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Janine Jansen (Utrecht, 1978) is a Dutch solo violinist.

She took up the violin at the age of 6. She appeared as the soloist with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in 2001, where she performed the Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, opus 77. She opened the BBC Proms in 2005.

Janine studied with Coosje Wijzenbeek, Philipp Hirshhorn, and Boris Belkin. She is very adventurous with her performance, with emphasis on communication more than on precision or adherence to status quo. Her tone is of extremely fine quality. Her recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is a good example of her style. She eschews tradition in two ways: recording with only 5 solo strings rather than an orchestra, including her brother as cellist and father playing continuo, and…

Her performance of the Tschaikovsky Concerto with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting is considered by some to be one of the greatest performances in her generation.

As of January 2006, there are two mainstream CDs (one also a hybrid SACD) available of her playing. The first is a collection of encore pieces, conducted by Barry Wordsworth, the second a chamber ensemble rendition of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

In October 2006, Janine released her third album in the Netherlands (available internationally in January 2007). The CD features the classic repertoire pairing of the Mendelssohn and Bruch Violin Concertos but with the added bonus of the far more unusual Bruch Romance for Viola.

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1	Main THEME(Schindlers List)	16
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5	L'estate RV315 III - Presto	9
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5	Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61	9
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8	L'inverno RV297 I - Allegro non molto	8
8	La primavera RV269 III - Allegro	8
8	La primavera RV269 I - Allegro	8
12	La primavera RV269 II - Largo	7
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zunari wrote:
23 days ago

I'd hit her.

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Karo-lein wrote:
August 2009

I Love the Tschaikowsky Violin Concerto.

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Solyndra wrote:
October 2008

Her new cd is incredibly beautiful. As always. :)

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rutgermuller wrote:
July 2008

The Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni is greatly played and recorded/engineered.

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Arasazi wrote:
June 2008

Heel mooi!

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bluetooth38 wrote:
June 2008

Janine Jansen she is a Brilliant violinist and performer in classical music.

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dantheman2 wrote:
April 2008

Janine Jansen is playing a free show at Radialsystem in Berlin on April 27th! Entry is competition winners only, you can find out how to win tickets at www.ituneslive.de or the last.fm page (www.last.fm/event/573932)

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FRENZY14 wrote:
April 2008

Mijn favoriet....

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Solyndra wrote:
August 2007

Danse Russe by her is absolutely amazing. I love it. :)

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oruiz wrote:
May 2007

mooi

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Uwibami wrote:
February 2007

Awesome violin player. I love to listen to her, even more than Isaac Stern & Jascha Heifetz. But that is maybe due to the fact that Janine is Dutch and still very much alive and of course gorgeous ;-) Come one peeps, join her group!

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cowboy_angel wrote:
December 2006

have added some pictures of Janine. please vote!

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