Eline Hensels & Daniël Kramer
Biography Eline Hensels & Daniël Kramer
Eline Hensels
Dutch Cellist Eline Hensels (1998) began playing the cello at the age of six. Since 2010 she studied with Professor Alexander Petrasch in the Maastricht Conservatory. In 2012 she went to the young talent class in the Sweelinck Academy of Amsterdam to have lessons with Professor Monique Bartels. She continued her studies with Gustav Rivinius and Pieter Wispelwey.
In October 2018 she won the first prize in the Cello Biennale Competition in Amsterdam as well as the public award. She also won first prizes in the Prinses Christina Competition and Dutch Britten Cello Competition.
Eline is active as a soloist and as a chamber music performer. She performed several times in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well for the Dutch television and radio. In 2020 she made her debut in The Main Hall of The Concertgebouw Amsterdam with The Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra. She performed as a soloist in Strauss Don Quixote with the Dutch Symphony Project. In 2022 she was invited to play with 'Philharmonie Zuidnederland' for the Dutch Royal family.
Eline has also been an invited performer at the Grachtenfestival, Delft Chamber Music Festival, Festival Wonderfeel, Storioni Festival, Schiermonnikoog Festival.
She was invited for festivals such as The Festival Pablo Casals and Verão Clássico to have masterclasses with Gary Hoffman, Frans Helmerson, Steven Isserliss.
Daniël Kramer
A versatile and passionate pianist, Daniël Kramer frequently performs at home and abroad. He started piano lessons with Ton Hartsuiker at an early age and continued his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Håkon Austbø, where he graduated from the master’s degree programme with distinction. He also took lessons with Rudolf Jansen, Willem Brons, Murray Perahia en Claude Helffer. He won prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours 1994 (national first prize), the Concorso Seghizzi 2008 (first prize as a duo with soprano Sabine Wüthrich) and the Olivier Messiaen Competition in Paris 2007.
As a chamber musician, Daniël performs with artists including Janine Jansen, Nobuko Imai, Liza Ferschtman and Charles Neidich. As a soloist he has played with orchestras such as the Residentie Orkest, the Radio Kamer Filharmonie conducted by Peter Eötvös, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra conducted by Werner Herbers and the National Youth Orchestra conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. Also, he has collaborated with a number of composers, including George Benjamin, Louis Andriessen, Toshio Hosokawa and Sofia Gubaidulina, premiering many contemporary pieces.
Daniel is also active as a répétiteur, working with musicians including Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joseph Calleja, Antonio Pappano and Nicolai Znaider.
