Josephine van Lier

Cellist
Recipient of the Celeberation of Women in the Arts Award from the Edmonton Arts Council

email:  info@josephinevanlier.com
website: www.josephinevanlier.com
blog: www.josephinevanlier.blogspot.com

A versatile musician, Josephine van Lier is equally at ease on a baroque cello or a 5 string violoncello piccolo as on their contemporary counterparts, using instruments and bows whose designs, construction and material span over 400 years in origin; from the gut strings of her baroque cello to her 1870 cello and the space-age material of her carbon-fibre cello. She therefore covers a wide variety of repertoire utilizing the endless possibilities that this range of instruments, string set-ups and bows allow her.

She released a 4 CD set featuring all six suites for unaccompanied cello played on 4 different cellos. This unique recording of all six of J.S. Bach's Cello Suites sets side by side the different sounds of historic and new instruments and compares their strengths and weaknesses.

One of Edmonton’s busiest performers, Josephine appears on the concert stages in Western Canada as a soloist and chamber musician. Born, raised and educated in the Netherlands, she has lived in Edmonton, Canada since 1995.

She is recipient of the "Celebration of Women in the Arts Award of 2007" from the Edmonton Arts Council.