Karin Dolman, the founder, president, and inspirational motor of the Dutch Viola Society since 2012, has been elected Vice President of the International Viola Society (IVS). for the term 2020-2023. The election was made by votes from viola societies world wide.

We congratulate Karin with this honourable appointment! The official announcement can be seen on the IVS website.

Karin is a viola professor at the Codarts school of arts in Rotterdam, where she also served as co-host for the International Viola Congress in 2018.

In a parallel development, Karin will be stepping down from her role as our DVS president. An announcement about the new chairmanship and composition of the DVS board will follow shortly.