Originally from the United States, Kristen Huebner now bases her musical life in the Netherlands and Europe. Kristen received her first Bachelors Degree in Music Performance from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis studying with Immanuel Davis. After hopping the pond to the Netherlands in 2009, she has since become an avid specialist on the baroque flute, holding both Bachelors and Masters Diplomas from the Utrecht Conservatory (BM) and The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (MM), where she studied with Wilbert Hazelzet and Kate Clark. Kristen currently tours Europe with Ton Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir and has collaborated alongside members of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Frans Brüggen. Performances for Radio France with L’Orchestre Français des Jeunes led to further collaboration with Johannes Pramsohler’s Ensemble Diderot , including performances at festivals such as Musikfest Erzgebirge, Goethe Institut Paris, and Bach Biennale Weimar. In addition Kristen appears on the ensemble’s 2016 CD recording of the Mondonville Trio Sonatas on Audax Records. Collaborations with several European historically-informed ensembles have included performances at Wigmore Hall, Bachfest Leipzig, Valletta International Baroque Festival, and the Utrecht Early Music Festival,
Kristen’s research on Empfindsamkeit in the chamber music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach has been adapted into an article for the online journal Music & Practice, published in 2015. Kristen joined the teaching team at the 2022 Zutphen Summer Academy, where she led the traverso masterclass. Kristen is currently exploring the repertoire for flute and clavichord with Greek clavichordist Alex Mastichiadis. Their debut recording is set to release in the fall of 2025. Alongside a busy performance schedule, Kristen also enjoys a bustling private teaching practice for both historical and modern flutes in Utrecht, NL.
