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Rosanne Philippens

Violin

  • Rosanne Philippens is an extraordinary communicator, with an innate musicality and an infectiously joyful yet sincere approach to music-making. Her playing is refined, exuberant and profound, and was described by the Dutch daily paper De Telegraaf as “energetic, sensitive and flawless.” She performs widely across Europe with a particular focus on twentieth century concerti. A strong believer in breaking down barriers in classical music, she is the founder of ‘The Amsterdam Salon’, which presents high-quality concerts in Amsterdam in carefully sought-out and unusual locations in an intimate salon atmosphere.

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  • In 24/25 highlights include debuts with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in the Elbphilharmonie, the Halle Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and returns to BBC Scottish and Ulster Orchestras.  Play/direct programmes will include her debut in Canada with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and a return to Japan to appear with the Kobe City Chamber Orchestra. Highlights of Philippens’ recent seasons have included performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra at Suntory Hall., City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Norrkoping Symphony, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra at the Palau de la Música as part of the Mozart Festival 2021, in Stuttgart and Munich with the Munich Symphony Orchestra and on tour across Germany with the SWR Konstanz. She has play/directed programmes with the Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre d’Auvergne and the Orchestre National d’Ile de France on a national tour including a performance at the Paris Philharmonie.


     In her native Netherlands, Philippens has performed with the Rotterdam Philharmonic at De Doelen, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in the prestigious Zaterdag Matinee series and the Residentie Orkest both in The Hague and at the Concertgebouw Hall, Amsterdam. Conductors with whom she has worked include Nézet-Séguin, Foster, Tausk, de Vriend, Wigglesworth, Hermus, Brönnimann, Weilerstein, Collon, Equilbey and Edusei. During the darkest moments of the Covid pandemic, Philippens channelled her energies into the creation of a new ensemble, the Vondel Strings, with whom she worked intensely and which led to a performance at the Concertgebouw and a recording of Haydn and Stravinsky, which was very warmly critiqued by Gramophone magazine amongst others.


     In recital and chamber music, Philippens plays regularly with artists such as Kian Soltani, István Vardai, Vilde Frang, Julien Quentin, Vikingúr Olafsson, Amihai Grosz, Camille Thomas and Zoltán Fejérvári in halls and festivals across Europe. In 24, she made her recital debut in Tokyo in a performance  which was televised by NHK. Alongside Fejérvári, Philippens will make her Wigmore Hall debut in June 2025.


     Philippens records exclusively for Channel Classics and all her recordings have received glowing praise. The Strad described her Insight CD as being “both softly spoken and intensely powerful” and Philippens as a “dazzling performer”. Earlier albums include Dedications, featuring works by Kreisler, Fauré and Ysaye, and a recording of Prokofiev’s 2nd Concerto, described by BBC Magazine as “a triumph”.


     Taught from an early age by Anneke Schilt at the Amstelveen music school, she continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Hanns Eisler Academy in Berlin with Coosje Wijzenbeek, Vera Beths, Anner Bylsma and Ulf  Wallin, receiving the highest distinction from both institutes. Philippens won first prize at the Dutch National Violin Competition in 2009 and the Freiburg International Violin Competition in 2014.  Philippens plays on the 1727 Barrere Stradivarius, thanks to the generous support of the Elise Mathilde Foundation.


     

    2024/25 season / 557 words. Not to be altered without permission.

Performances

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Concerto repertoire

Bach
Concerto in E major BWV 1042
Concerto in A minor BWV 1041


Bartók
Violin Concerto No.1
Violin Concerto No.2


Beethoven
Violin Concerto


Berg
Violin Concerto


Brahms
Violin Concerto
Double Concerto


Britten
Violin Concerto


Bruch
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor


Chevalier de Saints-Georges
Violin Concerto Op.3 in D major
Violin Concerto Op.4 in D major


Glazunov
Violin Concerto 


Haydn
Violin Concerto No.1 in C major
Violin Concerto No.4 in G major


Korngold
Violin Concerto


Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor
Violin Concerto in D minor


Mozart
Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat
Violin Concerto No.2 in D major
Violin Concerto No.3 in G major
Violin Concerto No.4 in D major
Violin Concerto No.5 in A major

Piazzolla
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires


Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor


Saint-Saëns
Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor


Schumann
Violin Concerto


Sibelius
Violin Concerto


Stravinsky
Violin Concerto


Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No.1


Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto


Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending


Vivaldi
The Four Seasons 
La Tempesta del Mare
La Pastorella
La Notte


 

Conductors

Nuno Coelho
Nicholas Collon
Martijn Dendievel
Kevin John Edusei
Laurence Equilby
Robert Farkas
Lawrence Foster
Sascha Goetzel
Antony Hermus
Leo Hussain
Pavel Kogan
Claire Levacher
Ville Matvejeff
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Teresa Riviero-Bohm
Jiři Rožeň
Chloe van Soeterstede
Marcus Stenz
John Storgards
Otto Tausk
Jac van Steen
Duncan Ward
Joshua Weilerstein
Mark Wigglesworth
Jan Willem de Vriend
Ariel Zuckermann


Upcoming:
Alexandre Bloch
Baldur Brönnimann
Anna Sułkowska-Migoń

Livestreams & Broadcasts

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra | October 2021


Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1


Click to watch on orchestra's website (Bartok starts at min 25)


 


Rosanne Philippens & Vondel Strings | April 2021


Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1


Click to watch on YouTube


 


Rosanne Philippens & Vondel Strings | April 2021


Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4


Click to watch on YouTube


 


Rosanne Philippens & Vondel Strings | April 2021


Stravinsky: Le baiser de la fée


Click to watch on YouTube

"Energetic, sensitive and flawless playing — a dream violinist."

De Telegraaf

"Philippens is at her most elegant in [Haydn’s Violin Concerto] No 1 in C with its echoes of Vivaldi, spinning out the long, unwinding melody of the central Adagio with quiet rapture, and bringing plenty of wit and buoyancy to the finale."

Gramophone

"Once again Rosanne Philippens has made a jewel of a CD...She makes the melody personal, with smalls slips between the tones and sound intensity that will not let you go."

De Volkskrant

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Leyla Güneş
Deputy Head of Artist Management
+44 20 7608 9927
lgunes@intermusica.com

David O'Leary
Assistant Artist Manager
+44 (0) 7752 396 842
doleary@intermusica.com

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Chansonnier

HK Gruber

Counter-tenor

Tim Mead

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles

Saxophone

Jess Gillam

Contralto

Avery Amereau