Simone Lamsma & Jonathan Fournel

Name: Simone Lamsma & Jonathan Fournel
Start: 2026-11-09T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-09T22:15:00+01:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

Mon, 9 Nov 2026 · 20:15

De Oosterpoort, Groningen

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Internationally renowned violinist Simone Lamsma performs with French pianist Jonathan Fournel at De Oosterpoort in Groningen.

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About: Simone Lamsma

Trained at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal Academy of Music, Leeuwarden-born Simone Lamsma has taken her 1703 Stradivarius to the world's leading concert halls. Alongside a broad classical repertoire, she has made a point of premiering new works by living composers.

60+

violin concertos in repertoire

2019

Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (one of max. 300)

What's new

2026-04
Simone Lamsma switched from the British agency HarrisonParrott to the German KD Schmid for her general management.
2026-02
Lamsma performed the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Tarmo Peltokoski.
2025-11
Her recording of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France and conductor Case Scaglione was released on the NoMadMusic label.

Tour

AmsterdamRotterdamUtrechtMontrealSeoulSydneyBaltimoreSingaporeSeattleLiverpoolAntwerpBruges

Tracks

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47Most recent studio album (NoMadMusic, 2025), with the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France

Rautavaara: Works for Violin & OrchestraAlbum with world premieres on the Ondine label (2022), with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Pärt über BachCollaboration with Candida Thompson and Amsterdam Sinfonietta on Channel Classics (2024)

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Gubaidulina: In Tempus PraesensRecording with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest on Challenge Classics

Elgar: Violin Sonata & piecesDebut album on Naxos (2006), awarded Instrumental & Chamber Disc of the Month by Classic FM

About: Jonathan Fournel

French pianist Jonathan Fournel shot to international attention with his 2021 Queen Elisabeth Competition victory, and has since become a regular presence on the world's leading concert stages. With an expanding discography on Alpha Classics and an active schedule spanning Europe, Japan and South Korea, he continues to build on that breakthrough.

Eerste prijs Koningin Elisabethconcours piano 2021

Soloalbums uitgebracht op Alpha Classics (2021-2026)

Choc Classica-award voor Chopin & Szymanowski-album (2024)

Diapason Découverte en Télérama ffff voor Brahms-debuutalbum (2021)

What's new

2026-05
Fournel bracht samen met violist Kerson Leong het album 'Fauré: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Transcriptions' uit op Alpha Classics (29 mei 2026).
2026-04
Fournel kondigde drie nieuwe concertdata aan in Japan en Zuid-Korea, met orkesten en dirigenten.
2026-04
Fournel was te gast in het radioprogramma 'Les Grands entretiens' van Judith Chaine op France Musique.

Tour

AmsterdamEdeLa Roque-d'AnthéronMontpellierParisLiègeStrasbourg

Tracks

Brahms: Intermezzi & Variations (Alpha Classics, 2021)Debuutalbum, bekroond met Diapason Découverte en Télérama ffff

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 21 (Alpha Classics, 2024)Met het Mozarteumorchester Salzburg o.l.v. Howard Griffiths

Chopin & Szymanowski (Alpha Classics, 2024)Tweede soloalbum, ontving de Choc Classica-award in Frankrijk

Fauré: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Transcriptions (Alpha Classics, 2026)Kamermuziekalbum met violist Kerson Leong, uitgebracht op 29 mei 2026

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