Cristobal and Böhlen teach in Basel
Carles Cristobal will take over the class for historical bassoon at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis from September 2021 as Donna Agrell's successor, and Andreas Böhlen will take over a class for recorder as Han Tol's successor.
Andreas Böhlen is a recorder player with a broad spectrum. His fields of activity include early music as well as contemporary music and jazz. His specialty is improvisation in various historical styles of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. He leads his own early music formations, Theatrum Affectuum and Satyr's Band. He is also a member of various chamber music formations throughout Europe and collaborates with renowned orchestras. He is also active as a jazz saxophonist.
Carles Cristobal (born 1976) comes from near Barcelona and began his bassoon studies with Joseph Borras at the Conservatori Professional de Musica de Badalona. In 2004, he completed a diploma in early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Claude Wassmer and Donna Agrell.
Since then he has worked as a freelance bassoonist and has collaborated intensively with various ensembles such as the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Hesperion XXI and Le Concert de Nations, the Basel Chamber Orchestra and La Cetra Barockorchester.
