Education Events

The Norwegian Academy of Music and the Barratt Due Music Institute are running a project week during the course of the Menuhin Competition. The events primarily address students and teachers but are open to the general public as well.

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MASTERCLASSES 10.00-11.30 in Kammersalen, BDM: 
”Performance and interpretation”

Monday 19.4:                 
Jazz trumpet player Palle Mikkelborg gives a clinic in cooperation with the wind and brass departments of NMH/BDM.

My musical journey has been self-taught ... My "guardian angel" has generously guided me in my search for my "voice", and on the journey honored me with warm, beautiful and powerful meetings with musicians and music from virtually all genres, and with virtually all "the colors of the pallet."

Naturally, I have also experienced - as it is wisely said - that the pendulum of art swings mightily between feelings of inferiority and illusions of grandeur ... darkness and light ... and so one can ask whether it was worth it. Well, it was and it is! I've never had any mission with my music, but I nevertheless have, to the best of my abilities, tried to live up to the monk's words:  "It is better to light one small candle than to curse the vast darkness." Palle Mikkelborg Feb.2010

Tuesday 20.4:
Professor and cellist Truls Mørk shares his knowledge with students from Barrratt Due Music Institute and the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Mørk was the first Scandinavian finalist and price winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, 1982. He has also, amongst many prizes, won the first prize at the Cassadó Competition in Firenze (1983), Grammy award for his recording of Britten’s cello suits and many Norwegian “Spellemannspriser”. Truls Mørk has been awarded a Knight of the Order of St. Olav. Alongside his career as a soloist Mørk is also a profiled chamber musician and is invited to chamber music festivals all over the world. Truls Mørk is a professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Wednesday 21.4:
Pianist Jeremy Menuhin shares his knowledge with students from Barratt Due Music Institute and the Norwegian Academy of Music.

As the son of Yehudi Menuhin, Jeremy Menuhin received a rare musical education, not only from his father but also the person surrounding Yehudi. Jeremy’s studies in Paris with legendary Nadia Boulanger were also of great importance. His repertoire is mostly from the classical genre. This will also be reflected in this master class where the focus will be on Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms. Jeremy is a sought after chamber musician with leading soloists and ensembles. He is also artistic director of the”International Menuhin Music Academy” in Switzerland.

Friday 23.4:
Professor and opera singer Håkan Hagegaard shares his knowledge whit students from Barratt Due Music Institute and the Norwegian Academy of Music.

He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has performed on stages across the world. He played the role of Papageno in Ingmar Bergman's acclaimed film version of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. He sang the baritone solos in choral conductor Robert Shaw's highly acclaimed popular 1980 recording of Carmina Burana, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. In 1985, he was appointed vocalist to King Carl XIV Gustaf of Sweden. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Music at the Indiana University Bloomington School of Music. Hagegaard also holds a professorship in vocal studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway.

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WORKSHOPS  14.15-15.45 in Levinsalen, NMH:
”Performance communication without boundaries”

Monday 19.4:                 
Jazz trumpet player Palle Mikkelborg gives a clinic in cooperation with the Jazz Departments of NMH

Tuesday 20.4:
The dancer Katrine Kirsebom:”Presence, movements and improvisation.”

Wednesday  21.4:
The composer and writer Jon Andreas Håtun (Jono El Grande): ”The innovative performer.”

Friday 23.4:
The two Assistant Professors and jazz singers of the Norwegian Academy of Music, Live Maria Roggen and Lisa Dillan: ”In the interaction between movements, space and sound.”

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DIALOGUES AND SOUP 12.30-13.30 in The Libary at Chateau Neuf:

Monday 19.4:                  
”The importance of music and awareness”
The relationship between art experience and realisation has been of importance throughout history. What lies beneath this interest in connecting art and awareness? And what can we gain by experiencing art?

Dialogue participants:
Einar Øverenget, philosopher and writer
Øyvind Varkøy, professor in music pedagogy
Hanne Fossum, master student in music pedagogy

Tuesday 20.4:
”Music performance and communication”
In addition to performing on public stages one of your task as a musician is to meet different audiences on their conditions. The focus of this debate will be how musicians can communicate through a musical performance, for example at a health institution.

Dialogue participants:
Trygve Aasgaard, assistant professor in music therapy, HiO,
Gro Trondalen, assistant professor in music therapy, NMH
Maria Bovin de Labbé, master student in music therapy, NMH

Wednesday 21.4:
”Tomorrow’s musicians in a modern society – what challenges do they face when trying to make their mark?”
This dialogue will look at the problems connected with image building and career planning, and discuss whether musicians need new or different ways of communication skills when meeting audiences outside the traditional concert arenas.

Dialogue participants:
Jon Andreas Håtun (Jono El Grande), composer and writer
Håkan Hagegård, professor and opera singer, NMH
Geir Lysne, assistant professor and jazz musician, NMH

Thursday 22.4                 
”Music in a cultural and humanitarian perspective.”
How can music contribute to building bridges between different cultures? This dialogue will focus on cultural and humanitarian aid in the Middle East and Africa.

Dialogue participants:
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, professor in anthropology, UiO
Torgrim Sollid, professor and jazz musician, NMH
Vegard Storsve, associate professor in music pedagogy, NMH

Friday  23.4:
”Music competitions.”
Throughout human history it has been our nature to define best, also within music. This year’s Menuhin Competition aims at being a meeting place and a stepping stone for national and international violin talents. How important are music competitions, and do they have any significance for a future career?

Dialogue partisipants:
Svein Bjørkøy, professor and singer, NMH
Stephan Baratt-Due, Principal and violinist, BDM

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NEWS 16.00-17.00 in the Auditorium, NMH:
”Lectures and presentations”

Monday 19.4:                  
Research fellow and cellist Tanja Orning, NMH:
”New music. New cellist?”

Tuesday 20.4:                 
Research fellow and violinist Victoria Johnson, NMH:
“The electric violin and new sound possibilities”.

Wednesday 21.4:
Violin maker Christophe Landon, New York: 
“The instrument, the tool, and the process behind the violin”. This lecture will also be about the project where violin makers from all over the world were invited to make their copy of the Ole Bull del Gesù violin.

Thursday 22.4
Professor and viola player Are Sandbakken, NMH:
“Leif Jørgensen, a pioneer in Norwegian string education”.

Friday  23.4:     
Assistant Professor and viola player Morten Carlsen, NMH:
”Reflections on Yehudi Menuhin”.

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VIBRATIONS kl. 09.00-09.45, bevegelserommet, NMH:
”Moving, breathing and awareness, physical warm up”.
Lead by associate professors Hilde Ringlund and Folke Bengtsson from the Norwegian Academy of Music.

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OUTREACH 10.00-13.00
”Musical meetings outside the concert hall": students from NMH and BDM meet the audience in their own surroundings.”

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Music at Rica Hotels
Breakfast Music Experiences at Rica Grand, Victoria, Travel and Oslo:
”Breakfast guest at the Rica hotels will be witness to exciting musical surprises from young music talents. Students from Barratt Due Music Institute and the Norwegian Academy of Music will give small concerts during the breakfast servings.”

5 o’clock Energy 17.00-17.30 at Rica Grand Hotel – Grand Café
Students from NMH/BDM will give musical break at Grand Hotel every day at 5 o’clock. We hope this will give you a place to breath and a refill of energy! Inspiring music, good food and Rica’s own energy drink!

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VOICES CONNECTED, Akershus slottskirke SUNDAY 18.4, 18.00:
Vocal and organ students from the Norwegian Academy of Music and Barratt Due Music Institute perform together in this concert. Ensembles perform of Rameau, Monteverdi, Stradella, Bach, Pergolesi, Ibert og Norwegian folk music.

Tickets on the door: NOK 100/50

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WINDS CONECTED, Akershus slottskirke onsdag 21.4 kl. 1800:
Students from the Norwegian Academy of Music and Barratt Due Music Institute, department of woodwind and brass, plays music by Richard Strauss. The different ensembles are lead by oboist David Strunck and professor and flautist Tom-Ottar Andreassen.

Tickets on the door: NOK 100/50

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For concerts look at the day-by-day programme

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To the best of our knowledge, information on this page was correct at time of publication.  We reserve the right to change information and programmes without prior notice if necessary.