Wiesje Miedema

Wiesje Miedema
Wiesje Miedema

Wiesje Miedema is a Dutch violin player and teacher who mainly teaches children in the age of 4 to approximately 18 years old.

After finishing her studies with Jan Repko at the conservatorium of Groningen, Wiesje committed herself to teaching children and to the development of repertoire for young violinists and string ensemble.

Next to having a blossoming violin school and being 1st Violin in the Zinzadse stringquartet, she now teaches violin at the Sweelinck Academy, the academy for exceptionally gifted young musicians department of the
Amsterdam university of the Arts.

At that institution she also teaches Methodology to the BA students. She has been teaching at muziek-en dansschool Amstelveen for 23 years and it was there that she also conducted Camerata String orchestra for several years.

Wiesje teaches courses and masterclasses in different cities all over the world such as Surabaya, Johannesburg, Braga and Birmingham.

Her students form ensemble Stringwise, a group of perky young musicians who love to perform on any stage.