Florianne Remme was born in Zutphen and began studying the cello at the age of eight. She studied with Jiri Prchal, Corine ‘t Hoen and Lucia Swarts at the conservatoires of Groningen and The Hague. She is currently studying at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with Jeroen Reuling.
Florianne has won prizes at various competitions and festivals, including the Princess Christina Competition, the Verão Clássico Festival in Lisbon and the Amsterdam Cello Biennale.
She has taken masterclasses with Gary Hoffman, Frans Helmerson, Steven Isserlis and others.
Florianne regularly gives recitals, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, and has performed on several occasions for Dutch radio and television. She is particularly interested in chamber music, and is a member of the Audax Piano Trio, the Cortenbach Clarinet Trio and the Cello Biennale Quartet. During the 2023-2024 season, Florianne was an ‘acasémiste’ with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.
Since 2019, Florianne has been playing on a cello by Thomas Bertrand (Brussels), made available to her by Strings For Talent, a fund under the aegis of the King Baudouin Foundation. Her bow by J.J. Martin (Paris) is on loan from the Fonds National des Instruments de Musique.
The cello, made by Thomas Bertrand in 2018, was inspired by Antonio Stradivari’s cello «Castelbarco» (1697).
Thomas Bertrand creates violins, violas, and cellos of the highest quality, in the tradition of the 17th and 18th century Italian masters of Cremona and Venice.
He is also a master of sound optimisation.
He is a member of several violin makers’ associations, including ALADFI (France), KLANGGESTALTEN (Germany) and the VSA (United States).
His workshop is located in Brussels.
More on his site: https://www.bertrand-luthier.eu