Isabelle van Keulen
The repertory of versatile violinist Isabelle van Keulen includes many contemporary works as well as standard repertory. She often performs chamber music and sometimes plays the viola as well as the violin.
Van Keulen was born on December 16, 1966, in the small town of Mijdrecht in the Netherlands. Her father was an artist, and her sister plays the flute. Van Keulen took up the violin at age six and soon began lessons with Theo de Bakker. She gave her first concert at 10. Van Keulen enrolled at Alkwin College in Uithoorn, and in 1984, she entered the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, where her principal teacher was Davina van Wely. She also had instruction from Vladimir Spivakov, Boris Gutnikov, and Sándor Végh. Two major prizes helped van Keulen's career along: she won the Menuhin Competition in Folkestone, England, in 1983 and the 1984 Eurovision Young Musician of the Year Competition in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1988, she made her recording debut on the Deutsche Grammophon label as part of an octet led by violinist Gidon Kremer, performing Schubert's Octet in F major, D. 803.
That was the first of many chamber recordings made by van Keulen, who often collaborated during the first part of her career with pianist Ronald Brautigam. She founded the Isos Quartet in 1995 and performed with that group as its first violinist. From 1996 to 2006, van Keulen served as artistic director of the Delft International Music Festival. She also performs as a soloist. Both her concert repertory and her recording catalog feature contemporary music prominently, and she has premiered various important works, including Erkki-Sven Tüür's violin-and-clarinet concerto Noesis (2006). Van Keulen has recorded for Koch International, BIS, and Challenge Classics, among other labels; on the latter, she joined pianist Oliver Triendl for the album Grigory Frid: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Hannes Minnaar, Isabelle van Keulen
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 25 Sep 2014
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Frid: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Isabelle van Keulen, Oliver Triendl
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 5 May 2023
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Beethoven: The Solo Concertos
Stefan Vladar, Isabelle van Keulen, Wiener Kammerorchester, Julian Steckel
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 14 Oct 2016
Gramophone Editor's Choice16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Variations on Buenos Aires
Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble, Isabelle van Keulen, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
Classical - Released by Berlin Classics on 28 Jan 2022
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Grieg, Elgar and Sibelius: Music for Violin and Piano
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 24 Sep 2007
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Walton: Viola Concerto - Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Isabelle van Keulen, NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 2 Nov 2018
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4
Isabelle van Keulen, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Dec 1992
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Prokofiev: Complete works for violin & piano
Isabelle van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 7 Dec 2012
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Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2
Isabelle van Keulen, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros Marbà
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Dec 1984
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Tüür: Exodus
Isabelle van Keulen, Paavo Järvi, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 5 May 2003
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 / Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5 / Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata No. 5
Isabelle van Keulen, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Mar 1988
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Stravinsky: Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Isabelle van Keulen, Olli Mustonen
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 11 Apr 1989
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Frid: Symphony No. 3, Double Concerto & Inventions
Isabelle van Keulen, Oliver Triendl, Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt, Ruben Gazarian
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 2 Aug 2019
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5
Isabelle van Keulen, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1991
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The Violin Sonata Around 1900
Isabelle van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 17 Apr 2009
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Pettersson: Violin Concerto No. 2 (Revised Version)
Isabelle van Keulen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2006
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Mendelssohn: Solo Concertos (The) (Complete) (Sacd Reissue)
Classical - Released by BIS on 30 Nov 1998
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Brahms - Dietrich - Clara Schumann (Sonatas for Violin and Piano)
Isabelle van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam
Classical - Released by Koch Schwann on 1 May 1998
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Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, CD 148 / Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13 / Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP 119
Isabelle van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 31 Mar 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo