Frederieke Saeijs (The Netherlands) started to play the violin at age seven. After finishing the Gymnasium in 1998 she entered the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where she received both the Bachelor (2002) and Master (2004) degrees Cum Laude. From 2004-2008 Frederieke continued her violin study with professor Mauricio Fuks at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. There she received both the Performer Diploma (2007) and the Artist Diploma (2008). Also she was awarded the Performance Certificate (2008), a special distinction by the Indiana University.
Frederieke has won several prizes at (inter)national violin competitions: Prinses Christina Concours (1995, 1998), National Violin Competition Oskar Back ( 2001), Vriendenkrans Concours (2001), Elisabeth Everts Prize (2002), Georges Enescu International Violin Competition (Bucharest, Romania 2003) and the Amsterdam Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Competition (2004).
In 2005 Frederieke has won the First Grand Prix 'Academie des Beaux Arts' at the International Violin Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud, in Paris, France, as well as 4 special prizes: 'Prix de SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco' for the best interpretation of the contemporary work (by M.-O. Dupin), 'Prix Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer' for the best interpretation of the violin concerto (by A. Berg), Prize of the members of the Orchestre National de France and Prize of the students of the Conservatories of Paris. As a result Frederieke was invited to perform in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Russia, Scotland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, the USA and Switzerland. Also Frederieke received the honor of performing for Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands at Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, The Netherlands.
As a soloist Frederieke has performed with the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Limburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Residentie Orchestra The Hague, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Santa Fe Orchestra (Argentina) and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. She collaborated with conductors Matthias Bamert, Marco Boni, Jonathan Darlington, Antony Hermus, Neeme Jarvi, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Friedemann Layer, Ion Marin, Roberto Montenegro, Christoph Poppen, Noam Sheriff, Vassily Sinaiski, Etienne Siebens, Ed Spanjaard and Jaap van Zweden.
From 2006-2009 Frederieke was Artist in Residence in the Dr. Anton Philipszaal and Nieuwe Kerk in her home town The Hague in The Netherlands. In summer 2009 she was 'Young Artist in Residence' at the Dutch Music Summer in Gelderland, The Netherlands. During the 2009 Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound, Canada, she was 'Stockey Young Artist'.
Frederieke is playing on a violin made by Petrus Guarneri (1725, Venice), 'Ex- Reine Elisabeth', kindly lent to her by the Dutch National Music Instrument Foundation.
From September 2009 Frederieke is teaching at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, The Netherlands.
In December 2009 her first cd will be released with record label Naxos: Sonatas by Ravel, Respighi and Granados, recorded with pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren.