About
Bert Vos started to play the violin when he was only seven years old. At the age of 16 he became Concert Master of the Haags Instrumentaal Jeugdensemble.
Two years later he went to the Conservatorium of Rotterdam to study under Jan Hulst. In 1993 Bert arrived, as the only Dutch musician, at the International Youth Orchestra in Israel, under the leadership of the maestro Lorin Maazel. He also followed several master classes, in Stuttgart and New York, among others. After receiving his diploma as music teacher he followed the course for stage performer at the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv. He has also been a member of the Gertler String Quartet. Once he returned to The Netherlands Bert became a violinist at the Escher Ensemble and a regular replacement musician at the Het Gelders Orkest. Bert has is also the founder and bandleader of the klezmer band Shtetl Band Amsterdam. Recently he has also joined the ensemble Novaya Shira, from the singer Shura Lipovsky. Since the begin of 2005 Bert has been a member of the Sexteto Canyengue and the Kraayenhof Tango Ensemble, at first as second violin and currently (since 2012) as first violin.