Karen Dekker

Dedicated to all performance practices that music might call for, Dutch violinist Karen Dekker performs regularly as a soloist, orchestral player and chamber musician with various ensembles on both baroque and modern violin throughout the United States and Europe. She has appeared as a soloist with Orchestra of Saint Luke’s, Juilliard’s baroque ensemble J415 in a tour of New Zealand, and toured Europe with Les Arts Florissants and The Knights Chamber Orchestra. Karen can be heard on recordings with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Orchestra of Saint Luke’s, Händel and Haydn Society and Les Arts Florissants, as well as in Alexandre Desplat’s film score for “Little Women”. Upcoming engagements include performances with Tempesta di Mare in Philadelphia and Zerbst (Germany), the Carmel Bach Festival in Carmel-by-the-Sea (CA) and many others. Karen holds degrees from Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard.