Janine jansen baby

1. A musical family

Janine Jansen comes from a musical family: her father is an organist and harpsichord player (as is one of her brothers), her mother is a singer, and another brother plays the cello in a Dutch radio orchestra. Her uncle is the renowned bass Peter Kooy.

2. Appearance in Scotland

She began to study the violin at the age of six after first considering the cello. She appeared as a soloist with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in 2001 when she performed the Brahms Violin Concerto.

3. Award winner

She received the Dutch Music Prize in 2003 and, in the UK, the distinguished Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award in 2009.

4. Crowd-pleaser

She has regularly received standing ovations from enthusiastic audiences, including a capacity crowd of 25,000 at a Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2006 concert

5. A magn

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Janine Jansen

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Since 2023
Principal Professor in the Kronberg Academy Study Programmes

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Violinist Janine Jansen, born in the Netherlands in 1978, has an extraordinary international reputation and works with the world’s most eminent orchestras and conductors. Regular musical partners include the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and Oslo Philharmonic under the baton of conductors as Sir Antonio Pappano. 

Being a passionate chamber musician, Janine is Artistic Director of the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, which she founded in 2003. In March 2024 the Concertgebouw Amsterdam will host the first “Janine Jansen Bach Festival” comprising of a number of orchestral, choral and chamber concerts programmed, inspired and performed by Janine and her musical partners. At London’s Wigmore Hall, she is Artist-in-Residence during the 2023/24 season.

Janine records exclusively for Decca Classics. Her latest recording “12 Stradivari” released in September 2021, is a unique exploration of 12 great Stradivarius violins and the repertoire these extraordinary instr

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Biography

“Among the world’s star soloists, she’s as keen a listener, as adept and intimate a chamber partner, as it gets.” New York Times

Violinist Janine Jansen works regularly with the world’s most eminent orchestras and conductors. Her longstanding orchestra relationships include the Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, NHK Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, New York Philharmonic Orchestra among others.

Janine records exclusively for Decca Classics. Her latest recording “12 Stradivari” released during 2021, is a unique exploration of 12 great Stradivarius violins and the repertoire these extraordinary instruments inspired. The chosen repertoire is specially curated by Janine Jansen to showcase the unique qualities of each violin.

Aside from her successful Vivaldi’s Four Seasons recording back in 2003, her discography includes performances of Bartok’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the London Symphony Orchestra and Brahms’ Violin Concerto