NIENKE VAN RIJN - VIOLIN
Nienke van Rijn (1974) studied the violin with Jaring Walta at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, achieving an honours degree as Performing Musician in 1998. She has had additional lessons with Herman Krebbers, Thomas Brandis, Jaap van Zweden and Raphael Hillyer (Juilliard String Quartet). She became a prizewinner of the Davina van Wely violin competition. Already at a young age she appeared as a soloist with many orchestras. Since September 2001 Nienke van Rijn has been employed on a permanent basis by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
( www.concertgebouworkest.nl) as first violin.
She performs regularly with her ''Trinitas String Trio'' (www.trinitastrio.nl) with concerts in France, Italy, and the Netherlands, and performs also at different international musicfestivals ( a.o. the Linari Classic Festival in Italy, www.linariclassic.com ).
Nienke van Rijn plays a violin made by Alessandro Gagliano, Napoli, from 1706.
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