"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make." - Truman Capote

Rudolf Koelman

Click here for more information, tourdates and news

Dutch violinist Rudolf Koelman regularly performs worldwide as a soloist with numerous internationally renowned orchestras, such as KBS Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, WDR Radio Orchestra, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and many others.
One of Jascha Heifetz’s last pupils (LA, 1978 to 1981) and first leader of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (until 1999), Rudolf Koelman teaches at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and is frequently invited as a juror and guest professor at international violin competitions and master courses around the world.
Rudolf Koelman has made numerous TV-, radio- and CD recordings among them a live recording of all 24 Paganini Capricci. In 2010, he performed in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and recorded live both Violin Concertos 1 & 2 by Paganini (CC 72343 Challenge Classics). These performances were released on Challenge Records and won the prestigious Edison Award 2010 in The Netherlands.
Rudolf Koelman plays the Stradivari “Ex Woolhouse” 1720.

Featured on

€ 19.95buy

Camille Saint-Saëns, Alexander Glazunov

Violin Concertos
Rudolf Koelman

€ 19.95buy

Sergei Prokofiev

Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Rudolf Koelman / Musikkollegium Winterthur

Violin Concertos 1 & 2
The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra / Rudolf Koelman / Jan Willem de Vriend

Videos

Rudolf Koelman LIVE in Spiegelzaal: Cantabile from Opus 17 of Paganini.

Rudolf Koelman: JS Bach, Sonate in a minor, Vrije Geluiden