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BIOGRAPHY
A violinist of the highest caliber. Isabelle Van Keulen has an established reputation on the worlds' concert platforms. Her engaging personality and extraordinary musical vitality have made her one of the most sought after and charismatic musicians of her generation. She appeared with all the world’s leading orchestras and their conductors. Born in Holland, Isabelle Van Keulen first studied at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam and then with Sandor Vegh at the Salzburg Mozarteum.
She is firmly committed to contemporary music and works by many living composers are integral to her repertoire. Erkki-Sven Tüür has written a violin concerto for her, as well as a double concerto for violin and clarinet. Other contemporary composers whose works she has championed include Henri Dutilleux, Oliver Knussen, Allan Pettersson and Alfred Schnittke.
In coming seasons she also will revisit more traditional repertoire such as the Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms concerti and increasingly will perform in a play/direct capacity, notably with Amsterdam Sinfonietta and with Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Furthermore, van Keulen will be recording the Berg Violin Concerto, of which she is widely acknowledged to be a leading interpreter, with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Mario Venzago.
Chamber music is central to Isabelle van Keulen's music making; she was Founder and Director of the Delft International Music Festival in Holland between 1996-2006, collaborating with such distinguished Friends and colleagues as Leif Ove Andsnes, Håkan Hardenberger, Gidon Kremer, Heinrich Schiff and Thomas Adès. She has just been announced as the new violinist in the Leopold String Trio.

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