MAYKE RADEMAKERS is an internationally acclaimed and recognised cellist. She gave concerts, radio & television performances in the major concert halls in Holland, Belgium, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Norway, Spain & USA. At age 16, Mayke was admitted to the masterclasses of André Navarra over several summers at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. She won the Prize for the most Promising Playing. Mayke studied simultaneously at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst with André Navarra (Detmold, DE) and with György Schiffer at the Conservatory in Tilburg (NL) where she passed cum laude (with honours) for her Concert Degree. Afterwards, having been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, she studied in Cincinnati. She participated in the Aspen Music Festival and was awarded an Artist Degree. Mayke formed a cello-piano duo with Matthijs Verschoor. Since their collaboration, they've performed all throughout Europe with trips to Africa and Scandinavia. Their playing has unanimously been acclaimed by the international press and they were awarded the Silver Medal by the Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres in Paris for their dedication to French music. The international press has been consistently unanimous in its praise towards her CD-recordings including Bach’s Cello Suites, works by Brahms, Liszt, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov as well as by contemporary composers including Gubaidulina, Penderecki, Kurtag and her own improvisations on e-cello.