2018 CMF Residency
XXIV Fantasie per il Flauto CD supported by CMF
British national
UK resident
Tabea Debus, whose playing has been described as an “absolute delight, with a beautiful sense of musical line and phrasing, wearing her obvious virtuosity light”, is currently represented by YCAT.
With an equal focus on contemporary and baroque music, Tabea Debus’ burgeoning career has taken her across Europe, to Colombia, Asia and the USA. Highlights include recitals at the Wigmore Hall, at the London and York Early Music Festivals, Baroque at the Edge, Edinburgh International, Schleswig Holstein, and Brecon Baroque Festivals, among many others.
Tabea has collaborated with leading musicians and ensembles including Rachel Podger, Laurence Cummings, The English Concert, Dunedin Consort, La Serenissima, LSO Soundhub, English Chamber Orchestra, and WDR Rundfunkchor, and has appeared live on the BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and Early Music Show.
In 2019 she released her fourth CD Favourites, a follow-up to the highly acclaimed XXIV Fantasie per il Flauto. Born in Würzburg, Germany, Tabea studied at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Music graduating with the Principal’s Prize, and continued her association with the Academy as 2016-17 Meaker Fellow. Awards include 1st Prize in the 2014 Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and 2011 Hülsta Woodwinds International Competitions, and SJSS, Handel House and CMF Young Artists Schemes.
She has been represented by YCAT since 2018.
Tabea teaches recorder at Wells Cathedral School and leads workshops at the Royal Academy of Music and Cambridge University.
