Western Music Concert By The Prinses Ensemble: Events in Hyderabad

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The Hyderabad Western Music Forum, in association with Alliance Francaise Hyderabad, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad and the Taj Deccan, is presenting a western classical music concert by the Prinses Ensemble, on 7th March, at the Kohinoor Hall of Taj Deccan.

The Prinses Ensemble is a 4-piece music group, consisting of young prize-winners in a competition conducted by 'The Prinses Christina Foundation' from the Netherlands. It has Nora Fischer on the soprano, Rianne Jongsma on the flute, Bas Treub on the violin and Andrea Vasi on the piano.

Nora Fischer started taking singing lessons from Maarten Koningsberger and Claron McFadden, and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Professor Valerie Guillorit. She finished her musicology studies and is now studying philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. She won the national finals at the Prinses Christina Concours in 2007.

Rianne Jongsma won prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours in 2006 and 2007. Rianne is first flute player of the Frisian Youth Orchestra and the Dutch Youth Orchestra. She has toured Germany, Poland and Italy. On invitation of the Prinses Christina Concours, she performed at concerts all over the Netherlands, and also in Greece.

Bas Treub began to play the violin as a 6-year old. When he was 13, he was admitted to the Young Talent Department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. In 2006, he won prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours and performed at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York. His violin was built in Paris by Emile Germain from 1891and was lent to him by the National Music Instruments Fund.

Andrea Vasi started playing the piano when she was 5 years old. At the age of 10, she was the