Janine Jansen (Violin soloist)
Violinist Janine Jansen works regularly with the world’s most eminent
orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker
and the New York Philharmonic, amongst others. Her conductor collaborations
include such distinguished names as Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel,
Gustavo Dudamel, Mariss Jansons, Sir Antonio Pappano and Bernard Haitink.
The 2013–2014 season sees Janine embark on a number of international
tours, beginning with a performance of Britten’s Violin Concerto at the BBC
Proms with Orchestre de Paris and Paavo Järvi. She is also the soloist on tour
with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen in Europe, and with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra and Lorin Maazel in Japan. In celebration of the
release of her new J. S. Bach album, Janine and Friends embark on two extensive
European tours this season, with concerts in Berlin, Munich, Vienna, London,
Amsterdam and Paris.
Following acclaimed performances in past seasons,
Janine makes returns to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony
Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia
and Cleveland orchestras, as well as the Royal Stockholm, Oslo and Rotterdam
Philharmonic orchestras. She will also perform with the Chamber Orchestra of
Europe and Bernard Haitink.
A devoted chamber musician, Janine performs
on two duo recital tours with pianist Itamar Golan in Spain and Italy, and is
joined by cellist Torleif Thedéen for a number of trio recitals during the
2013–2014 season. Janine established and curates the annual International
Chamber Music Festival, Utrecht, Holland, and since 1998 has performed each
season at Spectrum Concerts Berlin – a chamber music series at the Berlin
Philharmonie.
Particularly renowned for her success in the digital music
charts, Janine records exclusively for Decca (Universal Music). Future releases
include an album of concerti and sonatas by J. S. Bach. Past recordings include
Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and
Vladimir Jurowski, the Beethoven and Britten Concertos with Paavo Järvi,
Mendelssohn and Bruch with Riccardo Chailly, and Tchaikovsky with Daniel
Harding. Janine has also recently released a chamber project disc, including
Schubert’s String Quintet and Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, in celebration of
the 10 year Jubileum of her Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht.
Janine has won numerous awards, including four Edison Klassiek Awards,
three Echo Klassik awards, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the NDR
Musikpreis for outstanding artistic achievement and most recently the
Concertgebouw Prize. She has been given the VSCD Klassieke Muziekprijs for
individual achievement and the RPS Instrumentalist Award for performances in the
UK. Janine studied with Coosje Wijzenbeek, Philipp Hirshhorn and Boris Belkin.
The outstanding instrument played by Janine Jansen is the “Barrere” by
Antonio Stradivari (1727) on extended loan from the Elise Mathilde Foundation.
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