Marika Holmqvist, Artistic Co-Director Marika Holmqvist, a native of Finland, started her violin studies at the age of seven and made her solo debut with Mendelssohn's violin concerto at sixteen. Her interest in historic performance practices led to her acceptance into the European Union Baroque Orchestra where she worked with prominent conductors such as Ton Koopman, Andrew Manze and Roy Goodman. She has since graduated with two masters' from the Department of Early Music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands, and toured in 29 countries with distinguished European and North American early music ensembles. In Europe she served as concertmaster for Concerto d'Amsterdam, Baroque Opera Amsterdam, Haagse Barok Orkest, and Netherlands Historical Dance Theater. Currently Miss Holmqvist is concertmaster and Artistic Co-Director of Cambridge Concentus, co-concertmaster of Sinfonia New York and Aradia in Toronto. She has also served as concertmaster with Early Music Foundation New York, L'Academie in Boston, Philadelphia Bach Festival and Bach Collegium, and performs yearly in the prestigious Carmel Bach Festival. Miss Holmqvist has taught baroque string playing techniques at Rutgers University, and was recently asked to lead and coach two student baroque opera productions at Harvard University and Cornell University. Miss Holmqvist can be heard on several CD labels, including Naxos, Ex Cathedra and Brilliant Classics. (photography: David Carpenter) |
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The Ensemble
David Kjar, Artistic Director Marika Holmqvist, Artistic Director |
