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Biografie

Ryuko Reid performs throughout Europe as a freelance baroque violinist. She is the artist director and leader of Amsterdam Corelli Collective and also guest leader of baroque ensemble Eik en Linda. Ryuko works as a violin teacher in Muziekschool Amstelveen and organises annual workshops inspired by Kodaly and Dalcroze methods. She came to study baroque violin with Sophie Gent at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and is now currently finishing her masters at Koninklijk Conservatorium, with Kati Debretzeni and Walter Reiter. Before moving to Amsterdam, she studied the modern violin with Jan Repko and the late Peter Cropper in Manchester.

Zaynab Martin performs throughout Europe as a freelance double bassist and violone player, specialised in historically informed performance practice. Based in Amsterdam, Zaynab is principal double bassist of Amsterdam Corelli Collective and Ensemble ‘t Kabinet. Before moving to Amsterdam, Zaynab studied modern orchestral and solo double bass for five years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2011 Zaynab moved to Holland to study with Maggie Urquhart at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In 2012 she played as principle double bassist in the European Union Baroque Orchestra, and in 2014 she took part in the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Ann and Peter Law OAE Experience scheme in London.