Michiel Wittink

Michiel Wittink (viola, 1995) is based in Amsterdam. He studied his bachelor degree and master degree in Clinical Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and his Bachelor degree in music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Francien Schatborn. After that he completed his master’s degree at the Guildhall School for Music & Drama with Rachel Roberts.
He played on several festivals including Harmos Festival Porto, Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, Aurora Festival Sweden, Encuentro de Santander in Spain, Young Euro Classics Berlin, MISA festival Shanghai, Orlando Festival and the European Chamber Music Academy.
Moreover he played in several orchestras including the North Netherlands Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw and worked as principal in the European Union Youth Orchestra. He also held principal positions in the Chamber Orchestra of Berlin, Amsterdam’s Modern Orchestra, the Dutch Student Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands. For 2021, Michiel got selected to take part in the Spira Mirabilis Mentoring Programme.
He also took part in masterclasses with violists amongst Nobuko Imai, Miguel da Silva, Hartmut Rohde, Sophia Reuter, Daniel Bard, Saeko Oguma, Isabelle van Keulen, Sven Arne Tepl, Asdis Valdimarsdottir, Jurgen Kussmaul, Daniel Palmizio and Wenting Kang.
Other highlights include performances in Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Wigmore Hall (London), Royal Opera House Muscat, Barbican Hall (London), Casa da Musica (Porto), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Villa Medici (Rome), Wolkenturm (Grafenegg), Shanghai Symphony Hall, De Doelen (Rotterdam), Royal Albert Hall (London), The Sage (Newcastle) and Milton Court (London).
Michiel is generously supported by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Stichting Eigen Muziekinstrumenten Fonds, the Guildhall School Iris Galley Award, Hendrik Muller Fonds and the Mengelberg Fonds. He's currently playing on a viola built by Theo Marks. His bow was built by Daniël ter Berg and has been given on loan by the Dutch Music Instruments Foundation.