Duleen van Gunsteren was born in 1995 in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. He began his studies on the violin at the School for Young Talent in The Hague with Koosje van Haeringen. He continued studying at the Conservatory of Rotterdam with Ron Ephrat and at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Marjolein Dispa and Nobuko Imai.

Duleen won the third prize in the International Oskar Nedbal Competition in 2023 in Prague as well as in the Triomphe de l’Arc Competition 2024 in Brussels. Besides he won special prizes in the Chamber Music Competition Gelre with Duo Van Gunsteren Keinänen in 2023 (the Grachtenfestival Prize) and the Amsterdam National Viola Competition in 2021 (the Leo Smit Prize). He has followed masterclasses with, among others, Isabelle van Keulen, Garth Knox, Pierre Henri Xuereb, Atte Kilpeläinen, Lilli Maijala, Anita Mitterer, and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden.

Duleen plays projects with various orchestras and ensembles, such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, The Hague Philharmonic, Combattimento and ASKO Schönberg. Duleen also likes folk music, improvisation and singing. Since 2021 he is the artistic leader of the Noordwijk Chamber Music Festival.

First Round

• J. S. Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
  • 1. Adagio (5')
  • 2. Fuga (5')
• P. Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Viola op. 25 No. 1
  • 3. Sehr langsam (6')
  • 4. Rasendes Zeitmaß. Wild. Tonschönheit ist Nebensache (2').
• F. X. Mozart: Sonata E major op. 19
  • 1. Allegro (10')
• F. A. Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major
  • 1. Allegro (8')

Second Round

• • D. Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano op. 147 (31')
  • 1. Moderato
  • 2. Allegretto
  • 3. Adagio
• F. B. Price: Adoration (3')
• P. Pujanek: Dentro (11') 
• G. Enescu: Concertstück (8')

Piano: Daniël Kramer (guest)

Finale

• Béla Bartók: Viola Concerto (Ed. Serly) (24')
  • 1. Moderato
  • 2. Adagio Religioso
  • 3. Allegro Vivace