Vilde Frang

Norwegian classical violinist
OccupationViolinist

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.[1] In the years 1993–2002 she studied with Stephan Barratt-Due, Alf Richard Kraggerud and Henning Kraggerud at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo.[2]

Frang made her soloist debut at the age of ten with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.[3] In 1998 she was introduced to Anne-Sophie Mutter, who became her mentor and later appointed her a scholarship holder in the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.[4] She was aged twelve in 1999 when Mariss Jansons engaged her as a soloist with the Oslo Philharmonic.[5]

From 2003 to 2009 Frang continued her studies in Germany, with Kolja Blacher at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Ana Chumachenco at the Kronberg Academy.[3][6] Frang received a 2007 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and also had lessons with Mitsuko Uchida in London.[2]

Career

In 2007, Frang's debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in their Eastbourne series led to a re-engagement in the following season, under Vladimir Jurowski at the Royal Festival Hall.[7] In 2008, Vilde Frang signed exclusively to EMI Classics (now Warner Classics).[6] Her debut album was released in 2009 and received high praise from critics and audiences alike, and she was named EMI Classics' Young Artist of the Year 2010.[2] Her recordings for EMI / Warner Classics have received numerous awards including a Classical BRIT, Deutsche Schallplattenpreis twice, four ECHO Klassik Awards, two Edisson Klassiek Awards, Diapason d'Or and two Gramophone Awards.[8]

Winner of the 2012 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, Frang performed the Sibelius violin concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic under Bernard Haitink at the Lucerne Festival.[8] In 2013 she made her London Proms debut, playing the Bruch Violin Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgards at the Royal Albert Hall.[9] In 2016, Frang performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle as part of their Europe Concert in Røros, Norway.[10]

Frang has held a part-time professorship (professor II) at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo since 2013.[11] Until 2021 she has played an 1864 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin.[7] Since then she has performed on the 1734 'Rode' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin, on loan from the Stretton Society.

Awards

  • Leonie Sonnings Musikfonds (2003)[12]
  • Ritter-Stiftung Grand Prize (2007)[12]
  • Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellowship (2007)[12]
  • The Prince Eugen Culture Prize, 2007[12] The Danish Queen Ingrid‘s Honorary Prize (2009)[12]
  • The Norwegian soloist prize (2009)[12]
  • Spellemannsprisen, Classical music. For Prokofiev & Sibelius: Violin Concertos. 2009[13]
  • Statoil's Classical Music Award (2010)[14]
  • Edison Klassiek Newcomer Award for Prokofiev & Sibelius: Violin Concertos .2011
  • Echo Klassik Award, newcomer award violin for Grieg, Bartók & R.Strauss: Sonatas. 2011[15]
  • Classic Brit Newcomer Award for Prokofiev & Sibelius: Violin Concertos. 2011[15]
  • Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award (2012)[15]
  • Edison Klassiek Chamber Music Award for Grieg, Bartók & R. Straus: Sonatas. 2012
  • Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik (2012) for Nielsen & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos.
  • Echo Klassik Award (2013)[16]
  • Echo Klassik Award (2015)[17]
  • Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik (2015) for Mozart Violin Concertos 1&5 and Sinfonia Concertante.
  • Echo Klassik Award (2016)[18]
  • Gramophone Classical Music Award (2016)[19]
  • Diapason d'or de l'année (2018) for Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 & Enescu Octet
  • Grand Prix L'Acádemie Charles Cros (2018) for Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 and Enescu Octet
  • BBC Music Magazine Award (Chamber Award) 2020 for Veress String Trio & Bartók Piano Quintet.
  • Gramophone Classical Music Award (Chamber Category) (2020) for Veress String Trio & Bartók Piano Quintet.
  • ICMA (International Classical Music Award) (Concertos Category) (2023) for Beethoven & Stravinsky Violin Concertos.
  • Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik (2023) for Beethoven & Stravinsky Violin Concertos.

Discography

  • Prokofiev & Sibelius: Violin Concertos (2009). With WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Thomas Søndergård (conductor). EMI Classics
  • Grieg, Bartók, R. Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2011). With Michail Lifits (piano). EMI Classics
  • Nielsen & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos (2012). With Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor). EMI Classics
  • Mozart: Violin Concertos 1&5 and Sinfonia Concertante (2015). With Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) and Maxim Rysanov (viola). Warner Classics
  • Korngold & Britten: Violin Concertos (2016). With Frankfurt Radio Symphony and James Gaffigan (conductor). Warner Classics
  • Homage (2017). With José Gallardo (piano). Warner Classics
  • Bartók Violin Concerto No.1 & Enescu Octet (2018). With Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck (conductor), Erik Schumann, Gabriel Le Magadure, Rosanne Philippens, violins; Lawrence Power, Lily Francis, violas; Nicolas Altstaedt and Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cellos. Warner Classics
  • Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet (2019). With Barnabás Kelemen, violin; Katalin Kokas and Lawrence Power, violas; Nicolas Altstaedt, cello and Alexander Lonquich, piano. Alpha Classics
  • Paganini & Schubert: Works for violin and piano (2019). With Michail Lifits (piano). Warner Classics
  • Beethoven: Songs and Folksongs (2020). With Ian Bostridge (song), Antonio Pappano (piano) and Nicolas Altstaedt (cello). Warner Classics
  • Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (2022). With The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Pekka Kuusisto (conductor). Warner Classics

References

  1. ^ "Violinist.com interview with Vilde Frang: Carl Nielsen Violin Concerto". Violinist.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Vilde Frang - Fellowship". Bbtrust.com.
  3. ^ a b Mackenzie, Sir Compton; Stone, Christopher (2008). The Gramophone. C. Mackenzie. p. 35.
  4. ^ "The scholarship holders - Anne Sophie Mutter". Anne-sophie-mutter.de.
  5. ^ Wroe, Nicholas (20 April 2012). "Vilde Frang – from prodigy to virtuoso". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Kronberg Academy: Vilde Frang". Kronbergacademy.de.
  7. ^ a b "Vilde FRANG". Amati-tokyo.com.
  8. ^ a b "Vilde Frang". Askonasholt.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Proms 2013 Proms Chamber Music 1: Ravel, Mozart & Lutosławski". Bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Simon Rattle conducts the 2016 European Concert in Røros". Digitalconcerthall.com.
  11. ^ "Vilde Frang - The Norwegian Academy of Music". Nmh.no.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Stipendiaten der Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund". Mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de.
  13. ^ Vilde Frang (in Norwegian) Store norske leksikon, retrieved 26 April 2013
  14. ^ "Vilde Frang Bjærke receives Statoil's classical music award". Statoil.com.
  15. ^ a b c "Vilde Frang awarded Credit Suisse Young Artists Award". Askonasholt.co.uk. 2 December 2011.
  16. ^ "Echo – in Archiv nachschlagen". Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Preisträger 2015". Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  18. ^ "ECHO KLASSIK Awards 2016". Askonasholt.co.uk. 21 July 2016.
  19. ^ "Concerto". Gramophone.co.uk.

External links

  • flagNorway portal
  • Music portal
  • Literature by and about Vilde Frang in the German National Library catalogue
  • Official website
  • Vilde Frang at AllMusic
  • Vilde Frang discography at Discogs Edit this at Wikidata
  • Vilde Frang Askonas Holt, Management
  • Vilde Frang EMI
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