Hey! I’m Maxim, and the violin has been my greatest passion since I was five. I started taking music lessons in my hometown, Enschede. Before long, I began playing in youth orchestras there as well. Before I decided to pursue a career in music, I studied physics in Enschede. During my time as a student, I continued to play extensively in orchestras, such as the Netherlands Student Orchestra and the Britten Youth String Orchestra; I was part of a string quartet; and I took lessons from Sylvia van der Grinten. In 2023, I decided to begin my studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Arisa Fujita and Janet Krause. I’ve been learning a lot and having a great time there ever since!
With my string quartet, the Panorama Quartet—founded in 2024—I give many concerts throughout the Netherlands. Since 2025, we have been pursuing a minor in chamber music in The Hague and have been taking lessons from Eva Stegeman, Mikhail Zemtsov, and the Casals Quartet. We are also affiliated with the Dutch String Quartet Academy, where we have taken masterclasses from, among others, Quatuor Ebene, Marc Danel, and Gerhard Schulz.
Outside of my quartet, I’ve also learned a great deal from various masterclasses, such as those led by David Takeno, Daniel Rowland, Michel Strauss, Eszter Haffner, and Mi-kyung Lee. I attended these at venues including the Stift Musical Encounters and the Academie Musical Vernon.
Finally, during my studies, I’ve also been deeply engaged in my passion for orchestral playing, which I developed in Enschede. In 2025, I was fortunate enough to participate in a project with the Residentie Orkest through the “Side-by-Side” program. In addition, I played with the Netherlands Youth Orchestra in the summer of 2025 and returned as associate concertmaster in the winter of 2026.
Thanks to the bow I’m able to use from the Musical Instrument Fund, I’ve noticed that I’m making much greater strides in my musical expression across all styles and forms of music I perform—from a solo Bach sonata to a symphony. So I’m absolutely thrilled about that!
