Larissa Groeneveld - cellist

Larissa Groeneveld studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Dimitri Ferschtman, where she graduated with the highest distinction. She continued her studies with Natalia Gutman at the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart, Germany, and followed masterclasses with Mstislav Rostropovich and Yo Yo Ma.
In 1984 Larissa Groeneveld won the First Prize at the Luis Coleman International Competition in Spain,in 1992 the was finalist in the ARD Duo-Competition in München. She has performed together with various musicians, such as Herman Krebbers, Natalia Gutman and Reinbert de Leeuw, and has made several tours through Europe, Amerika and South Amerika.
Groeneveld has performed as a soloist with major orchestras including the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and the Berliner Symfonike.
Since 2001 she is teaching cello and chambermusic on the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She is playing on a Domenico Busam cello from Venice 1765.