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“…..Simone Lamsma’s playing was a revelation…..” (Michael Green, Artsmart, Durban, 10 February 2006)
Announced by leading Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad as “the most striking violinist of the youngest generation”, and praised by conductor Jaap van Zweden, Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma (1985) is establishing herself rapidly as a much sought after soloist and recitalist worldwide. Ms Lamsma made her highly acclaimed solo debut at the age of fourteen performing Paganini Concerto no.1 with the Northern Dutch Orchestra under Takuo Yuasa, and has since then performed as a soloist as well as recitalist in many major venues around the world.
As a soloist Ms Lamsma has worked with renowned conductors such as Sir Andrew Davis, Owain Arwel Hughes, James Judd, Eri Klas, James Loughran, Sir Neville Marriner, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Arild Remmereit, Carlos Riazuelo, Jac van Steen, Michel Tabachnik, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Allin Vlasenko, Takuo Yuasa and Jaap van Zweden, appearing with many orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Radio Symfonie Orkest, Residentie Orkest, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Brabants Orkest, Gelders Orkest, Qingdao Philharmonic Orchestra, Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas, National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia and National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
Enormously successful in the world’s international violin competitions, Ms Lamsma won the Silver Medal in the prestigious International Violin Competition of Indianapolis 2006, 1st Prize in the China International Violin Competition 2005 and 1st Prize in the Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition 2004. About Ms Lamsma’s performance of the Britten Concerto, during the Britten Competition’s Gala Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis, the London Times reviewed: “…the young Dutch player (born 1985) displayed a genuinely winning combination of musicality and technical command.”
Among many other awards, scholarships and laureate prizes, Ms Lamsma also won the 1st Prize in the Dutch National Violin Competition 2003 ( ‘Oskar Back’).
In October 2007 she was nominated for a Dutch VSCD Classical Music Prize in the category ‘New Generation Musicians’.
In July 2006 Ms Lamsma’s debut recital disc for the Naxos label, featuring works by Edward Elgar, was released to great critical acclaim, receiving brilliant reviews in among others the Strad Magazine (“…She [Simone Lamsma] has a seriously fine technique and impeccable intonation, and puts these to use with mature musical intelligence…”) and the Telegraph UK (“…With her Japanese pianist [Yurie Miura], she [Simone Lamsma] brings rich tone and immense quality to Elgar’s sonata…”). The CD was “Classic FM’s Best Buy” in September 2006 and was featured as “Instrumental and Chamber Disc of the Month” in Classic FM Magazine.
Ms Lamsma’s second disc for Naxos, a concerto recording of violin concertos by Louis Spohr with the Sinfonia Finlandia under Patrick Gallois, is scheduled to be released at the beginning of 2009.
Ms Lamsma began playing the violin at the age of five, and moved to the UK aged 11 to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Professor Hu Kun. She continued to study with him at the Royal Academy of Music in London until 2003 and from 2004 was a student of Professor Maurice Hasson. As the youngest student ever to enter the Royal Academy of Music’s Bachelor of Music programme, Ms Lamsma graduated form the Royal Academy aged 19 with first class honours, and awarded with the prestigious ‘HRH Princess Alice’s Prize’ for exemplary studentship, the ‘Louise Child Prize’ for the highest achievement of the Bmus Graduands and the ‘Roth Prize’ for the best violin exam result.
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“…..Van het begin af aan wist Lamsma zeker dat ze later violiste wilde worden, en van die absolute overtuigingskracht getuigt iedere noot van haar intelligente, klassiek uitgebalanceerde, pure en serene maar ook opmerkelijk fantasierijke vioolspel…..”
(Wenneke Savenije, NRC Handelsblad, 22 april 2003)
“…..Woorden schieten te kort…..”
(Jurycommentaar, De Telegraaf, 22 april 2003)
“…..Simone Lamsma speelde volgens kenners met een combinatie van hartroerende natuurlijkheid, poëtische bevlogenheid, en technische beheersing…..”
(Leeuwarder Courant en Aad van der Ven, Haagsche Courant, 22 april 2003)
Aangekondigd door Mischa Spel in NRC Handelsblad als “de opvallendste violiste van de jongste lichting” en geroemd door dirigent Jaap van Zweden, is de Nederlandse violiste Simone Lamsma (1985) hard op weg zichzelf te vestigen als een veel gevraagd solist en kamermusicus. Simone Lamsma maakte haar zeer goed ontvangen solo debuut op 14-jarige leeftijd met het Noord Nederlands Orkest onder Takuo Yuasa met het 1e vioolconcert van Paganini. Sindsdien trad zij wereldwijd op in vele belangrijke concertzalen.
Als solist werkte zij met vermaarde dirigenten, onder wie Sir Andrew Davis, Owain Arwel Hughes, James Judd, Eri Klas, James Loughran, Sir Neville Marriner, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Arild Remmereit, Carlos Riazuelo, Jac van Steen, Michel Tabachnik, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Allin Vlasenko, Takuo Yuasa en Jaap van Zweden. Zij trad op met vele orkesten, waaronder het Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Radio Symfonie Orkest, Residentie Orkest, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Brabants Orkest, Gelders Orkest, London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Qingdao Philharmonic Orchestra, Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas, National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia en National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
Enorm succesvol in ’s werelds internationale vioolconcoursen, won Simone Lamsma onder meer de zilveren medaille in de prestigieuze International Violin Competition of Indianapolis 2006, de 1e prijs in de China International Violin Competition 2005 en de 1e prijs in de Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition 2004. Over haar uitvoering van het Britten Concert tijdens het Gala Concert van het Britten Concours met het London Symphony Orchestra onder Sir Andrew Davis, schreef de London Times: “...the Young Dutch player (born 1985) displayed a genuinely winning combination of musicality and technical command…”.
Onder haar vele andere bekroningen, studiebeurzen en laureatenprijzen bevindt zich de 1e prijs Nederlands Nationaal Vioolconcours 2003 (‘Oskar Back’).
In oktober 2007 werd Simone Lamsma genomineerd voor een Nederlandse VSCD klassieke muziekprijs 2007 in de categorie ‘Nieuwe Generatie Musici’.
In juli 2006 verscheen Simone Lamsma’s debuut recital CD bij het Naxos label met werken van Edward Elgar. De CD is met groot enthousiasme ontvangen en kreeg prachtige recensies in onder andere Strad Magazine (“…She [Simone Lamsma] has a seriously fine technique and impeccable intonation, and puts these to use with mature musical intelligence…”) en de Telegraph UK (“…With her Japanese pianist [Yurie Miura], she [Simone Lamsma] brings rich tone and immense quality to Elgar’s sonata…”). De CD was “Classic FM’s Best Buy” in September 2006 en “Intrumental and Chamber Disc of the Month” in Classic FM Magazine. Simone Lamsma’s tweede CD voor Naxos met opnamen van vioolconcerten van Louis Spohr, in samenwerking met Sinfonia Finlandia onder Patrick Galllois, zal begin 2009 verschijnen.
Simone Lamsma begon met viool spelen op 5-jarige leeftijd, en verhuisde naar Engeland toen zij 11 jaar was om aan de Yehudi Menuhin School verder te studeren bij viooldocent Hu Kun. Zij vervolgde haar studie bij hem aan de Royal Academy of Music in Londen tot en met 2003, en vanaf 2004 bij viooldocent Maurice Hasson. Zijnde de jongste student ooit die het Bachelor of Music programma volgde, studeerde zij op 19-jarige leeftijd cum laude af, en werd beloond met de prestigieuze ‘HRH Princess Alice’s Prize’ voor ‘exemplary studentship’, de ‘Louise Child Prize’ voor de ‘highest achievements of the Bmus Graduands’ en de ‘Roth Prize’ voor ‘the best violin exam result’.
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