Karlijn Langendijk出生于1995年，成长于荷兰的Uitgeest。从小便被原声吉他音乐包围的她，在13岁时受到父亲的启发开始学习吉他。她的音乐并非单纯地表现快乐或悲伤，而是通过复杂细腻的情感层次来传递人们内心深处却难以用语言表达的情感。作为一名吉他演奏家和作曲家，她深受多种音乐风格和文化的吸引，并将这些元素融入到自己独特的音乐风格中。她的旋律充满想象力，犹如电影原声音乐，但只存在于聆听者的心中。
在她的现场音乐会中，Karlijn自如地在梦幻的抒情曲、节奏感强烈的律动以及对知名歌曲的改编之间切换。演出间隙，她通过生动的讲述分享自己的经历以及促使她创作的种种灵感来源。
她曾与Tommy Emmanuel和Peter Finger等音乐家同台演出，并在欧洲、中国、日本和印度巡演。2015年，她与原声吉他手Tim Urbanus共同发布了首张双人专辑《Leap of Faith》，由知名厂牌“Acoustic Music Records”发行。同年11月，她在捷克共和国的“SAI原声吉他比赛”中获得一等奖和观众奖。2018年，她入围伦敦“年度原声吉他手”比赛的决赛。2020年，MusicRadar将她评为“年度原声吉他手”前十名的第六位。2021年1月，她荣获“欧洲吉他奖”的赞助商奖。
她的职业生涯在2023年8月达到高峰，当时她获得了“Francisco Mário现代吉他国际大奖–欧洲赛区”的一等奖。
2017年，Karlijn毕业于荷兰乌得勒支音乐学院，两年后在德国德累斯顿音乐学院完成了原声吉他方向的音乐硕士学位，师从Thomas Fellow、Reentko Dirks和Stephan Bormann等知名音乐家。
她的个人EP《Luna》于2017年7月发行，展现了她丰富多样的个人独奏曲目，这些作品经常出现在她的巡演中。2018年，她与他人共同创立了MusiSHEans，一个支持和赋权女性音乐家的社区，致力于让女性音乐家因她们的音乐而被听到，而非因外貌或性别吸引力而受到评判。
2019年12月，她与捷克吉他手Ladislav Pazdera合作发行了新双人专辑《MERAKI》，其中包含节奏感强烈的炫技作品和富有氛围感的抒情曲。
她的最新专辑《ATLAS》是她的首张个人专辑，于2022年3月发行。这张专辑包含11首原创作品，灵感来源于她在不同国家的旅行、重要的生活事件以及个人兴趣。
Karlijn Langendijk was born in 1995 and grew up in Uitgeest, The Netherlands. Surrounded by acoustic guitar music since birth, she started playing the guitar at the age of 13, inspired by her father. Her music is not simply happy or sad – she composes with numerous intricate shades of emotions that people feel intensely but cannot readily communicate into words. As a guitarist & composer, she is fascinated by many different music genres and cultures and mixes them together into a completely unique style. Her distinctive melodies stir the imagination, akin to music in a film soundtrack only existing in the mind of the listener.
During her live concerts she confidently alternates between dreamy ballads, rhythmical grooves and arrangements of well-known songs. Between performances, she conjures vivid storytelling of her experiences and the many fascinations that have brought her to compose.
She has shared the stage with musicians like Tommy Emmanuel and Peter Finger, and has toured across Europe, China, Japan and India. Together with acoustic guitarist Tim Urbanus, she released her debut duo album “Leap of Faith” in 2015 at the renowned label “Acoustic Music Records”. In November 2015 she won the first prize and the audience prize at the “SAI Acoustic Guitar Competition” in the Czech Republic. She played in the finals of the “Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2018” competition in London. MusicRadar placed her 6th in the Top 10 of “Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2020”. In January 2021 she received the sponsor prize at the “European Guitar Award”.
The highlight came in August 2023 when Karlijn won the 1st prize at the “Francisco Mário International Prize for Modern Guitar – Europe”.
In 2017 Karlijn graduated from the Conservatory in Utrecht (NL) and two years later she finished her Master of Music in “Acoustic Guitar” at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden (DE), where she received lessons from well respected musicians like Thomas Fellow, Reentko Dirks and Stephan Bormann.
Her solo EP “Luna” was released in July 2017 and is an engaging and diverse mix from her solo repertoire that she is playing on tour regularly. In 2018 she cofounded MusiSHEans – a community to support and empower female musicians who should be heard for their music and not be judged on their looks or sex appeal.
In December 2019 she released her new duo guitar album “MERAKI” together with Czech guitarist Ladislav Pazdera, which consists of virtuoso rhythmical pieces and atmospherical ballads.
Her latest album “ATLAS”, also her solo debut, was released in March 2022: 11 original compositions that were inspired by travels throughout different countries, significant life events and personal fascinations.