Rosanne Philippens

Violinist Rosanne Philippens has established herself as a significant presence across the Netherlands and internationally through a series of praised performances and recordings, along with fresh approaches to concert programming. Her work appears regularly in the Channel Classics catalog.

Born in Amsterdam on October 26, 1986, she began violin studies at age three. Prior to completing her summa cum laude studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, she received the Kersjesprijs, an annual award recognizing promising young Dutch musicians. She continued her training at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where she earned a master’s degree under Ulf Wallin and again graduated with highest distinction.

In March 2014 she earned strong reviews for her performance with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Strings, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; subsequent engagements have taken her to the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgart Philharmonic, among other groups. With the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands and conductor Xian Zhang she presented Karol Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1; the same musicians later recorded that concerto and additional Szymanowski pieces for Channel Classics in 2014. Her first release for the label, an album of Ravel and Bartók works, appeared the year before, followed in 2017 by a Prokofiev recital on the same imprint.

Philippens performs on the “Barrere” Stradivarius previously owned by Janine Jansen and frequently collaborates in duo repertoire with pianist Julien Quentin. She founded the concert series “The Amsterdam Salon,” presenting thematic programs with colleagues in an Amsterdam antiques warehouse. Chamber-music appearances with Quentin, violinist Vilde Frang, and other leading artists have taken place at the Concertgebouw and the Berlin Philharmonic Hall. In 2021 her schedule included performances with the Nörrkoping Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, and Orchestre National de l’Ile de France. That same year she recorded Nikolai Kapustin’s Double Concerto with pianist Frank Dupree for the Capriccio label and issued an album of Haydn and Stravinsky works with the Vondel Strings on Channel Classics.