A native of Germany, Sibylle Marquardt moved to Canada in 1997. Since 2018 she makes her home in Halifax where she teaches flute and is the former Dean of Music at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts. An active chamber and orchestral player in Canada and Europe, she has also garnered much success as teacher: many of her students were accepted into various music programs such as the University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Ottawa, University of Western Ontario and Mount Allison University.

 
From 1998 – 2018 she was a Certified Teacher on the Faculty of the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto, got her certifications as Suzuki teacher, joined the College of Examiners and has been a sought after adjudicator at music festivals in Ontario.

 
Her orchestral career began at the early age of 23, when she was regularly hired as 2nd flute/ piccolo with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Munich under Sir Colin Davis, touring to Italy and Japan. She went on to join the orchestral program of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and held a solo flute/solo piccolo position at the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Donald Runnicles. She was a substitute player with numerous orchestras in Germany, Switzerland and Canada.

As chamber musician, Sibylle founded Trio D’Argento and the Argento Collective, performing all across Canada. She has recorded the CD “Piano Centric” with members of the Canadian Brass and “From the New Village” with guitarist Wilma van Berkel.

Sibylle’s flute education is based on the French School and Marcel Moyse. Her main teachers include Hermann Klemeyer and Jean-Claude Gérard, as well as Trevor Wye, Geoffrey Gilbert, Wolfgang Schulz, Philippe Boucly, Eric Kirchhoff, Andràs Adorjàn and Aurèle Nicolet.

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