Concert Programs

Soloist

Janine Jansen

Dutch · 1978

Janine Jansen, born in Soest in 1978, is one of the most charismatic and admired violinists in the world. From a musical Dutch family, she studied with Coosje Wijzenbeek, Philippe Hirschhorn and Boris Belkin, and has built a career of the highest distinction as soloist and chamber musician, recording widely and founding the International Chamber Music Festival in Utrecht. She is the LSO’s Portrait Artist this season. Renowned for the intensity, communicative warmth and fearless commitment of her playing, she also has a long creative partnership with the composer Richard Dubugnon, who has written several works for her, which makes her the natural soloist for tonight’s premiere.

With

London Symphony OrchestraBerliner PhilharmonikerRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Performs in

Upcoming

Past guides

Sources 6

  1. Janine Jansen and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Cited in Janine Jansen plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  2. Concert on 28.01.2026 29.01.2026 30.01.2026 Berliner Philharmoniker, Petrenko, Jansen, Berliner Philharmoniker Cited in From Earth to Heaven: Brahms and Scriabin. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  3. Kirill Petrenko and Janine Jansen with Brahms’s Violin Concerto, Digital Concert Hall Cited in From Earth to Heaven: Brahms and Scriabin. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  4. Sibelius, Vaughan Williams and Dubugnon, 29 Nov 26, London Symphony Orchestra Cited in Jansen’s Dubugnon Premiere, and Vaughan Williams’s Antartica. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  5. Biography, Janine Jansen Cited in Jansen’s Dubugnon Premiere, and Vaughan Williams’s Antartica. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  6. Janine Jansen, Wikipedia Cited in Jansen’s Dubugnon Premiere, and Vaughan Williams’s Antartica. Accessed 30 September 2026.