Vilde Frang

Vilde Frang is a Norwegian classical violinist who has won an international reputation drawing high praise from critics around the world and a growing audience for her performances and recordings. A child prodigy who began to play the violin at the age of four, she studied in Stockholm and Hamburg, performing with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons when she was just 13-years-old. After several concerts in Scandinavia and Germany, her appearance with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007 led to a recording contract. She made her recording debut in 2010 with 'Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Humoresques; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1' with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and conductor Thomas Søndergård. Her other releases include 'Bartók, Grieg, Strauss: Violin Sonatas' (2011) with pianist Michail Lifits, 'Nielsen, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos' (2012) with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eivind Gullberg Jensen, 'Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 & 5; Sinfonia Concertante' (2015) with violinist Maxim Rysanov and the Arcangelo Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Cohen and 'Britten, Korngold: Violin Concertos' (2016) with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by James Gaffigan. Her performance of the Mendelssohn concertos at the Berlin Philharmonic's live 'Europakonzert 2016' with conductor Simon Rattle won high praise. Her most recent release, 'Homage' (2017) with pianist José Gallardo, is a tribute to early 20th century violinists. In a review of a 2016 concert in Canada, the Toronto Star noted that Frang "plays with a delicate sense of finesse" and said she "shows one of the marks of a true virtuoso: the ability to play the highest notes in the loudest possible way with a whisper."

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