Teddy Sicking (20-09-2003) is a Dutch violinist, vocalist and composer who likes to experiment and is always looking for new sounds through her violin, voice, pedalboard and synthesizer. She is currently in the 1st year of her jazz violin masters at the Conservatory of Amsterdam after finishing her double bachelor jazz & classical violin in Amsterdam last year. For both her final bachelor exams, she composed the piece ‘Adventures in the Aviary: Metal Bird - a composition for solo violin and effects’, based on the fairy tale ‘The emperor and the nightingale’ by Hans Christian Andersen. In the spring of 2026 Teddy won the Conservatorium Talent Award as well as the Grachtenfestival Jazz competition. She’s active as a jazz and classical soloist and is front woman of her own jazz fusion band, TJ’s Pretty People, with which she has performed on stages and festivals like the Bimhuis, Grachtenfestival and soon Orange Jazz Days. In 2023 she was concert master of the Jong Metropole orchestra and for this she received the Keep an Eye Outstanding Talent Award 2023. In january 2025, Teddy made her tv debut as a part of ‘Podium Klassiek’, in which she played an original jazz arrangement ‘Notes on Nimrod’ with Sven Figee. Furthermore, she freelances with the Metropole Orkest and has performed with Harry Styles in the Amsterdam Arena and Wembley Stadium as part of his ‘Together, Together’ concert tour in 2026. Teddy has a violin (1918) and bow (1910-‘50) by Paul Max Möller on loan from the NMF.