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