Katja Naegele (2009) is a Dutch violinist who began playing the violin at the age of five.
After winning the finals of the Van Wely Prijs Laurence Vittens wrote in Seenandheard-International.com: “…Katja Naegele (who won the award) was the most virtuosic of the three, shaping the cadenza in the Haydn with instinctive proportion, and drawing a pure, singing line in the slow movement. Her eye contact with the orchestra – especially the leader – created an immediate sense of shared intent, and the Finale sparkled with rhythmic lift. In ‘Nigun’, soloist, conductor and orchestra aligned in what felt like a genuine cry from the heart, intensity and control held in finely judged balance…”
Evan Bogerd commented in the ‘NRC’(2024):
“…Katja also performed Bloch’s ‘Nigun’ from Baal Shem”” … Katja plays with great intensity and almost places you before the Wailing Wall. What imagination! … Katja prepares herself down to the finest detail: refining here, refining there, adjusting to the acoustics. It shows the level at which young talents sometimes work.”
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At nine, Katja was admitted to the Sweelinck Academy of the Conservatory of Amsterdam, in the class of Coosje Wijzenbeek and she was part of her ensemble ‘Fancy Fiddlers’. After Coosje’s passing Katja had lessons with Sarah Kapustin. Since 2022, she has been studying with Wiesje Miedema. Katja has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician at leading venues including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, TivoliVredenburg, and Splendor, and has appeared on several occasions on NPO Radio and live on national television in ‘Podium Klassiek.’ She has participated in masterclasses and festivals such as Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, Euro Arts Academy, Szczecin, Poland, Musique de Chambre en Normandie, International Music Institute Heifetz, USA. She attended masterclasses given by Ilona Sie DHian Ho, Rebecca Henry, Grigory Kalinovsky, Judith Ingolfsson, Ilya Kahler e.g
Katja won several prizes:
In 2024 she was finalist of the Concertgebouwconcours and she won the Bunschoten Jonger Talent Awards at the Grachtenfestival First Prize at the Nederlands Vioolconcours Iordans B in 2024 and again in 2026, winning the Davina van Wely Prijs and the price for best performance of the Arensky pianotrio.
Katja plays an 18th-century violin on loan from a private collector and is supported by the VandenEnde Foundation.
If you are interested in working with Katja Naegele, please get in touch with the EMCY Office.
Solo Violin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001 – Fuga
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1003
Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No. 1 in B-flat major for Solo Violin, TWV 40:14
Pierre Rode
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 22 – Nos. 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 22
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr
Partita No. 6 in A major for Solo Violin
Violin and Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
Amy Beach
Romance for Violin and Piano
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Antonín Dvořák
Sonatina in G major, Op. 100
Romantic Pieces (Romantische Stücke), Op. 75
Edward Elgar
La Capricieuse, Op. 17
George Frideric Handel
Violin Sonata No. 3 in F major, HWV 370
Fritz Kreisler
Various pieces (e.g. Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3)
Felix Mendelssohn
Sonata in F minor – Allegro agitato
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Bohuslav Martinů
Sonatina for Violin and Piano, H. 262
Jules Massenet
Méditation from Thaïs
Franz Schubert
Sonatina in D major, Op. 137 No. 1 (D. 384)
Robert Schumann
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude No. 10 (from 24 Preludes, Op. 34 – arrangement)
Sergei Prokofiev
Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42
Fadael
Lux (2026)
Mathilde Wantenaar
Petit Morceau (2024)
Johannes Kes
Charakterische Tanzweisen, Op. 3
Henryk Wieniawski
Polonaise de Concert, Op. 4
Légende, Op. 17
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Pablo de Sarasate
Spanish Dances, Op. 21 (selections)
Navarra, Op. 33
Witold Lutosławski
Recitativo e Arioso
Eugène Ysaÿe
Rêve d’enfant, Op. 14
Violin and Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041
Ernest Bloch
Nigun from Baal Shem
Antonín Dvořák
Romance in F minor, Op. 11
Joseph Haydn
Violin Concerto in G major (Hob. VIIa:4)
Eugène Ysaÿe
Rêve d’enfant, Op. 14 (orchestra arrangement)
Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 – Intermezzo
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Camille Saint-Saëns
Havanaise, Op. 83
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Giovanni Battista Viotti
Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor, G. 97
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3 No. 8, RV 522
Le quattro stagioni – L’estate (Summer)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Chamber Music
Anton Arensky
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 – I. Movement
Elfrida Andrée
Piano Quintet in E minor
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
Johannes Bernardus van Bree
String Quartets
Antonín Dvořák
Bagatelles for Two Violins, Cello and Harmonium/Piano, Op. 47
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”
Terzetto in C major, Op. 74
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 “American”
String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 – I. Movement
George Frideric Handel / Johan Halvorsen
Passacaglia for Violin and Cello
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet (selection)
String Quartet in G major, K. 156
String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
String Quartet in F major, Op. 12
Franz Schubert
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29 “Rosamunde”
String Quintet in C major, D. 956 – I. Movement
Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898
Dmitri Shostakovich
Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
