Janine Jansen, violin
Janine Jansen made her United States debut with Paavo Järvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in November 2005. Already a star in her native Holland, Ms. Jansen has quickly gained a reputation as an exciting and versatile artist. Her debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in 1997 resulted in invitations from many European orchestras. Her London debut in November 2002 with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy attracted immediate worldwide attention, and since then she has appeared with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and Sydney Symphony.

Janine Jansen holds an exclusive recording contract with the Decca Music Group, and earned acclaim for her first album with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth. Her second Decca disc featured Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Her next disc includes the Mendelssohn and Bruch Violin concertos with Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.

Janine Jansen was a BBC New Generation Artist and in July 2003 made her debut at the BBC Proms. In 2005 she was the star soloist of the First Night of the BBC Proms, performing the Mendelssohn Concerto with the BBC Symphony and Roger Norrington live for television on BBC One.

In the 2006-2007 season Janine Jansen makes debuts with Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Dallas and Detroit Symphony Orchestras. She will tour the U.S. with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as well as making her debut with the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel. In Europe, her engagements include tours with City of Birmingham Symphony and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras, and concerts withthe Philharmonia Orchestra, Rotterdam and Czech Philharmonics, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Frankfurt Radio and Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.

Janine Jansen is a devoted performer of chamber music. She established and curates the annual International Chamber Music Festival in Utrecht, and since 1998 she has been a member of Spectrum Concerts Berlin, an important chamber music series in the Berlin Philharmonie. Her chamber partners include Yuri Bashmet, Itamar Golan, Mischa Maisky, Julian Rachlin, Heinrich Schiff and Kathryn Stott.

Janine studied with Coosje Wijzenbeek, at the Conservatory of Utrecht with Philipp Hirshhorn, and following her graduation (cum laude) with Boris Belkin. In September 2003 she received the Dutch Music Prize from the Ministry of Culture—the highest distinction an artist can receive in The Netherlands—after a performance of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto with the Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Valery Gergiev. She received the Edison Classic Public Award in 2004 for her debut album on Decca, and again in 2005 for her Vivaldi recording.

The outstanding instrument being used by Janine Jansen is the violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1727, “Barrere,” which is on extended loan from the Elise Mathilde Fund through intermediation of The Stradivari Society® of Chicago.