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Vilde Frang - Wikipedia

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Vilde Frang Bjærke (born 19 August 1986) is a Norwegian classical violinist. Early life and education. Born in Oslo, Norway, Frang began playing the violin by the Suzuki method at the age of four. She grew up in a musical family with both her father and her sister playing the double bass. In the

Ole Bull - Wikipedia

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Ole Bornemann Bull ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈù:lə ˈbʉlː]; [1] 5 February 1810 - 17 August 1880) was a Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer. [2] [3] According to Robert Schumann, he was on a level with Niccolò Paganini for the speed and clarity of his playing.

A Trip to Norway: An Introduction to the Hardanger Fiddle, and How One

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Named for Norway's most famous violinist, Ole Bornemann Bull, Ole Bull Academy is the world center for Hardanger music education and Norwegian folk music. "Hardanger fiddle making is closer to artisan craftswork than violin making," says Lüders. "Even though decorations can be standardized, there is always freedom to make your own.

Hardanger fiddle - Wikipedia

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A Hardanger fiddle (Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as on a standard violin) and thinner wood.The earliest known example of the hardingfele is from 1651, made by Ole Jonsen Jaastad in Hardanger

Mari Samuelsen - Biography | Deutsche Grammophon

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The Norwegian violinist's emotionally charged style of playing, backed by an immaculate technique and searching intelligence, makes her broad repertoire even more captivating to listen to. Her work includes collaborations with artists such as Jeff Mills, Dubfire and Philipp Geist, and ground-breaking explorations of contemporary art and

Ole Bull | Norwegian composer, virtuoso, violinist | Britannica

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Ole Bull was a Norwegian violinist, composer, and nationalist known for his unique performance method and for starting a short-lived utopian community called New Norway, or Oleana. Bull began playing the violin at age five, influenced by French-trained violinists of the Bergen Harmonic Society as

BIO | henning-kraggerud

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Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud is Artistic Director of the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. His extraordinary reach as an artist is a result of his versatility and passion for music, as well as the genuine quality to his playing and the beauty of his performances. His teaching and educational writings provide fascinating insights

Kolbjørn Holthe - violinist

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Kolbjørn Holthe (born 1973) is one of the leading Norwegian violinists of his generation and a much sought-after soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He was appointed Associate Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2001 where he himself studied between 1991 and 1997, with the exception of two years at the Louisiana State University

Tuva Halse

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Norwegian violinist & composer. Tuva Halse. is an improvising violinist and composer from Molde, based in Oslo. Growing up in beautiful and inspiring surroundings among mountains and fjords in the north-west of Norway, she creates music at the intersection between Nordic jazz and classical art music. Previously referred to as a "down-to-earth

Norwegian Violinist Vilde Frang - connollymusic.com

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Norwegian Violinist Vilde Frang. Published by StringOvation Team on June 01, 2017. Vilde Frang has been an acclaimed violinist since she was a young girl in Oslo. She continues to rack up an impressive array of performances and recordings. The Guardian described the arch of her career as "prodigy to virtuoso," and she's not yet close to

Category:Norwegian violinists - Wikipedia

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Norwegian violinists by century‎ (2 C) + Norwegian women violinists‎ (16 P) C. Norwegian classical violinists‎ (24 P) F. Norwegian fiddlers‎ (26 P) J. Norwegian jazz violinists‎ (2 P) Pages in category "Norwegian violinists" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.

Never second fiddle: On Norway's most famous instrument

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The instrument played by the fiddler is the Hardingfele (Hardanger Fiddle), named for the first such instrument, devised around 1650 in the Hardanger area of western Norway. Unlike other members of the violin family, the Hardingfele has four active strings and a second set of four sympathetic strings, lying closer to the belly of the instrument.

Home | MIRIAM HELMS ÅLIEN Norwegian Violinist

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Norwegian violinist MIRIAM HELMS ÅLIEN is one of the most exciting young artists to emerge from Norway in recent years. Recent and upcoming highlights include performances with Trondheim Symphony Orchestras and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, as well as chamber music performances in the Liszt Academy (Budapest), Berlin Konzerthaus, the Intl. Bergen Festival, and the 3rd edition of FESTIVALTA

Johan Dalene

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Gramophone's Young Artist of the Year 2022. "Only as old as the century, and although unassuming, this Swedish violinist has already made the musical world sit up and notice his remarkble playing." Winner of the 2023 Swedish Grammis for the Nielsen/Sibelius Album. "For my money, there's no finer coupling of these highly contrasting yet much

The violin princess of Norway | Eldbjørg Hemsing | The sound of Norway

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The Chinese has collaborated with the Norwegian violinist for years and has even dedicated a specially written musical work to her. Eldbjørg Hemsing started playing the violin when she was a four-year-old growing up in a picturesque village in Valdres in Eastern Norway. Now, people sit quiet and listen every time Eldbjørg lets the bow hit the

Norwegian Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing's Reverent, Icy Portrait of Home

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In February 2023 — the definition of "late winter" in the northern hemisphere — Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing released the seasonally apropos "Arctic." Her debut album for Sony Classical, recorded with the Norwegian Arctic Philharmonic, is a reverent send up to the icy reaches of her home. Hemsing is in the middle of a United

Mari Samuelsen - Wikipedia

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Mari Silje Samuelsen (born 21 December 1984) is a Norwegian violinist. She is the sister of cellist Håkon Samuelsen, with whom she often performs throughout Norway and Europe. Early life and education. Samuelsen grew up in Hamar, and began playing violin at age three at a local music school outside the city. By age four, she

Ole Bornemann Bull | Encyclopedia.com

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Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull (1810-1880) was among the most celebrated musicians of the nineteenth century, a violin star who toured the world. Bull was especially popular in the United States, which he visited multiple times. He lived for several long stretches in America, married an American woman, and attempted in the early

Mari Samuelsen - Norwegian Violin Virtuoso - Phamox Music

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The Norwegian violinist is a supremely talented artist, technically superb, and a thoroughly down-to-earth person. Of course, she is one of her kind in terms of competency and violin playing technique. The gifted Mari Samuelsen was born in the lively town of Hamar on December 21st, 1984. She is a sister to Håkon Samuelsen who is also a

Category:Norwegian classical violinists - Wikipedia

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Arve Tellefsen. Marianne Thorsen. Waldemar Thrane. Terje Tønnesen. Categories: Classical violinists by nationality. Norwegian classical musicians by instrument. Norwegian violinists.

Ole Bull - ViolinMan.com

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Bull, Ole (Bornemann), eccentric Norwegian violinist; b. Bergen, Feb. 5,1810; d. Lyso, near Bergen, Aug. 17, 1880. He was extremely precocious, and played the violin experimen­tally even before acquiring the rudiments of music. At the age of 9 he played solos with the Bergen Harmonic Soc. His teachers were then Niels Eriksen and J.H. Poulsen

Famous bands and musicians from Norway: A list

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Ole Bull was a Norwegian-born Violinist and composer who is regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. Born in bergen in 1810 as the eldest of 10 children, Bull gained an interest in music from a young age. At the age of four or five, he could play all of the songs he had heard his mother play on the violin.

Henning Kraggerud - Wikipedia

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A leader-soloist of chamber orchestras and sinfoniettas, Kraggerud is skilled at improvisation, and is an experienced composer, having written music arrangements and his own cadenzas. His recordings for Naxos include Grieg 's Violin Sonatas and Norwegian Favorites for violin and orchestra. A recipient of Norway's prestigious Grieg Prize