Diamanda La Berge Dramm

Diamanda La Berge Dramm is one of the leading contemporary classical music performers of her generation. In her own practice as a violininst, singer, and composer, she continuously aims to examine the dyad of voice and violin.

In 2018, Diamanda became the first string soloist to win the Dutch Classical Talent Award. Other major recognitions include the John Cage Award (2015), the Deutschlandfunk Förderungspreis (2019), and the Willem Breukerprijs (2022). Together with Garth Knox, she released a new set of concert etudes focusing on extended techniques, Violin Spaces, which she teaches internationally.

As part of her residency at the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven (2018-2020), Diamanda created a project around Charles Ives’ Violin Sonata, No. 5, which included a CD release and a corresponding website. In 2021, she released Inside Out on GENUIN Classics, with works by J.S. Bach and John Cage. Her longtime collaboration with UK poet SJ Fowler resulted in the EP Beastings (2019), and the album Chimp (2022).

She regularly works with fashion house Maison the Faux. In 2022, Diamanda played the role of Einstein in Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass, in a new production by Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg. She was Musician in Residence with Crash Ensemble in 2022 and 2023. As a Fellow at Beethovenfest Bonn 2024, Diamanda created a performance in collaboration with fashion house Maison the Faux.

Diamanda is also Artist in Residence for November Music 2025. Diamanda plays with an Andreas Grütter bow (2015) on an Andranik Gaybaryan violin (2014), purchased with the generous support of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Stichting Eigen Muziekinstrumentenfonds. Other structural support has come from the Loyola Stichting, het Kersjes Fonds, and Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten.

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(photo credit: Juri Hiensch)