Grachtenfestival: Jong Talent in de Oude Wester: Michelle Kumara

Violinist Michelle Kumara performs works by Arvo Pärt, Bach, and Ysaÿe in the Westerkerk Amsterdam, accompanied by organist Evan Bogerd. She has won prizes at the Netherlands Violin Competition and the Britten Competition, among others, and studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory. She is part of Young Talent at the Oude Wester. Violin and organ in the Westerkerk Violinist Michelle Kumara performs works by Arvo Pärt, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Eugène Ysaÿe, among others, in the Westerkerk. Organist Evan Bogerd accompanies her on the organ of the Westerkerk. The program combines solo pieces for violin with compositions in which violin and organ sound together. A promising violinist Michelle Kumara studied at the School for Young Talent of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She then completed the Bachelor's preparatory program at the Amsterdam Conservatory, where she studied with Peter Brunt. Previously, she performed as a soloist on the stage of the Concertgebouw and appeared on Podium Klassiek. Young talent in the Oude Wester Young Talent in the Oude Wester is a concert series of the Grachtenfestival in the Westerkerk. Various young musicians perform there, each time together with organist Evan Bogerd.