Salomé Bonnema

Violin

Salomé Bonnema (b. 2001) is a violinist who knows how to convey music to her listeners with passion and conviction. In 2023, she received a 10 with distinction for 'extraordinary and craftsmanship' for her Bachelor final exam, and in 2024 she was awarded the prestigious Oskar Back Prize, the main prize of the Dutch Violin Competition. The jury said of her playing, “The intensity in her playing can leave no one unmoved. She takes the audience on an adventure, from the first to the last note.”

After completing her undergraduate studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Vera Beths, she advanced to the Master's program at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland, with Prof. Rainer Schmidt, violinist of the Hagen Quartet.

Salomé has played as a soloist with the Residentie Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Bloxham at TivoliVredenburg, has toured with the Atheneum Chamber Orchestra through Switzerland and has been a guest at several festivals, including the Storioni Festival, Delft Chamber Music Festival and the Oranjewoud Festival.

Salomé is grateful for the beautiful Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin “Frans Mortelmans II” and for her Charles Peccatte bow from the Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds.