Monica Germino

Monica Germino (born 1974) is an American and Dutch violinist. In 1993 she received a grant to study music in The Netherlands.

Monica Germino has performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), Bang on a Can Marathon (NY), University of South Florida (USF), and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Germino collaborates with "electronic sound designer" Frank van der Weij. Germino and Van der Weij have commissioned new works for violinist and sound designer from Julia Wolfe, Donnacha Dennehy, David Dramm, Arnoud Noordegraaf,

Germino commissioned a Violectra (electric violin) in 2003. Among the pieces written for her on this instrument include composer Robert Zuidam's new Requiem (2013), Renske Vrolijk's 'Violectra Concerto' (2012), and David Dramm's 'Fuzzbox Logic' (2010). and the band Electric Barbarian.

Germino frequently collaborates with the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and the singer Cristina Zavalloni. In 2011, Andriessen composed a violin concerto for her, titled 'La Girò'. Her performance of John Cage's Six Melodies played an inspirational role in Andriessen's opera "Writing to Vermeer."

Germino plays a Joannes Baptista Ceruti violin on permanent loan from the Elise Mathilde Foundation. Germino also sings and plays simultaneously and she plays with the curved bow.

She was married to composer Louis Andriessen from 2012 until his death in 2021.