Harriet Krijgh (born 1991) is a Dutch

cellist The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 ...

Life

She received her first cello lessons at the age of five. In 2000, she was accepted into the young talent class at the

Utrechts Conservatorium The Utrechts Conservatorium is a Conservatory of Music in Utrecht, Netherlands and part of the '' Utrecht School of the Arts'' (HKU). The conservatory opened in 1875 and is one of the eldest professional musical education institutes of the Netherl ...

, where she was taught by Lenian Benjamins. In 2004, Harriet moved to Vienna to study cello with Lilia Schulz-Bayrova and Jontscho Bayrov at the

Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna The Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna ( (MUK)) in Vienna, Austria, is a university of music and the arts. It was previously (2005−2015) named (KONSuni, Konservatorium Wien University), and before that (Conservatory of Vienna). ...

. Since September 2013, Harriet has been studying as a "Young Soloist" at the

Kronberg Academy The Kronberg Academy is an academy of chamber music based in Kronberg, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1993 by Raimund Trenkler, who has served since then as its chairman and artistic director. The academy's initial focus was on the cello and ...

with

Frans Helmerson Frans Helmerson (born 1945) is a Swedish cellist, pedagogue, and conductor. Biography Helmerson was born in 1945 and by the age of 8 began playing cello. Later on, he studied with Guido Vecchi in Götheborg, Giuseppe Selmi in Rome, and with Willia ...

, a study made possible by the Casals Scholarship. She continues her artistic training with Schulz-Bayrova in Vienna in parallel. In 2019, she took over the cello part in the

Artemis Quartet The Artemis Quartet is a German string quartet, founded in 1989 in Lübeck, and now based in Berlin. The quartet is named for the Greek goddess of hunting and the wilderness. History The first members of the Artemis Quartet, Wilken Ranck, Is ...

from founding member . In addition to regular concerts and solo recitals in Vienna, Krijgh often plays in chamber music festivals, such as the Haydn Festival Eisenstadt, Diabelli Summer, St.Gallen, Trigonale and Hagen Open. In the Netherlands, she has given recitals in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, "de Doelen" Rotterdam and Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht. In 2011, Krijgh made a concert tour of Asia. She played a number of recitals in Korea and the Triple Concert and the Roccoco Variations in Vietnam. In 2012, Krijgh made her debut in the Konzerthaus Wien with the Haydn C and D concertos.

Prizes

In 2008, she won the first prize of the Princess Christina Concours. She also won first prizes at the national final of the Prima la Musica Competition in Austria and at the Fidelio Competition in Vienna, as well as the "Nicole Janigro Prize" at the international "Antonio Janigro Cello Competition" in Croatia. A success was the 1st prize and the audience award at the Cello Biennale Amsterdam in November 2012.

Recordings (selection)

The following recordings have been released on the CD label ''Capriccio'': * Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1 (2018), plus other concertante works by Weinberg and Kabalevsky with other soloists. * Rachmaninov (2015, Magda Amara/piano). * Elegy (2014, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, Gustavo Gimeno). * The French Album (2012) with works for cello and piano by Debussy, Franck, Offenbach, Fauré * Haydn: The Cello Concertos (2012, Vienna Chamber Philharmonic) * Brahms: The Cello Sonatas (2013, Magda Amara/piano) In 2018, Krijgh signed an exclusive contract with

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/ref> * Vivaldi (2019, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson)

Instrument

Krijgh plays on a

violoncello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D ...

Giovanni Paolo Maggini Giovanni Paolo Maggini (c. 1580 - c. 1630), was a luthier born in Botticino (Brescia), Italy. Maggini was a pupil of the most important violin maker of the Brescian school, Gasparo da Salò. Maggini's early instruments are now considered very de ...

from 1620, which was made available to her by a private collector.

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