Pauline van der Rest
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies with Janine Jansen, funded by the Ferdinand von Rom patronage
Kronberg Academy Bachelor with Janine Jansen, funded by the Ferdinand von Rom / Ludwig Heuse patronage
Pauline van der Rest was born in Brussels in August 2004. She started playing the violin at the age of 6 with Igor Tkatchouk, continuing her studies with him in 2016 as a Young Talent at the IMEP in Namur. Since 2020, she studies with Boris Garlitsky, and joined his class at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen in 2021.
She has successfully taken part in national and International competitions: She was awarded the first prizes in the Kocian competition in 2014 and the Concorso Postacchini in 2015. In 2018 she was awarded first prize in the Grumiaux competition, the Odesa International violin competition and the Classic Academy competition in Liège performing with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, where she was also awarded the audience prize. In 2019 Pauline took part in the the Honda competition winning the 1st prize and was awarded second prize in the Spohr competition in Weimar. This year she participated in the Montréal International competition, reaching semifinals aged 18.
Pauline has performed in prestigious halls such as Flagey and Bozar in Brussels, the Moscow International House of Music, invited by the Spivakov Foundation, and Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle just to name a few. She has played with various orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, the Royal Harmonic Orchestra of Guides, the Orchester des Orchesterzentrum Dortmund as well as the Grumiaux Ensemble.
Pauline followed masterclasses with Albert Markov, Dora Schwarzberg, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Boris Garlitsky and Leonidas Kavakos. She had the privilege of being selected by the latter to receive a scholarship in order to follow lessons with him in 2020 and 2021.
She has been studying at Kronberg Academy with Janine Jansen since 2023. Her studies are funded by the Ferdinand von Rom / Ludwig Heuse patronage.
TABEA ZIMMERMANN & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Abigél Králik violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Wassili Wohlgemuth violin
- Natalie Loughran viola
- Nicholas Swensen viola
- Tabea Zimmermann viola
- Anouchka Hack cello
- Oliver Herbert cello
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
- Simon Aringer double bass
- Thomas Hoppe piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048
Thomas Demenga (*1954)
‘Duo? o, Du...’ for viola and violoncello
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Trio in A minor for piano, clarinet (viola) and violoncello op. 114
intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68 ‘Pastorale’
(Arr. G. Fischer for string sextet, ca. 1810)
An artist talk with Tabea Zimmermann and Prof. Dr Friedemann Eichhorn will take place at 6.45 pm.
Subject to change.
NORTHWEST. FOKUS ENGLAND
Participants
- Benjamin Hulett tenor
- Hana Chang violin
- William Hagen violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Christel Lee violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Valeriy Sokolov violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Sindy Mohamed viola
- Nicholas Swensen viola
- Hayoung Choi cello
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
- Edgar Moreau cello
- Martina Consonni piano
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet No. 30 in G minor op. 74 No. 3 Hob III:74 “Rider Quartet”
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
On Wenlock Edge
intermission
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84
Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.
Subject to change.
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Hana Chang violin
- Anna Im violin
- Julian Rhee violin
- Ruslan Talas violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Noga Shaham viola
- Clara Yuna Friedensburg cello
- Denis Kozukhin piano
Programme
Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
Quartet for Four Violins
Joaquin Turina (1882–1949)
Fantasy, Op. 91 "Círculo"
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major
Subject to change.
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS II
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Hana Chang violin
- Amihai Grosz viola
- Sào Soulez Larivière viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Daniel Blendulf cello
- LiLa cello
- Benjamin Kruithof cello
- Denis Kozukhin piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Quartet movement in C minor D 703
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano quartet Nr. 3 in C minor op. 60
Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951)
„Verklärte Nacht“ in C minor for string sextet op. 4
Subject to change.
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS III
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Anna Im violin
- Ruslan Talas violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Amihai Grosz viola
- Sào Soulez Larivière viola
- Haesue Lee viola
- Daniel Blendulf cello
- LiLa cello
- Petar Pejčić cello
- Dominik Wagner double bass
- Denis Kozukhin piano
Programme
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Sonata in C major for two violins op. 56
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano quartet Nr. 2 in E flat major op. 87
Johann Strauss (1825–1899)
Metamorphoses for string septet
Subject to change.
Examination Concert by Pauline van der Rest
Participants
- Pauline van der Rest violin
Programme
The programme will be announced at a later date.