Rebecca Roozeman

Violin

Praised as “a born soloist” who “plays with complete sovereignty”, the Finnish-Dutch violinist Rebecca Roozeman has won several competitions, including first prize at the International Young Musician Competition in Tallinn (2011) and first prize at the International Leonid Kogan Violin Competition in Brussels (2018). In 2019, she received first prize at the Jyväskylä National Violin Competition in Finland.

In 2026 Roozeman won first prize and the Audience Prize at the Dutch Violin Competition in Utrecht (Het Nederlands Vioolconcours). Following this success, she has been invited to perform more frequently across the Netherlands, with several concerts already scheduled for 2026-2028, appearing as a soloist, in recitals and in chamber music collaborations. As first violinist of the Seele String Quartet, she won the Erkki Melartin Chamber Music Competition and received second prize at the Rising Star Competition in Berlin.

Roozeman has actively participated in masterclasses around the world. In the summer of 2018, as the youngest participant, she entered the prestigious Seiji Ozawa Academy, performing concerts together with the academy’s top-level masterclass students in Switzerland, France, and Japan.

In autumn 2022, violinist Renaud Capuçon invited her to perform with him in various chamber music ensembles in France. Other renowned artists with whom she has performed chamber music include Ilya Gringolts, Yuval Gotlibovitch, David Cohen, Ralf Gothóni, John Storgårds, and Vladimir Mendelssohn.

She completed her Bachelor’s degree with highest honors at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München under the guidance of Professor Mi-Kyung Lee. In October 2025, she began her Master’s studies in the class of Professor Lena Neudauer. Since spring 2023, Rebecca has been a scholarship holder of Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Munich and regularly performs in Germany.

Photo: Robert Roozeman