Henning Kraggerud

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Henning Kraggerud (born June 23, 1973 in Oslo , Norway ) is a Norwegian musician ( violin and viola ) and composer. He has established himself as one of the most outstanding international soloists in Scandinavia.

Career

Kraggerud was born in Oslo. He studied with Camilla Wicks , Emanuel Hurwitz and Stephan Barratt-Due before embarking on a career that enabled solo performances in Europe, Russia and the USA with leading orchestras and in collaboration with the most important conductors. He made his American debut as a soloist in 1998 at Carnegie Hall , working with the most talented colleagues in concerts and chamber music performances. He is regarded as an outstanding violist and enjoys an equally good reputation as first violinist in chamber orchestras and symphoniettas . He is an experienced composer who also writes musical arrangements and his own cadences .

His recordings for Naxos include Grieg's violin sonatas and Norwegian favorites for violin and orchestra. As a recipient of the prestigious Grieg Prize in Norway, he was named Artist-Residence 2004 by the Bergen International Festival.

Kraggerud took over the position of Artistic Co-Director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music from Leif Ove Andsnes in 2011. Since 2012 he has been Artistic Director of the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra. With his strong commitment to chamber music, Kraggerud appears on both the violin and the viola at major international festivals. His most recent collaborations include a Szymanowski Focus at Wigmore Hall in London and Zankel Hall in New York City, curated by Piotr Anderszewski , and appearances at the Verbier Festival with Joshua Bell , Leonidas Kavakos and Martha Argerich . In 2011 he performed at the "Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival" and the "Seoul Spring Festival", among others. Since 2012 he has been a member of the "Rio International Chamber Music Week" in Brazil and the "Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival". Together with Imogen Cooper and Adrian Brendel he appears at LSO St Luke's in the BBC 's chamber concert series .

Awards

  • 2007: "Ole Bull Award" for his work on the music of Ole Bull
  • 2008: Spellemann prizes in classical music for the album Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin
  • 2011: Gammlengprisen in the art music class

Discography (selection)

Solo albums

As a soloist

  • 1997: Grieg : Fiolinsonater No. 1–3 (Naxos music), with Helge Kjekshus (piano)
  • 1999: Bull , Halvorsen , Grieg , Sinding , Svendsen : Norwegian violin favorites (Naxos Music), with "Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra", conductor: Bjarte Engeset
  • 2003: Johan Svendsen : String Quartet - String Quintet (cpo), with Oslo String Quartet
  • 2004: Sibelius , Sinding : Violin Concerts (Naxos Music), with Oslo String Quartet
  • 2008: Musikk for Fiolin Og Klavér (Naxos Music), with Christian Ihle Hadland
  • 2009: Christian Sinding : Music for Violin and Piano - 1 (Suite Im Alten Stil, Op. 10 - Waltz, Op. 59) (Naxos Music), with Christian Ihle Hadland
  • 2009: Christian Sinding: Music for Violin and Piano - 2 (Naxos Music), with Christian Ihle Hadland
  • 2011: Mozart : Divertimento in E flat major (Naxos music), with Lars Anders Tomter (viola) & Christoph Richter (cello)
  • 2012: Nordic Violin Favorites (Naxos Music), with "Dalasinfoniettan", conductor: Bjarte Engeset
  • 2016: Mozart: Violin Concerts No. 3, 4 and 5 (Naxos Music), with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Cooperations

As a composer & soloist

  • 2015: Equinox (Simax Classics), with Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

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  1. ↑ Henning Kraggerud Biography . In: Norsk Biografisk Leksikon . (Norwegian, snl.no ).
  2. ↑ Henning Kraggerud Biography . IMGartists.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ Henning Kraggerud - violin . Proarte.no. Archived from the original on March 23, 2006. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Kraggerud, Henning
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian musician (violin and viola) and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway