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Lenneke van Staalen is a well hidden gem on the Indian violin. Her lyrical and intense style of playing Hindustani classical music leaves no-one untouched. Her warm, rich tone and soulfull creativity mesmerize.Lenneke van Staalen grew up in a family of western classical musicians and had her first encounter with north indian classical music in New Delhi, where she started learning from the late violinist Shri Joy Shrivastava. She finished her conservatory-studies in Rotterdam in 2003 under the vocalist Koustuv Ray, received her master diploma cum laude and won the price for excellent performance of that year.
She continued her studies in Mumbai with masterviolinist Pandit D.K.Datar.In the Europe as well as India Lenneke van Staalen performes frequently, both in a classical indian setting as well as in cooperation with other western classical- or worldmusic ensembles. She is a teacher of Indian violin at the Indian music department in Rotterdam.