Janine Jansen

Jansen was born to a musical family. Her father Jan Jansen (nl) plays organ, harpsichord and piano; from 1987 to mid-2011 he was the organist of St. Martin\'s Cathedral, Utrecht, and was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Her mother is a classical singer; her brother David (nl) is a harpsichordist and organist; her brother Maarten is a cellist; and her uncle is the bass singer Peter Kooy. She began to study the violin at age 6, and has studied with Coosje Wijzenbeek, Philippe Hirschhorn, and Boris Belkin.\n', 'She is married to Swedish conductor Daniel Blendulf and lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands.\n', 'She appeared as soloist with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in 2001, where she performed the Brahms Violin Concerto. She opened the BBC Proms in 2005.\n', '