One of the very critical abilities in a performer, is to create an environment in which the listener can experience emotion, sadness, and passion.
Violinist Janine Jansen has learned this through her own journey through life.
Ms. Jansen grew up in a musical family in Holland, and she picked up the violin when she was 6. She says she played chamber music with her parents and older brothers all the time.
“It’s so important, I think, that you do that from a young age and learn to communicate through music,” Jansen says. “Listen to each other, react to each other; just be, you know, aware of everything. ”
By the time Jansen was 15, she had played solo on the stage of the famous Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In her early 20’s she embarked on an international career and was signed by Decca Records. But her big break came when her Vivaldi recording hit it big.
Now she is recognized world wide. Just listen to the way she can capture her listener in this work by Gabriel Faure:
