and various European publishers. She has received numerous awards at prestigious composition competitions.
Kruisbrink holds guitar and composition seminars throughout the world and is often a jury member at international guitar and composition competitions. She wrote a large number of didactic works and methodologies for guitar. She has been performing as a soloist and has been playing in numerous ensembles: The Anido Guitar Duo, Guitar Trio Trobairitz, The Naildance Guitar Quartet, Duo Kruisbrink & Van Essen, chamber music ensemble Muzinder.
From 2000-2010 she taught contemporary music and ethno music at the Conservatory of Music in Zwolle. So far, 19 CD's and 3 DVD's which exclusively include Kruisbrink’s works have been recorded. Annette runs her own Studio The Gang.