NEEME PUNDER

FLAUTIST

Classical, Baroque, Renaissance and ethnic flutes, recorders... Born in the Flutish Kingdom!

Biography

Neeme Punder (b 1958 in Estonia) studied classical flute at the Estonian Academy of Music in Tallinn, and for a long time is a leading soloist in the early music consort “Hortus Musicus”, playing recorders, bamboo flutes and other ancient and ethnic woodwinds. He has also studied Baroque flute in the Netherlands and Germany. Neeme Punder has worked as the artistic director of Viljandi Early Music Festival, the teacher at Estonian Academy of Music and Viljandi Academy of Culture, also as a concert producer of the National Concert Institute of Estonia.

Main repertoire

J van Eyck. The Flutish Kingdom
G Ph Telemann. Tafelmusik
G Ph Telemann. Parisian quartets
W A Mozart. Flute quartets
W A Mozart. Flute concerto No 2 in D major, KV 314
G Grigorieva. “Quasi niente”
P Vähi. Flute concerto “Chant Of The Celestial Lake”
P Vähi. “A Chant Of Bamboo”
 

Discography

TELEMANN. QUARTETS
Together with “Hortus Musicus”
2003 APEX / Warner Classics 2564 60636-2

Download: G Ph Telemann, Concerto No 3 in A major, fragm, 151 sec, mp3, 2347 KB

THE FLUTISH KINGDOM
Music by Jacob van Eyck
Together with Peeter Vähi and “Arsis”
1996 Erdenklang 60932
Download: #4, Laura, fragm, 86 sec, mp3, 839 KB

AVE...
Music by anonymous authors, Guillaume de Machaut, etc
Together with “Hortus Musicus”
2005 ERP 805
Download: Belicha, fragm, 103 sec, mp3, 1228 KB

MAYPOLE
Music by Orlado di Lasso, Pierre Attaingnant, Moritz Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel, etc
Together with “Hortus Musicus”
Erdenklang 70982
Download: The Maypole, fragm, 113 sec, mp3, 1756 KB

VUESTROS AMORES, HE SEÑORA
Music by Juan del Ensina
Tohether with “Hortus Musicus”
Erdenklang 50792

PEETER VÄHI. A CHANT OF BAMBOO
Together with: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra conducted by Risto Joost
Live in Estonia Concert Hall, March 16th, 2006
2006 ERP 1006
Download: A Chant Of Bamboo, fragm, live rec, 179 sec, mp3, 3486 KB

TO HIS HIGHNESS SALVADOR D
Together with “Hortus Musicus”
1997 Antes Edition Classics BM CD 31.9086

2000 YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
Together with Kaia Urb, “Hortus Musicus”, “The Bad Orchestra”
1995 Forte FD 0016/2

2000 YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
Together with: Kaia Urb, “Hortus Musicus”, “The Bad Orchestra”
1995 Antes Edition Classics BM-CD 31.9059

TAMULA FIRE COLLAGE
Works: The Flutish Kingdom, 2000 Years After The Birth Of Christ
Co-production with other Estonian musicians
1999 Salumuusik CD-1054

MYSTICA MYSTERIA IV
Work: Pavaen Lachrimae (based on a tune by Jacob van Eyck)
2003 EFA 61696 2

DIE KLASSIKER. MYSTICA MYSTERIA
Work: Pavaen Lachrimae (based on a tune by Jacob van Eyck)
2005 Zoomica SPV DCD 089-81982

MIROQUE Vol IV
Work: Laura (based on a tune by J van Eyck)
1999 Euromedia CD 92750-22

RENE EESPERE
Together with “Hortus Musicus”
2000 Antes BM 31.9129

BALTIC VOICES 3
Together with Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Paul Hillier
2005 Harmonia Mundi 807391

Press resonance

...mõned lood jäävad ehk teistest rohkem meelde. Nende seas anonüümse XIV sajandi autori väga lüüriline “Ave donna”, mida sopran Helle Mustonen ja Neeme Punder flöödil esitavad kaunikõlaliste legato’dega, nende muusikaline dialoog mõjub ühtaegu nii nukrameelselt tundeliselt kui elutargalt järelemõtlikult. (Igor Garšnek, Sirp, 02.12.05, artikkel tervikuna)
Huvitavaid elamusi pakkus “Chant Of The Celestial Lake” (2000) flöödile ja kammerorkestrile, kus solistil on võimalik näidata suurt osa oma ametialastest oskustest. Mällu sööbisid Neeme Punderi “ehmatavad” repliigid, kus flötist lisaks kopsudest väljuvale õhule laskis käiku ka oma häälepaelad. (Vahur Luhtsalu, Sirp, 24.03.06, artikkel tervikuna)
 

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