Jon Rose (Amsterdam, Holland) Jon Rose was born in Great Britain in 1951, has Australian citizenship, and now lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin. After studies in music, graphic design, and jazz, Rose began his now fourteen year-long exploration of The Relative Violin—a Total Art Form based around the one musical instrument. This exploration is given expression in a variety of performance areas, such as violin performances of up to 12 hours in duration, large-scale on-site installations, multimedia performances and radiophonic works. Rose has toured the United States, Europe, Australia, and China.