The Belgian flautist and recorder player, Stefanie [Stéphanie] Troffaes, attended flute lessons with Patrick Beuckels and recorder lessons with Tomma Wessel. She continued her studies at the Brussels Royal Conservatory with Marc Hantaï, Barthold Kuijken and Frank Theuns for the flute and with Bart Coen for the recorder. Besides her Master’s degree which she concluded with magnum cum laude, she also received the prestigious Köberle Prize there. She has followed master-classes with Daniël Brüggen, Karl Keiser and Wilbert Hazelzet. In 2002, she was finalist at the International Soloist Competition Musica Antiqua Brugge, and in 2015, she was nominated for the Klara Audience Prize Jonge Belofte 2014 for her promising career.
Stefanie Troffaes has performed freelance with numerous internationally renowned ensembles, including Les Talens Lyriques (Director: Christophe Rousset), B'Rock, Le Concert d'Astrée (Director: Emmanuelle Haïm), Collegium Vocale Gent (Director: Philippe Herreweghe), Les Muffatti Brüssel (Director: Peter Van Heyghen), Insula Orchestra, Bach Concentus, Gli Angeli Genève (Director: Stephan MacLeod).
Stefanie Troffaes has assisted in recordings for the labels Alpha, Musica Ficta, Naïve, Archiv Productions, Aparté, Challenge, Opus Arte, Palazzetto Bru Zane and Virgin. She currently lives in Brussels, Belgium. |