Tijmen Huisingh, violin, studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Lex Korff de Gidts, Jan Repko, and Ilya Grubert, and in October 2004 was accepted into the Scuola di Musica in Fiesole’s “International Competition Preparation Course” as a student of Pavel Vernikov. He completed this prestigious three-year program in 2007. He took master classes, both as a soloist and in chamber music, with Viktor Liberman, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Donald Weilerstein, Stefan Metz, Valentin Berlinsky, Norbert Brainin, and Sigmund Nissel (Amadeus Quartet), the Párkányi Quartet, and the Brodsky Quartet.
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Since the first day of 2017, he has been a member of the Royal Northern Sinfonia, a chamber orchestra in northern England, and on the last day of 2017, he was appointed first violinist of the renowned Edinburgh Quartet.
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He regularly substitutes with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, and Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and as assistant concertmaster of the European Union Chamber Orchestra, he performs concerts all over the world. Last season, he also performed as a soloist with this orchestra. He is also a guest concertmaster with various orchestras in the Netherlands, Italy, and the Absolute Ensemble, conducted by Kristjan Järvi.
Tijmen has won prizes at national and international competitions, including the Iordens Violin Days and the Princess Christina Competition. With his duo partner, the Italian pianist Alessandro Barneschi, he was a prize winner at the 2007 “Premio Rovere d’Oro” International Chamber Music Competition in Italy.
He is a violinist and co-founder of the Amsterdam Chamber Soloists (www.amsterdamchambersoloists.com), a chamber music ensemble that performs exciting programs in various configurations. They won the competition for the “Het Debuut” series and consequently performed in all the major concert halls in the Netherlands. They also perform regularly on Radio 4 and at festivals both in the Netherlands and abroad. Their first CD will be released next year. In addition, he forms a string trio with Dana Zemtsov and Pieter Wispelwey and can be heard (including in Astor Piazzolla’s *The Four Seasons*) on Carel Kraayenhof’s latest CD, *Fuerza*.
As a much-sought-after chamber musician, Tijmen performs regularly at various festivals, such as the International Chamber Music Festivals of Utrecht and The Hague, the Festival Classique, Amerfortissimo, and the Romantic Music Week in Ouderkerk.
Tijmen is the proud owner of a magnificent violin built by Santo Serafin (Venice, 1750) and a bow by Caressa & Francais. Both are provided to him by the Musical Instrument Fund.
