Mintje van Lier (1982) is assistent leader of the 2nd violins of the Radio Kamer Filharmonie and she is a member of the Jenufa Quartet since 2009. At the age of five she started violin lessons with Anneke Schilt and subsequently Hans Scheepers, Joyce Tan, Mimi Zweig, Chris Duindam en Lex Korff de Gidts. She obtained her Bachelor Degree at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam. She continued her studies in Berlin with Ilan Gronich at the Universität der Künste. In 2009 she obtained her Diplom en she is now studying for her Konzertexamen.

In 2004-2006 Mintje was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra under the guidance of conductors like Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Paavo Jarvi en Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

In 2007 Mintje was admitted to the academy of the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest. After her successful completion of the academy year, Mintje received a bursary from the Bernard Haitink Fonds voor Jong Talent.

Mintje attended the Zermatt Festival twice with the Sharoun Ensemble of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Together with family and friends Mintje in 2008 set up the chambermusic festival Musical Remarks which is held every summer in Loudoun County, Virginia, US. Mintje regularly plays in orchestras such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Rundfunk Symphonieorchester Berlin and the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest. In Berlin she plays with the chambermusic group Solistenensemble Kaleidoscoop.

Mintje van Lier plays a violin built by  Johannes Fransiscus Cuypers (1812), lent by the Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds. To finance her studies in Berlin, Mintje received grants from the Fonds Jong Talent and the Jonge Musici Fonds. In addition she was supported by the VSBfonds, the Huygens Scholarship Program and the Fonds voor de Amateurkunst en Podiumkunsten.