Rudolf Koelman (born 1959 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch violinist and is professor for violin at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) in Switzerland.

Biography
Koelman studied the violin with Jan Bor and Herman Krebbers in Amsterdam. From the age of 18, he studied with Jascha Heifetz on a full scholarship at the University of Southern California School of Music, now known as the USC Thornton School of Music, in Los Angeles. From 1996 until 1999 he was first concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. 2000-2005 he was Professor for violin and chamber music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany. Currently (since 1987) he is Professor for violin and chamber music at the "Zürcher Hochschule der Künste" (ZHdK) known as Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland where he also leads the ZHdK Strings chamber orchestra. He is frequently invited as a jury member at international violin competitions and gives masterclasses all around Europe, Asia and Australia.

Instruments
Koelman plays a violin made by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda in 1829 and the "Woolhouse" Stradivarius made in 1720.

Professor

 1984–1989 Professor for Violin and chamber music at the Landeskonservatorium für Vorarlberg in Bregenz & Feldkich, Austria.
 2000–2005 Professor for Violin and chamber music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany. (Professor title and chair for life)
 Since 1987 Professor for violin and chamber music and leader of the ZHdK Strings Orchestra at the Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland. (Professor title and chair for life)
 Masterclasses at institutions such as: Aurora Sweden, Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne, Griffith University in Brisbane, International Holland Music Sessions, Keshet Eilon Israel, Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini Palermo, Perth University, Porto Carras in Greece, Silkroad Summer Sessions, Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam, Sydney Conservatory, Thessaloniki Conservatory, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and many more.
Online Master Teacher at iClassical Academy with whom he has recorded several online Masterclasses.

Concertist 
Since 1981 Rudolf Koelman has performed frequently worldwide as a soloist with a large number of renowned orchestras including Bruckner Orchester Linz, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln,     
Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

As a soloist, concertmaster or chamber musician he shared the concert stage with musicians such as: Atar Arad, Joshua Bell, Douglas Boyd, Ronald Brautigam, Rudolf Buchbinder, Riccardo Chailly, Sir Colin Davis, Richard Dufallo, Thomas Demenga, Youri Egorov, Chiara Enderle, Dmitri Ferschtman, Liza Ferschtman, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Godfried Hoogeveen,  Heinz Holliger, Maris Janssons, Alexander Kerr, Ulrich Koella, Ton Koopman, Hartmut Lindemann, Radu Lupu, Nikita Magaloff, Orfeo Mandozzi, Frederic Meinders, Shlomo Mintz, Viktoria Mullova, Roger Norrington, Antoine Oomen, György Pauk, Thomas Riebl, Nathaniel Rosen, Paul Rosenthal, Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Markus Stocker, Duncan McTier, Jan Willem de Vriend, Raphael Wallfisch, Thomas Zehetmair, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Jaap van Zweden, Conrad Zwicky and many others.

Discography
Rudolf Koelman has made numerous TV-, radio- and CD recordings among them a live recording of all 24 Paganini Capricci.
 J. S. Bach, Eugène Ysaÿe, Edvard Grieg: solosonatas (Grieg with Ferenc Bognàr) 1984 (LP)
 Rudolf Koelman plays his favorite encores: 16 virtuoso compositions with Ferenc Bognàr ORF, 1986 (LP-CD)
 Camille Saint-Saëns, Pablo de Sarasate: Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Zigeunerweisen, Musikkollegium Winterthur, 1988
 Julius Conus: Violinconcerto e-minor, with orchestra (live) Take One records, 1990
 Fritz Kreisler: 16 Masterpieces, with Ulrich Koella, Ars, 1991, 
 Johannes Brahms: The Violin Sonatas, with Antoine Oomen, Ars, 1991, 
 Sergei Prokofiev: 2 Sonatas, with Antoine Oomen, Ars, 1993, 
 Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Alfred Schnittke: Piano Quartetts, Wiediscon, 1994
 Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni, Ars, 1995, 
 Niccolò Paganini: 24 Capricci, (live)Wiediscon, 1996 & Hänssler Classics, 2004, Naxos, 
 Jean-Marie Leclair: 6 duosonatas with Henk Rubingh, TMD 099801, 1998
 "The Magic of Wood" with 15 instruments of Roberto Regazzi, Dynamic & Florenus, 2005, 
 W. A. Mozart: 2 Duos violin/viola with Conrad Zwicky Wiediscon, 2007
 Wieniawski: Violin concerto No. 2, d-minor Camille Saint-Saëns: Intr. et Rondo Capriccioso, Havanaise, Fremantle Chamber Orchestra/Jessica Gethin FCO, 2008
 Niccolò Paganini: Violin concerto's No.1 & No.2, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra/Jan Willem de Vriend Challenge Classics CC72343 Winner of Edison Award for most popular classical album in the Netherlands, 2010
 "10 years FCO" Pablo de Sarasate: Gypsy Airs, Maurice Ravel: Tzigane, Ernest Chausson: Poème Op. 25, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op. 42, Fremantle Chambre Orchestra / Jessica Gethin, Christopher van Tuinen, Rubato Productions, 2015
 Sergei Prokofiev: Violin concerto's No.1 & No.2, Musikkollegium Winterthur/Douglas Boyd, Challenge Classics CC72736, 2017

References

 "The Magic of Wood" from Lutherie to Music, publisher: Florenus Edizioni (English/German/French/Japanese/Dutch) Book 
 "Master Class" written by Herman Krebbers and Niels Le Large, publisher: Herman Lieve (English/Dutch)
 "Oskar Back en veertig jaar Nationaal Vioolconcours" written by Theo Olof, publisher: THOTH-Bussum (Dutch) 
 "Heifetz leerling van god" written by Wenneke Savenije, publisher: Edzeetera-Zandvoort (Dutch)
 "The Umbrella Academy" Comic by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba, Rudolf Koelman appears on page 82, publisher: Dark Horse Comics 
 "Musical Awakening" by Ryan Howland, publisher: authorHOUSE

External links
 Official Website
 Audio/Video
 Masterclasses
 Zürich University of the Arts
 ZHdK Strings

Dutch classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Violin pedagogues
1959 births
Living people
Musicians from Amsterdam
Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni
Players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Academic staff of the Zurich University of the Arts
21st-century classical violinists
루돌프 쿠엘만()(1959년 10월 2일 출생)은 암스테르담에서 태어난 네덜란드 바이올리니스트로 현재 스위스 취리히 예술대학 Zurich University of the Arts의 교수이다.

삶
루돌프 쿠엘만은 1972년 만 13세의 나이로 바이올린을 시작하였다. 암스테르담에서 Jan Bor, Herman Krebbers를 사사하였고, 그 후 1978년 야샤 하이페츠의 마지막 제자로 서던 캘리포니아 대학교에 입학, 1981년까지 미국 로스앤젤레스에서 공부하였다.
1984년부터 1989년까지 오스트리아의 Vorarlberg State Conservatory의 교수직을 맡았었고, 또 1987년 Konservatorium und Musikhochschule Winterthur(빈터투어 음악원) 교수로 임명되었다.
1996년부터 1999년까지 그는 암스테르담의 콘세르트헤바우 관현악단의 콘서트 악장으로 활동, 2000년부터 5년간 Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf에 초빙되었다.
2005년부터 현재까지 스위스의 취리히 예술대학에서 솔로 및 바이올린 교수로 재직 중이며 취리히 예술대학의 학생들로 구성된 ZHdK Strings 실내악단을 이끌고 있다. 그는 독주자, 객원 교수, 정기적인 마스터 클래스 및 International Holland Music Sessions, Keshet Eilon, Joseph Joachim Hannover Competition, Harbin Schoenfeld Competition 같은 국제 콩쿨 심사위원으로 활발한 활동을 계속하고 있다.

악기
루돌프 쿠엘만은 1829년제 Giovanni Francesco Pressenda가 제작한 바이올린과 1729년제 스트라디바리우스의 ”Woolhouse"를 연주한다.

솔로 경력
루돌프 쿠엘만은 솔로 연주가로서 다수의 세계적인 오케스트라와 협연하였다. 그 중 린츠 브루크너 오케스트라 Bruckner Orchester Linz, 콘세르트헤바우 관현악단, 퀼른 라디오 오케스트라 WDR WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, KBS교향악단, 로잔 앙상블 오케스트라 Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, 퀸스랜드 심포니 오케스트라Queensland Symphony Orchestra, 도쿄 필하모니 교향악단이 있다.
다수의 음반 중 3 개의 요하네스 브람스의 바이올린 소나타 (J. Brahms Violin Sonata Op. 78, 100, 108), 2개의 세르게이 프로코피에프 바이올린 소나타 (S. Prokofiew Violin Sonata Op. 80, 94b), 안토니오 비발디의 사계, 그리고 그 중 제일 유명한 라이브 녹음으로 만들어진 24개의 니콜로 파가니니 카프리치오 등이 있다.

음반
 요한 제바스티안 바흐, 외젠 이자이, 에드바르 그리그: 솔로 소나타들, 1984 (LP)
 Rudolf Koelman plays his favorite encores: Ferenc Bognàr와 함께한 16개의 비르투오소 곡들 ORF, 1986 (LP-CD)
 카미유 생상스, 파블로 데 사라사테: Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Zigeunerweisen with orchestra Winterthur, 1988
 줄리우스 코너스: 바이올린 콘체르토 in e-minor (live), 1990
 프리츠 크라이슬러: 16 Masterpieces, with Ulrich Koella, Ars 1991, ASIN B000000U2I
 요하네스 브람스: The Violin Sonatas, with Antoine Oomen, Ars 1991, ASIN B000000U2L
 요하네스 브람스, 구스타브 말러, 알프레트 시닛케: 피아노 사중주들, Wiediscon 1994
 세르게이 프로코피에프: 2 Sonatas, with Antoine Oomen, Ars 1993, ASIN B000024PYF
 안토니오 비발디: 사계 Ars 1995, ASIN B000024PXU
 니콜로 파가니니: 24개의 카프리치오 (live)Wiediscon 1996 & Hänssler Classics 2004, ASIN B0009IORFM
 Jean-Marie Leclair: 6 duosonatas with Henk Rubingh, 1998
 "The Magic of Wood”, Roberto Regazzi의 15가지 악기들, Dynamic & Florenus 2005, ASIN B000BUEGJA
 볼프강 아마데우스 모짜르트: 바이올린과 비올라 듀오 with Conrad Zwicky, Wiediscon 2007
 헨리크 비에니아프스키: 바이올린 콘체르토 No. 2 in d-minor, 카미유 생상스: Intr. et Rondo Capriccioso, Havanaise, with Fremantle Chamber Orchestra/Jessica Gethin
 니콜로 파가니니: 바이올린 콘체르토 No. 1 & No. 2 , with Netherlands Symphony Orchestra/Jan Willem de Vriend Challenge Classics CC72343 (이 음반은 2010년 네덜란드의 가장 인기있는 클래식 앨범 상 에디슨 상을 수상하였다)
 "10 years FCO" 파블로 데 사라사테: Zigeunerweisen, 모리스 라벨: 치간느, 에르네스트 쇼송: Poème Op. 25, 표트르 차이콥스키: Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op. 42, with Fremantle Chambre Orchestra / Jessica Gethin, Christopher van Tuinen, Rubato Productions 2015
 세르게이 프로코피에프: 바이올린 콘체르토 No. 1 & No. 2, 뮤직 콜로퀴엠 빈터투어 오케스트라(Musikkollegium Winterthur) 2017

참고 문헌 

 "The Magic of Wood" from Lutherie to Music, 출판사: Florenus Edizioni (영어/독일어/프랑스어/일본어/네덜란드어)) 
 "Master Class" 저자: Herman Krebbers 그리고 Niels Le Large, 발행인: Herman Lieve (영어/네덜란드어)
 "Oskar Back en veertig jaar Nationaal Vioolconcours" 저자: Theo Olof, 발행인: THOTH-Bussum (네덜란드어) 
 "Heifetz leerling van god" 저자: Wenneke Savenije, 발행인: Edzeetera-Zandvoort (네덜란드어)
 "The Umbrella Academy" 저자: Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba, (루돌프 쿠엘만은 페이지 82쪽에 나온다), 발행인: Dark Horse Comics 
 "Musical Awakening" 저자: Ryan Howland, 발행인: authorHOUSE

외부 링크 
 루돌프 쿠엘만 웹사이트
 오디오/비디오
 마스터클래스
 Zürich University of the Arts/ 취리히 예술대학
 ZHdK Strings

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