Antoine Van Dongen

Field of Study: Violin

Education: Graduate of the Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam.
Studied with Davina van Wely, Herman Krebbers, and Sandor Vegh

Prizes: Second prize at the National Violin Competition Oskar Back and the prize of the City Amsterdam.

Biographical Information: First violinist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra between 1989 and 2004 and a member of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra “Per Musica” and the Dutch Bach Soloists. Has played with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and was concertmaster of the Dutch Baroque Ensemble. Worked closely with Leonard Bernstein, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ricardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink, and Mariss Jansons. Member of the Feininger Piano Trio and the Boccherini String Trio.

Affiliations: Faculty member at Wellesley College, New England Conservatory, and MIT.


Photo Credit: Susan Wilson

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