Bas Treub

Bas Treub is a Dutch violinist. He is the principal second violinist in the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and also concertmaster of the Phion Orchestra. He also performs frequently at home and abroad with various ensembles.

Bas has been guest concertmaster with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the North Netherlands Orchestra, the Metropole Orchestra, the Ballet Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra of the Basque Country, among others. During his studies, he was also concertmaster of the European Union Youth Orchestra.

As principal second violinist, he has been a guest with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble, Royal Northern Sinfonia and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Other renowned ensembles he has worked with include the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Asko|Schönberg ensemble, London Sinfonietta and the LUDWIG collective.

As a soloist, Bas performed Schindler's List with the North Netherlands Orchestra, Mozart's Fifth Violin Concerto with the Phion Orchestra, and Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto with the Nijmegen Student Orchestra last season. Concerts have taken him to a wide variety of venues around the world, from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Sydney Opera House. Bas has also appeared on well-known television programmes such as Podium Klassiek, Maestro, and the Prinsengrachtconcert.

Bas studied at the Royal Conservatories of The Hague and Brussels with Peter Brunt and Philippe Graffin. He plays a violin from 1891, made in Paris by the French violin maker Emile Germain. This violin is made available to him by the National Musical Instrument Fund.