Rudolf Koelman was born in Amsterdam in 1959. At the age of seven he received his first violin lessons from Jan Bor. In 1972 he began an extensive study of the violin under Herman Krebbers at the Conservatory

Rudolf Koelman perfoms worldwide as a soloist and chambermusician and made numerous TV-, radio- and CD-recordings. His most succesfull recordings are a live recording of N. Paganini's 24 capricci, the

Rudolf Koelman Discography / recordings J.S. Bach, Eugène Ysaÿe, Edvard Grieg: solosonatas (Grieg with Ferenc Bognàr) 1984 (LP) Rudolf Koelman plays his favorite encores: 16 virtuoso