Over Evert Sillem

About Evert Sillem

Foto: ©Studio Ivan Gonda
Foto: ©Studio Ivan Gonda

Evert Sillem began his violin studies with Coosje Wijzenbeek and subsequently studied with Davina van Wely and Philipp Hirschhorn (Conservatoire Utrecht). Evert graduated from the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, after which he obtained his postgraduate diploma at the Royal College of Music in London with Grigori Zhislin. Evert took part in master classes with Merit Palas, Oleg Kryssa, Igor Oistrach and Asya Kushner.

Evert took part in viola masterclasses with Michael Kugel.

 
For a number of years, Evert was a first violinist with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Las Palmas (Spain) and substituted with various Dutch orchestras. In addition to teaching at his teaching studio in Amsterdam, Evert has given masterclasses in Holland and abroad (including France, Spain, Cuba) and performs with various pianists and ensembles. 
 
Evert's students have won prizes at various Dutch competitions and have now found their way to the concert stage, among them Emma Roijackers, Jorinde Gray, Raven Mischke and Romée Ghoos. 
 
From 2008 to 2012, Evert was editor-in-chief of the magazine ARCO, the Dutch-Flemish publication of the European String Teachers Association. 
 
In addition to his teaching-studio in Amsterdam, Evert teaches the violin and viola at FluXus Music School in Zaandam and at the Vrije Muziekschool Spaarne in Haarlem.