Born in Amsterdam, Gwendolyn began her musical education at the age of five and in the same year gave her first public performance at the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest.
Aged eleven she performed on the Late Late Show and has since been a regular guest on TV and radio productions in various countries. Her teachers have included her parents, Maria Kelemen and Ronald Masin, as well as Herman Krebbers, Igor Ozim, Ana Chumachenco, Zakhar Bron and Shmuel Ashkenasi. She has won many prestigious prizes and awards in South Africa, the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands and Switzerland and has been nominated for “The Outstanding Young Persons Of Switzerland” award for her achievements .
Gwendolyn performs extensively in Europe and South Africa and has played as a soloist with orchestras such as the Saint Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, the Bernese Symphony Orchestra, the Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra (Moscow), the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTE Concert Orchestra of Ireland, the Hibernian Orchestra, the Savaria Orchestra of Hungary, I Suoni Bianchi and the Young European Strings Chamber Orchestra. Festival appearances include the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Prussia Cove, Internationaal Kamermuziekfestival Schiermonnikoog, Ars Longa Moscow and Festival Internazionale della Musica Linari.
Numerous compositions have been dedicated to and premiered by Gwendolyn including works by Eric Sweeney, Don Li and John Buckley.
She is founder and artistic director of the international multidisciplinary series In Search of Lost Time and the Gaia Chamber Music Festival (Hohenstaufen, Stuttgart). In 2006 she was appointed as artistic director of the Carrick Water Music Festival in Ireland.
A pedagogue since her teenage years, Gwendolyn’s book on violin teaching "Michaela’s Music House" will be published Europe wide in 2007.
Further websites:
http://www.gwendolynmasin.com
http://www.whoismichaela.com
http://www.gaia-festival.com
http://www.in-search-of-lost-time.com
Thank you so much for adding me to your friends list. I am very impressed by your musicianship, virtuosity and extraordinary diversity of your inspiration.
Thank you for joining FAYM as a friend! It is my great hope that we can raise significant funds to greatly impact the lives of deserving young musicians. Thank you for your interest and support of this project!
Yours,
Hal Weller, Trustee Foundation to Assist Young Musicians
Hi Gwendolyn, great to put a face to the name, and such a lovely one at that! Thank you for making contact with us. I love the music on your page, are you playing violin on all of the tracks? Take care and have a great weekend. Linda BRMB
"A daring & exciting young violinist -Business Post" - This is exactly why I like your music. It's always nice to hear something with a difference, especially when it's played from someone Talented like yourself.
By the way - I liked your vocals on the one song as well.
