| Born in Brussels in 1984,
Jolente began playing both the violin and piano at the age of four.
At the age of six, Jolente took part in several national and international
competitions, becoming the youngest ever laureate of the Jong Tenuto
Competition. Before she had reached her teens, Jolente had also twice
won first prize in the Charles de Bériot Competition in Brussels.
In 1995, she became a finalist in the international Herman Krebbers
Competition in Maastricht and was also invited to take part in a CD
recording following her success in the EPTA Piano Competition.
When she was fourteen, Jolente
came to England to the Yehudi Menuhin School and, during her four years
there, learned with Simon Fischer and Natasha Boyarsky. In April 2003
Jolente won Second Prize in the Jeunesses Musicales Julio Cardona International
Competition in Portugal, later that year winning Fourth Prize in the
International Violin Competition Liana Issakadze in St. Petersburg,
Russia. |
| More recently, she received the Special Prize in the Benjamin
Britten International Violin competition in London. Jolente is currently
continuing her studies with Ms Boyarsky at the Royal College of Music
in London and she has also participated in masterclasses given by top
teachers, including Yehudi Menuhin.
Jolente has appeared as soloist
with many orchestras, including the Kempisch Youth Orchestra, the Flemish
Radio Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic of Flanders and the St. Petersburg
State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra. Jolente performed at a New
Year's Concert with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic in the Queen Elizabeth
Hall in Belgium and recently played two concertos in deSingel in Antwerp.
Jolente regularly gives concerts in Belgium and has also performed in
prestigious venues throughout Europe including London's Wigmore Hall
and at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland. Future engagements
include concertos with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic conducted by Philippe
Herreweghe. |
Jolente de Maeyer