Gwendolyn Masin
| Gwendolyn Masin | |
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| Background information | |
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November 17, 1977 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | Classical music, Chamber music |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist, Author, Pedagogue, |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Website | Gwendolyn Masin |
Gwendolyn Masin (born 17 November 1977) is a violinist.
Born in Amsterdam, Gwendolyn Masin is the descendant of a long line of professional musicians from Central and Eastern Europe.
Masin began to play the piano at the age of 3. She took up the violin at the age of 5 and within her initial year of schooling, gave her first public performance in the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Aged 11, Gwendolyn was introduced to the Irish public, giving a recital in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, and later that year appeared on the country’s most popular television programme, The Late Late Show.
She continues to perform live broadcasts and, reputed as an engaging, charismatic speaker, is a regular guest on TV and radio shows.
Gwendolyn Masin began learning the violin in the class of Coosje Wijzenbeek. Following a move to South Africa, she continued her studies with her parents in Cape Town. She was the youngest violinist to receive a Grade 6 diploma with distinction from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music at the age of 6. Discovered as an exceptional talent at a young age, she studied in Amsterdam with Herman Krebbers between 1990 and 1996. She has received degrees and diplomas from four countries and her graduate studies were guided by Igor Ozim, Ana Chumachenco, Professor Zakhar Bron and Professor Shmuel Ashkenasi.
Masin tours extensively as a soloist and chamber musician. Appearances with orchestras include the performance of concertos with the Hungarian National Philharmonic, the State Symphony Orchestras of Saint Petersburg and Belarus, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, the Savaria Orchestra, and the Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes. She performs and records regularly with Ireland's major orchestras, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and with youth orchestras such as the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, the Chamber Orchestra of the Young European Strings School of Music and Portugal's Concerto Moderno.
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