Solveig Geenen

Solveig Geenen holds section violin positions with the Detroit Opera Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and the Lansing Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony as a substitute violinist. Solveig received her Master of Music from the University of Michigan, studying with David Halen, and her Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University, studying with Gerardo Ribeiro. An advocate for accessible music education, Solveig served as President of the Evanston Young Artists program in her time at Northwestern, which provides free lessons to underserved students in the Chicago area.

From Columbia, Missouri, Solveig began learning the violin from her mother, Siri Geenen, and then went on to study with Amy Appold. In past summers, Solveig was principal second violin of the National Repertory Orchestra, where she performed as a soloist on Vaughan William’s “The Lark Ascending” with Leonard Slatkin conducting. She has also attended the Aspen Music Festival and School as a violin fellow and has played with the Missouri Symphony for their summer season. An avid chamber musician, Solveig has worked closely with members of the Telegraph Quartet, the Dover Quartet, and the Cavani Quartet. Her string quartet, the Evergreen Quartet, received the Gustave Rosseels Endowed Prize for String Quartet and placed second in the Briggs Chamber Music Competition in 2025. In her free time, Solveig enjoys hiking, knitting, running, and reading.