Jeroen van der Wel (1987)

Jeroen van der Wel (left on the photo) finalized his studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, in 2008 with special distinction (summa cum laude). From 1997-2004 he studied with Herman Krebbers and Coosje Wijzenbeek. After 2004 he continued his violin studies with Vera Beths at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague. In July 2005 he followed master classes by Giuliano Carmignola at the well-known Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. He was elected to play during the final concert, and was awarded for this the ‘Diploma of Merit’. He also studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieure de Musicque in Parijs where he studied with Roland Daugareil. Jeroen van der Wel has won several prizes. He won a first prize at the Lordens violin events in 2000 as well as in 2002. He received the first prize at the finals of the National Princess Christina Competition. August 2001 saw him winning at the “Internationale Wettbewerb für Violine of the Kulturstiftung Hohenlohe (Kloster Schöntal). In February 2003 Jeroen won the Davina van Wely competition in The Hague. In 2007 Jeroen was distinguished with the first prize at the 21st National Violin Competition known as the Oscar Back concours in Amsterdam. In March 2008 he won the second prize at the Helen Dowling violin competition. During the last years Jeroen performed as a soloist with the Mendelssohn chamber orchestra, the Rotterdam philharmornic orchestra, the Zurich chamber orchestra, the Concertgebouw chamber orchestra and the Bombay philharmonic orchestra.

Besides as a musician, Jeroen van der Well also distinguished himself as a composer. In 2008 the Concertgebouw chamber orchestra played Jeroen’s Divertimento for strings. At present he is working together with carillon player Boudewijn Zwart on a composition for church bells. In commission of the Dutch choreographer Toer van Schayk he is composing a new ballet and Isabel Charisius, who played the viola in the Alban Berg Quartet has asked Jeroen to write a piece for six violas. Very recently (23 August 2009) the AVRO television broadcasted a documentary about Jeroen van der Wel titled “A passion for violin”.

Bas van Bommel (1979)

Bas van Bommel (right on the Photo) is the regular accompanist of Jeroen van der Wel. Like Jeroen Jeroen van der Wel, also Bas van Bommel has won multiple prizes. Bas van

Bommel studied piano and Music theory at the Amsterdam Conservatory. He studied with Jan Wijn and finalized his study in 2002 with distinction (cum laude). As early as 1991 Bas van Bommel won the first prize at the national Mozart competition in The Netherlands. In 1992 he won the first prize at the Steinway competition. Both in 1994 as well as 1996 Van Bommel won the first prize at the Princess Christina completion in The Netherlands. In 1999, at the age of 19, Bas van Bommel also won the first prize at the fourth international Hummel piano competition in Bratislava (Slovakia).

Bas van Bommel gave several performances in the United States, Venezuela, Italy, Spain, the UK and The Netherlands. Bas van Bommel has also performed with different orchestras such as the Residentie Orkest in The Hague, the Philharmonic Orchestra of North Holland and New Sinfoniëtta Amsterdam. At the age of 18, he had his debut in the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam.