second violin
Coraline Groen
Coraline Groen joined the second violins of the orchestra on 1 February 2020. On the same day she won the Oskar Back Prize of the Netherlands Violin Competition. Earlier distinctions include the first prizes of the Britten Violin Competition and of the regional finals of the Princess Christina Competition.
Groen took up the violin at the age of three. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, where she studied with Peter Brunt and Philippe Graffin. At the Royal Academy of Music in London she studied with Rodney Friend. She completed her studies with Vera Beths with the highest possible marks.
She took part in the academy of the Residentie Orchestra The Hague (2017-18) and the Academy of the Concertgebouworkest (2018-19), and participated in masterclasses at the Gustav Mahler Academy, the Cambridge International String Academy and the Orlando Festival.
Groen served as concertmaster of the Royal Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra and as principal second violin in the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, the RAM Symphony Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Academy Orchestra. She has taken part in projects with the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht, the Antwerp Philharmonic and Asko|Schönberg, and served as Young Artist in Residence at the 2022 Music Summer of the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands in Apeldoorn.
As a chamber musician, Groen frequently performs at festivals including the Utrecht International Chamber Music Festival, the Delft Chamber Music Festival, the Wassenaar International Chamber Music Festival and the February Festival. She forms a duo with bayan player Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe and with pianist Rik Kuppen.
Coraline plays a A.H. Amati from 1620. The instrument is given on loan by a private owner, via the Foundation Concertgebouworkest.
Coraline Groen joined the second violins of the orchestra on 1 February 2020. On the same day she won the Oskar Back Prize of the Netherlands Violin Competition. Earlier distinctions include the first prizes of the Britten Violin Competition and of the regional finals of the Princess Christina Competition.
Groen took up the violin at the age of three. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, where she studied with Peter Brunt and Philippe Graffin. At the Royal Academy of Music in London she studied with Rodney Friend. She completed her studies with Vera Beths with the highest possible marks.
She took part in the academy of the Residentie Orchestra The Hague (2017-18) and the Academy of the Concertgebouworkest (2018-19), and participated in masterclasses at the Gustav Mahler Academy, the Cambridge International String Academy and the Orlando Festival.
Groen served as concertmaster of the Royal Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra and as principal second violin in the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, the RAM Symphony Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Academy Orchestra. She has taken part in projects with the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht, the Antwerp Philharmonic and Asko|Schönberg, and served as Young Artist in Residence at the 2022 Music Summer of the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands in Apeldoorn.
As a chamber musician, Groen frequently performs at festivals including the Utrecht International Chamber Music Festival, the Delft Chamber Music Festival, the Wassenaar International Chamber Music Festival and the February Festival. She forms a duo with bayan player Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe and with pianist Rik Kuppen.
Coraline plays a A.H. Amati from 1620. The instrument is given on loan by a private owner, via the Foundation Concertgebouworkest.
Coraline Groen joined the second violins of the orchestra on 1 February 2020. On the same day she won the Oskar Back Prize of the Netherlands Violin Competition. Earlier distinctions include the first prizes of the Britten Violin Competition and of the regional finals of the Princess Christina Competition.
Groen took up the violin at the age of three. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, where she studied with Peter Brunt and Philippe Graffin. At the Royal Academy of Music in London she studied with Rodney Friend. She completed her studies with Vera Beths with the highest possible marks.
She took part in the academy of the Residentie Orchestra The Hague (2017-18) and the Academy of the Concertgebouworkest (2018-19), and participated in masterclasses at the Gustav Mahler Academy, the Cambridge International String Academy and the Orlando Festival.
Groen served as concertmaster of the Royal Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra and as principal second violin in the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, the RAM Symphony Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Academy Orchestra. She has taken part in projects with the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht, the Antwerp Philharmonic and Asko|Schönberg, and served as Young Artist in Residence at the 2022 Music Summer of the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands in Apeldoorn.
As a chamber musician, Groen frequently performs at festivals including the Utrecht International Chamber Music Festival, the Delft Chamber Music Festival, the Wassenaar International Chamber Music Festival and the February Festival. She forms a duo with bayan player Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe and with pianist Rik Kuppen.
Coraline plays a A.H. Amati from 1620. The instrument is given on loan by a private owner, via the Foundation Concertgebouworkest.