Born in Huy (Belgium) in 1975, Xavier Vander Linden studied the violin under Marcel Debot (Brussels), Emmanuel Koch (LiĆØge), Igor Ozim (Cologne and Bern), and Ida Bieler (DĆ¼sseldorf) and also studied chamber music with the Alban Berg Quartet (Cologne). In the course of his studies, he was awarded first prize in the violin (LiĆØge, 1991), the KĆ¼nstlerische ReifeprĆ¼fung (Cologne, 1996), and the Konzertexamen (DĆ¼sseldorf, 2001). He has been a member of the Luxembourg Philharmonic since 1998.
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