Janine Jansen
Principal Professor in the Kronberg Academy Study Programmes
"Among the world's star soloists, she's as keen a listener, as adept and intimate a chamber partner, as it gets." New York Times
Janine Jansen has longstanding relationships with the world’s most eminent orchestras and conductors. During season 2025/26 she is “Artist-in-Residence“ with the Berliner Philharmoniker featuring in performances together with Kirill Petrenko (Brahms), Sir Simon Rattle (Prokofiev No 1) and Tughan Sokhiev (Bruch) as well as in chamber music programmes together with members of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Karajan Akademie.
Furthermore she also appears as “Featured Artist” with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra alongside conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen and Sir Antonio Pappano and in various chamber music programmes during Baltic Sea Festival and the main season.
Extensive tours are planned with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mäkelä and London Symphony Orchestra/Pappano and with the Tonhalle Orchester/Paavo Järvi. She continues her Artistic Partnership with Camerata Salzburg culminating in two major tours across Asia and Europe.
Orchestral engagements are also planned with Orchestre de Paris/Mäkelä, Filarmonica della Scala/Luisi, Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Rachlin and Orchestre della Suisse Romande/Viotti.
She continues her musical partnerships with Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky -with performances at Musikverein Wien, Lucerne and in Tokyo - as well as her regular recital partners, Denis Kozhukhin and Sunwook Kim, in Asia and in Europe.
Janine records exclusively for Decca Classics. Her latest recording released in June 2024 features Sibelius Violin Concerto and Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1 together with Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and was met with high critical acclaim throughout.
She is the Founder and Artistic Director of the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht as well as Co-Artistic Director of Sion Festival. In December 2025 she returns to London for two concerts at the Beare’s Festival. Since November 2023 she is Professor of Violin Studies at Kronberg Academy.
Janine studied with Coosje Wijzenbeek, Philipp Hirshhorn and Boris Belkin.
JANINE JANSEN / JAEMIN HAN / SUNWOOK KIM
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Jaemin Han cello
- Sunwook Kim piano
Programme
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Sonatina in G major for Piano and Violin, Op. 100
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Concert without intermission
Subject to change.
Janine Jansen, Timothy Ridout & Camerata Salzburg
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Gregory Ahss violin & conducting
- Timothy Ridout viola
- Camerata Salzburg
Programme
Symphony No. 10 in G major, K. 74
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 in A major, K. 219
Intermission
Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra “Sinfonia concertante” in E-flat major, K. 364
Experiencing people and masters up close is part of the special aura of the Kronberg Academy. It is particularly exciting when the ‘greats’ perform together with young talents: such as on October 4, when star violinist Janine Jansen will be performing with young artists Jaemin Han and Sunwook Kim in Kronberg's Johanniskirche. With Dvořák, Janáček, and Smetana, the three bring an Eastern European program to Kronberg that is bursting with passion.
Subject to change.
AN DIE MUSIK
Participants
- Janine Jansen Violine
- Pauline van der Rest Violine
- Noga Shaham viola
- Daniel Blendulf cello
- Torleif Thedéen cello
Programme
Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35
Jeffrey Ching (*1965)
“An die Musik” (commissioned by Kronberg Academy for the 80th anniversary of UNESCO)
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
String Quintet in C major, Op. posth. 163, D 956
Programme subject to change
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS: POETISCHE FARBEN
Participants
- Janine Jansen Violine
- Denis Kozhukhin piano
- Kronberg Young Soloists
Programme
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Duo for Violin and Viola No. 1 in G major, K. 423
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Piano Trio in A minor
Further works will be announced at a later date.
Subject to change
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS: DRAMATISCHE VARIATIONEN
Participants
- Janine Jansen Violine
- Daniel Blendulf cello
- Denis Kozhukhin piano
- Kronberg Young Soloists
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23, String Quintet in C major, Op. 29
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for chamber orchestra, Op. 10
Subject to change
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS: WEITE KLÄNGE
Participants
- Janine Jansen Violine
- Daniel Blendulf cello
- Denis Kozhukhin piano
- Kronberg Young Soloists
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D 898
Erich W. Korngold (1897–1957)
String Sextet in D major, Op. 10
Further works will be announced at a later date.
Subject to change