We’re delighted to welcome violinist Jos Jonker as guest mentors for Episode 7. Continue reading to learn more about Jos.

Originally from the Netherlands, Jos began playing the violin when she was four years old. She has lived in Australia since 2021, has been a working with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. From October Jos will commence her trial as Associate Principal second violin with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Before her relocation to Australia, she was a member of the Staatskapelle Berlin Orchestra Academy. Jos has a broad range of orchestral experience playing with a variety of orchestras such as the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and has also worked as acting Second Concertmaster of the Philharmonisches Orchester Landestheater Coburg.

As part of her education she studied under Ilya Grubert (Bachelor), Prof. Sebastian Hamann (Master) and Prof. Eberhard Feltz (string quartet). During her Bachelor and Master studies in the Netherlands and Germany Jos developed a keen passion for chamber music and currently is one of the violinist of the Partridge String Quartet.

Jos plays a violin made for her in 2022 by the French luthier Patrick Robin and plays on a Sartory bow (Paris, c.1920) that she was able to purchase with the generous support of the Stichting Eigen Muziekinstrument and Ars Donandi.

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