Isabelle van Keulen

Isabelle van Keulen (1966) is a violist of the highest caliber and has an established reputation on the worlds’ concert platforms. Her engaging personality and extraordinary musical vitality have made her one of the most sought after and charismatic musicians of her generation. Though she has worked with many famous orchestras and conductors as a soloist, chamber music is central to her music making. In 1997 she founded her own chamber music festival in Delft, Holland where she collaborates with such distinguished friends and colleagues as Leif Ove Andsnes, Michael Collins, Håkan Hardenberger, Gidon Kremer, Heinrich Schiff and Thomas Adès. Isabelle van Keulen is firmly committed to contemporary music and works by many living composers are integral to her repertoire. In her extensive discography one finds the complete Stravinsky duo repertoire with Olli Mustonen for Philips Classics, Lutoslawski Chain 2, Schnittke Viola Concerto, and several duo recital recordings with Ronald Brautigam for Koch-Schwann.