AboutVera Beths was born in Haarlem, Holland. She received her first violin lessons from her father, Gijs Beths, and continued her studies with Herman Krebbers at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 1969 she won the 1st Prize of the Dutch National Oskar Back Competition, and in that same year she was awarded the 'Prix d'Excellence'. Winning the Oskar Back Prize enabled her to study in New York with Ivan Galamian. In the summers spent in the USA, she played at the Marlboro festival ( Rudolf Serkin). Having an extensive repertoire, Vera Beths is a popular soloist with the Dutch Symphony Orchestras. She played with conductors like Haitink, Kondrashin, Fournet, Maazel, Susskind, De Waart and many others. Composers like Peter Schat, Louis Andriessen, Willem Breuker, Misha Mengelberg, Geert van Keulen, Philip Glass and John Adams dedicated works to her. As a performer of chamber music, Vera Beths has a splendid reputation as a result of her concerts with Archubudelli, an ensemble founded by Anner Bylsma, Jürgen Kussmaul and herself. On gut strings and old bows they give exciting performances of 18th and 19th century music. For Sony Classical's Vivarte series Archibudelli made numerous CDs of which many were awarded with prestigious prizes. Vera Beths teaches at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She plays a Stradivarius of 1727. |
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