Raven Mischke is a Dutch violinist who started playing the violin when he was five years old. He had lessons with Evert Sillem, Susanne Jaspers and Helma Leenhouts. In 2013 he started his Bachelor studies with Johannes Leertouwer at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. In 2017 he started his Master studies with Gordan Nikolić at Codarts Rotterdam, and in 2018 with Peter Brunt and Ilya Grubert in Amsterdam. In 2021 he continued his studies at the University of Gothenburg with Øyvor Volle, enrolling in the Symphonic Orchestra Performance course. Since 2023 he is studying at the The Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen with Eszter Haffner.

Raven has had masterclasses with Pinchas Zukerman, Augustin Hadelich, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Liviu Prunaru, Milan Vitek, Sophie Gent, Eliot Lawson, Marc Danel, Trio Debussy, and the Zemlinksy Quartet.

Raven currently is a Lumbye academist with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, and regularly plays with the Odense Symphony Orchestra. He worked as a second violinist at the GöteborgsOperan Orkester from 2021 to 2023, and during this time also regularly played with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. He regularly plays with orchestras in the Netherlands such as Wonderfeel Festival Orchestra, Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht, and Sinfonia Rotterdam. In the past he has played with De Klankkast, Orkest van het Oosten, Philharmonia Amsterdam, and Barokensemble Eik en Linde. He has performed under various conductors including Neeme Järvi, Leonid Grin, Johannes Leertouwer, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Christoph Eschenbach, Kent Nagano, Daniele Gatti, Evan Rogister, Xián Zhāng, Jan Willem De Vriend, Conrad van Alphen, Andrew Grams, and Junichi Hirokami. Raven also was a member and principal of various youth/student orchestras such as the Noord Hollands Jeugd Orkest, Utrechtsch Studenten Concert, VU-Orkest, Sweelinck Orkest, JED-Phil, and Nationaal Jeugd Orkest.

Raven was the conductor for youth string orchestra Camerata Amstelveen between 2017 and 2019, and regularly acts as coach and assistant conductor for the Noord Hollands Jeugd Orkest.

Raven currently plays a Boris Sverdlik violin built in 2013, after the 1714 “Soil” Stradivarius model, and a modern bow and baroque bow both built by Andreas Grütter.