{"id":187,"date":"2026-01-17T13:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:02:48","slug":"about-helena-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/about-helena-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Helena"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Helena Sijpkens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

She grew up in Wroc\u0142aw (PL), where she began learning to play the violin using the\nSuzuki method at the age of six. Her siblings joined soon after, and music became an\nimportant part of family life. Together with her mother and siblings, she participated in\nSuzuki violin workshops throughout Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating from high school, she continued her studies at the Conservatory in\nUtrecht in Chris Duindam's class, where, in addition to perfecting her playing, she\ndeveloped her teaching skills and experience. Strongly committed to the Suzuki\nMethod, in 2022 she completed a first-level teaching course with Helen Brunner in\nLondon and began working with preschool and school-age children, as well as adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She taught at the Jan Sebastian Bachschool in Soest and privately in Nieuwegein and\nUtrecht. She is constantly developing her teaching skills \u2013 in 2025, she began the\nsecond level of the Suzuki Method teaching course with Helen Brunner (ESA). She\nregularly participates with her students in national and international violin workshops,\nand in 2026 she will be a teacher at the Violin Workshop in Krzy\u017cowa (PL) for the third\ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her teaching, she focuses on a positive atmosphere, mutual respect and the joy of\nmaking music together. She believes that anyone can learn to play the violin, which is\nwhy her door is always open to students of all ages and backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her teaching, she focuses on a positive atmosphere, mutual respect and the joy of\nmaking music together. She believes that anyone can learn to play the violin, which is\nwhy her door is always open to students of all ages and backgrounds.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Helena Sijpkens Ze groeide op in Wroc\u0142aw (PL), waar ze op 6-jarige leeftijd begon met vioollessenvolgens de Suzuki-methode. Al snel begonnen haar broertje en zusje ook metvioolspelen en werd muziek een belangrijk onderdeel van het gezinsleven. Samen methaar moeder en broertje en zusje nam ze deel aan Suzuki-vioolworkshops in heelEuropa. Na haar middelbare school ging […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenaviolin.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}