Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

ist Frederieke Saeijs (born in

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, Netherlands, on 25 January 1979) is the winner of the First Grand Prize as well as four special Prizes of the 2005 International Violin Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud in Paris, France. As a result, Frederieke Saeijs performed as a soloist with the

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Symphony,

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Philharmonic,

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Symphony,

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, Orchestre National de

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and the

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. She collaborated with conductors Jonathan Darlington, Antony Hermus,

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, Friedemann Layer, Ion Marin,

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, Etienne Siebens, Vassily Sinaisky and

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. She was invited to play concerts in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Romania, Japan, Russia, Scotland, Taiwan, Netherlands and the USA. Frederieke Saeijs was

Artist in Residence Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...

in th
Dr.Anton Philipszaal/Nieuwe Kerk
in The Hague, The Netherlands from 2006-2009. In the year 2009 she played the same role during th
Dutch music summer
and at th

in Parry Sound, Canada. Frederieke Saeijs is playing on a

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(

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, 1725), Ex-Reine Elisabeth, kindly lent to her by the Dutch National Music Instrument Foundation. Since 2009 Ms Saeijs is a violin professor at th
Royal Conservatory
in The Hague, The Netherlands. She is also a violin professor at the

Alfonso X El Sabio University Alfonso X el Sabio University (''Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio'' in Spanish language, ''UAX'') is a private university in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The number of enrolled students amounts to 8,500 The UAX offers its students the option of ...

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in Madrid, Spain. In December 2009 record labe
Naxos
released
cd
with sonatas for violin and piano by Maurice Ravel, Ravel, Respighi and Granados, performed b
Saeijs
and pianis
Maurice Lammerts van Bueren

References

International Violin Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques ThibaudDutch National Music Instrument FoundationRoyal Conservatory The HagueRecord label NaxosDr. Anton PhilipszaalDutch Music SummerFestival of the Sound

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saeijs, Frederieke 1979 births Living people Dutch classical violinists Musicians from The Hague Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners 21st-century classical violinists Women classical violinists Academic staff of Alfonso X El Sabio University